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Axel Axgil, who battled throughout his life for gay rights and was one of the first people to enter into civil partnership with a same-sex partner, died on Saturday at the age of 96.
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An award-winning woman journalist was sentenced to serve jail and banned from writing for 30 years on charges of alleged propaganda against Iran Islamic regime over her post election reports last year
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Guelph -
On April 1, 2010, the 'Roots of Change' storytelling celebration of activism brought together in Guelph; musicians, academics, slam poets and activists. They told their stories, performed and searched for common ground.
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Durban -
Fatima Meer, a leading figure in South Africa’s anti-Apartheid struggle and respected academic, has passed away following a stroke.
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Havana -
A leading Cuban political activist has died in a Havana hospital on an 85-day hunger strike. Orlando Zapata Tamayo had been in prison since 2003.
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Animal rights activists are pressuring the Indian and Nepalese governments to ban a mass sacrifice by Hindus of goats and other animals after 50,000 were killed in one week in one city alone.
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The Russian human rights organisation Memorial has accused the Russian Federation of practicing “state terror.” The group was reacting to the murder of its activist, Natalia Estemirova in Chechnya recently.
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Thembi Ngubane, the petite AIDS activist whose radio diaries made her work known around the world, has died of Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha Township at the age of 24.
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Pete Seeger sang across the land, wrote number one hits, was hit by blacklists, enlisted southern black voters , wrote anthems that span generations & define eras, and even influenced some of the greatest orators of the 20th Century.Pete turns 90 today.
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A 12-year-old Canadian activist, Bilaal Rajan is asking people to join him for National Volunteer Week (April 19-25) by walking barefoot.
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Clashes between Syrian troops and activists are continuing despite an approaching ceasefire deadline, according to activists.
The family of leading Bahraini opposition activist Abdulhadi al-khawaja denounce the decision to retry him and 20 other activists.
Activists play central role in Syria uprising
Prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been taken to hospital after being beaten by police in Bahrain, his lawyer and opposition activists say.
How blind activist fled heavily-guarded village
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Ai Weiwei, is a Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, social commentator, and activist.
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