Political Activism

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch mourns the death of Robin Munro, who joined Human Rights Watch in 1989 as a researcher on China and director of the Hong Kong office. His eyewitness testimony to the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing helped the world understand …

Open Russia, an opposition group linked to exiled ex-oil magnate and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said on Thursday it had decided to end its operations in Russia to protect its members from the risk of being imprisoned. The group’s decision comes amid authorities crackdown on anti-Kremlin activism ahead of the …

A tiny hedge fund dealt a blow to Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Wednesday as shareholders elected at least two of the fund’s appointed directors to the oil giant’s board after a months-long battle over the the company’s carbon footprint and growth plans. The success of activist hedge fund Engine …

Betty Garcia was constantly busy throughout high school between attending Girl Scouts, Soccer, the STEM Club, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Cheerleading, Upward Bound, and the National Honor Society. This year, she took college courses in Minnesota West through the post-secondary enrollment option and was also elected principal secretary of the …

WARSAW – From his teenage years as a rebellious high school student in Belarus and into his twenties while in exile abroad, Roman Protasevich has faced so many threats from the country’s security apparatus – violent beatings, imprisonment, punishment against members of his family – that “all of us are …

On March 4, her sister received a summons from the police to the Monywa morgue. She identified her brother’s body, Ms. Khin Sandar Win said. A bullet hole pierced his left temple. A long gash ran across his chest. The family wondered if the gash indicated that his internal organs …

Even the Beano last week ditched Fatty in favor of Freddy in case the old name creates the unfortunate impression of supporting one body shape over another. The list is lengthened increasingly. Hardly a week goes by without one big company or another trying to score a few points for …

In the early months of 1920, prominent Americans came together to bring international attention to Ireland’s campaign for independence. Their belief in the rights of small nations and their desire for peace in the years following World War I led many non-ethnic Irish to support the cause of Irish self-determination. …

On this Monday, May 24, episode of Sundial, What should children learn about history? Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran believes some teachers are indoctrinating students with critical race theory and he wants to change the history curriculum in our public schools to suppress it. You look to WLRN for stories …

ANI | Update: May 25, 2021 2:47 AM STI Kathmandu [Nepal], May 25 (ANI): The latest ordinance amending the Nepalese citizenship law, introduced by the President of Nepal Bidya Bhandari, indeed marks a historic phase in Nepalese politics and induces a sense of accomplishment among the Madhesis.The essence and relevance …