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Palestine Action activist compared to suffragette
An alleged Palestine Action activist accused of violent disorder during a break-in at an Israel-based defence firm's UK site, has been…
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Target faces activist investor pressure amid sales decline: FT
Activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM) has made a significant investment in Target, the Financial Times reported on…
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Target faces activist investor pressure amid sales decline
Activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM) has made a significant investment in Target, the Financial Times reported on…
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Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison
Abd el-Fattah, 44, has become Egypt's most prominent political prisoner after spending much of his adult life in and out of detention due…
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Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra can be released on bond, advocates say
Supporters of a prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist say an immigration judge has ruled that she can post bond and be…
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Trial of pro-Palestine activist begins
A woman used social media posts to invite support towards proscribed terrorist organisations, prosecutors have told a court. The trial of…
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'Palestine Action activist hit officer with hammer'
An alleged Palestine Action member attacked a police officer with a sledgehammer, fracturing her back during an organised break-in at an…
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Freed British-Egyptian activist not allowed to fly to UK, family says
British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was stopped from flying to the UK by Egyptian passport control earlier this…
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls on Trump to press China's Xi to release activist Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan group of more than 30 senators led by Rick Scott of Florida urged President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President…
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78
"Stonewall was a great bar, a transgender bar,” Griffin-Gracy told SF Weekly. “You could be someplace and you didn’t have to explain who…
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Global Sumud Flotilla activist sentenced to 10 days in prison after assaulting guard
The activist was fined 10,000 shekels and given a suspended fine of 5,000 shekels for three years. Seven detainees from the flotilla…
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Russian anti-war activist Lev Shlosberg back under house arrest
Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has been placed under house arrest again after only three days of freedom. The order will…
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Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur Dies After 41 Years in Exile
Shakur briefly lived as a fugitive in the U.S., as police monitored her daughter and friends and performed massive, armed sweeps of Black…
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Activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza says drones attacked its boats
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Activists taking part in a flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza said Wednesday that some of their…
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Paris court orders trial for far-right activist accused of killing former Argentina rugby star
PARIS (AP) — The Paris court of appeal on Tuesday ordered a man linked with France’s extreme right to stand trial on a charge of murder in…
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British-Egyptian activist reunited with family
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been freed and reunited with his family after almost six years of imprisonment in Egypt.…
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Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah freed after Sisi pardon
Prominent Egyptian-British human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been freed after spending most of the past 12 years in prison, his…
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Egypt's president pardons British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned the prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been imprisoned for…
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Neglect of Israel's Bedouin communities could lead to catastrophe, activist warns
Hagai Reznik warns decades of neglect towards Israel’s Bedouin community in the Negev could lead to a catastrophe, citing illegal weapons,…
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The Native Activist Who Keeps Going Back to Alligator Alcatraz
“I’m going to pray,” Betty Osceola said, near the entrance to the Florida Everglades concentration camp three miles from her home. “I’m…
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Moroccan feminist and LGBTQ activist sentenced to prison in blasphemy case
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court sentenced a prominent feminist activist to two and a half years in prison and $5,000 in fines for…
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Nigeria secessionist activist jailed for terrorism in Finland
A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of…
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Activist from terrorist-linked group joins latest Gaza flotilla with Greta Thunberg
Abubakra is one of the founders of Masar Badil, as well as the coordinator for the Madrid chapter of the Samidoun Prisoner Solidarity…
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Activist arrested for blasphemy in Morocco for 'Allah is a lesbian' T-shirt photo
Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco…