Argentina 12/08/2017 Argentina: thousands protest over missing indigenous rights activist Santiago Maldonado disappeared after clashes as security forces evicted a group of Mapuche Indians from land owned by Benetton in Patagonia.
China 13/07/2017 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died, Chinese government says Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent dissident, has died aged 61, officials say. The human rights and democracy activist was
China 10/07/2017 Jailed Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo now "seriously ill" The hospital treating Nobel prize winner Liu Xiaobo has said he is now “seriously ill”. The jailed dissident was recently moved to hospital to be
no comment 25/05/2017 Anti-Trump protest: thousands rally in Brussels Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Brussels on Wednesday ahead of a NATO summit in the city. Many vented their anger towards
no comment 12/05/2017 French philosopher Levy gets pied in Belgrade A Serbian activist threw a cream pie in the face of French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy at a showing of his film ‘Peshmerga’ in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Wednesday (10…
Russia 11/05/2017 Five LGBT activists detained in Russia The group were delivering a petition over the alleged violent crackdown on gay people in Chechnya when they were detained.
no comment 02/05/2017 May Day in Paris Less than a week before the decisive second round in France’s presidential election, thousands of people took part in the traditional May Day rally in central…
world news 02/05/2017 Workers and activists mark May Day around the globe Workers and activists around the world have marked May Day with defiant rallies and marches.
Venezuela 24/04/2017 'There is no future here' - Venezuelans stage mass sit-ins Mass sit-ins in Venezuela, as anti-government protesters keep up the pressure for early elections.
View 24/04/2017 The American left's free speech reversal: View By Peter Van Voorhis In the 1960s, activists at the University of California, Berkeley started the American free speech movement, where millions of students across the country fought for free speech r
Kenya 23/04/2017 Conservationist Kuki Gallmann wounded in Kenya attack An Italian-born conservationist has undergone surgery after being shot by gunmen in northern Kenya.
brussels bureau 30/03/2017 Bayer-Monsanto merger is 'marriage made in hell,' say activists Environmental campaigners have turned out in Brussels to demand the EU blocks a deal that would create the world’s biggest seeds and pesticides company.
Russia 22/02/2017 Jailed Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin's jail term quashed Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of jailed opposition activist Ildar Dadin and ordered his release.
Venezuela 31/12/2016 Venezuelan opposition activists freed, but '100 remain imprisoned' After being held for more than a year on corruption charges, Venezuelan former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales has been released from house arrest.
India 09/08/2016 World's longest hunger-strike ends with honey One of India's most-prominent political activists has ended her 16-year hunger strike. Licking honey from her hand, Irom Sharmila declared "I will never forget this moment."
no comment 25/07/2016 Cambodians mourn beloved activist Tens of thousands gathered on Sunday (July 24) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to join a funeral procession taking the body of assassinated government critic Kem Ley to his hometown in Takeo…
Angola 30/06/2016 Book club activists freed in Angola A court in Angola has released 16 activists, including the well known rapper Luaty Beirão, after they were imprisoned for rebellion against long serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
no comment 14/06/2016 Peace activists disrupt Paris arms show Dozens of peace activists disrupted the opening of an arms exhibition in Paris on Monday, June 13.
Honduras 04/03/2016 Honduras: clashes break out after death of activist Berta Cáceres Clashes broke out in the Honduran capital following a student protest over the murder of prominent environmental rights activist Berta Cáceres
world news 24/12/2015 The 'forced' marriage that highlights Russia’s repressive new law It won’t be a normal wedding. There will be no bouquet, no music, no guests, no presents, no meal or honeymoon or even a wedding night. The bride and
