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Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. CBC | World News
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Robert Jenrick lists 30 ‘activist judges’ he vows to axe in war on UK’s open border
In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls ‘activist’ judges, at the Conservative Party conference. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Charlie Kirk LIVE: Donald Trump to speak at memorial of murdered activist
Thousands have gathered to pay their respects to the murdered conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘We expect this,’ says Canadian activist as flotilla bound for Gaza reports 2nd attack
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Read More »Video appears to show moment Palestinian activist was killed in West Bank as Israeli settler fires gun
New video footage appears to show the moment a Palestinian activist was killed as an Israeli settler fired toward him during a confrontation with unarmed Palestinians in the occupied West Bank last month. CBC | World News
Read More »Freed Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes new public platform amid efforts to deport him
Donald Trump’s fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when immigration agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment last March. Khalil believes the U.S. government is trying to silence him, but has instead given him a bigger platform. CBC | World News
Read More »Pentagon strips activist Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship in latest diversity purge
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a Second World War sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name of a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War. CBC | World News
Read More »Belarus activist imprisoned after trying to run for president released after serving 5 years
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading opposition figure in Belarus, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West. CBC | World News
Read More »This activist spent 4 gruelling days in Israeli custody, but says he’ll try again to bring aid to Gaza
Thiago Avila spent four days in Israeli custody, two of them in solitary, after he and 11 others tried to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Their vessel was intercepted leading to what he describes as a gruelling stay marked by inhumane treatment and a brief hunger strike. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from U.S. immigration detention
A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention centre where he’s been held since early March while the Trump administration sought to deport him over his role in pro-Palestinian protests. CBC | World News
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