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US calls on Hong Kong to release Tiananmen vigil activists
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the release Friday of four Hong Kong democracy activists who were jailed for taking part in a vigil ... World News -
Iraqi activist: I was in solitary confinement
In the latest development surrounding the disappearance of Iraqi female activist Mary Mohammad, who was participating in protests in Iraq, an Al ... Middle East -
Iraqi activist and medic treating protesters abducted in Baghdad
The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) on Sunday called on the government and security forces to investigate the fate of activist and ... Middle East -
Hong Kong democracy activist injured in knife attack
A man handing out leaflets for a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant who slashed his neck and abdomen on ... World News -
Facing drone disruption, Heathrow says illegal protest is counterproductive
London’s Heathrow Airport said on Thursday a plan by climate activists to disrupt its operations with drone flights is criminal and ... World News -
Climate activists block entrance to London Stock Exchange
Environmental activists are blocking the main entrance to the London Stock Exchange after gluing themselves to the doorway while wearing LED displays ... World News -
Russian prosecutors seek four years for Chechnya activist
Russian prosecutors on Monday asked a court to sentence a top rights activist in Chechnya to four years in a penal colony over what campaigners say ... World News -
Iranian activist sentenced to 16 years in prison: I have no hope in judiciary
Political prisoner and lawyer, Narges Mohammadi, sent a letter to Iran’s attorney general, saying that she is not getting her right to receiving ... Features -
American activist tortured, killed in Syria, claims human rights group
A US citizen who had been held in Syria by the regime of Bashar al Assad for nearly three years was killed while in its custody, according to a human ... Middle East -
Syrian activist: Idlib residents live in horror due to Nusra assassinations
Most of Syria’s Idlib activists opposing the Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda organization’s arm in the country, which is also part of the ... Features -
Surveillance footage shows moment Iraqi activist assassinated in Basra
Activists from Basra circulated a video that shows the assassination of Iraqi activist Soad al-Ali in Basra, south of Iraq. The video, which is shot ... Middle East -
Activist Mai Skaf laid to rest in Paris flanked by Syrian Revolution flags
Syrian actress- turned- activists Mai Skaf who died in July, 23, aged 49, in her Parisian home due to a brain hemorrhage, was laid to rest on Friday ... Middle East -
Iranian woman shouts ‘Death to Khamenei’ in protest of activist executions
A video of a woman shouting “death to Khamenei” among protesters demonstrating against the execution of political activists in the streets ... Middle East -
WATCH: Iranian academic beats up female activist at Brussels event
An Iranian academic named Dr. Abu El Fadl Beheshti attacked and insulted Ahwazi activist Shaima Silawi during a seminar held on Wednesday in Brussels, ... Middle East -
Canadian-Iranian dies in Iranian custody, officials claim he committed suicide
An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter ... Middle East -
A view from the 1950’s into Sudan’s leading women’s activist
The women’s movement in Sudan first came to prominence in 1949 leading to the formation of the Union of Sudanese Women in 1952. The late Fatima ... Features -
Travel ban a blow to Sudan refugees awaiting US resettlement
Dozens of Sudanese activists living in Egypt as refugees, many of whom fled fundamentalist Islamist militias and were close to approval for ... Features -
Iraq: Seven activists, who were kidnapped, freed in Baghdad
Seven civil society activists, who were kidnapped in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, have now been freed, the country’s interior ministry said on ... Middle East -
IN PICTURES: Wedding dresses hang in Beirut seafront protest against rape laws
An artistic protest on one of Beirut’s famous seafronts has been staged this week for the cause of altering Lebanon’s law on rape. The ... Variety -
UK condemned for seizing journalist’s passport at Damascus request
Home Office asked to take immediate steps to assist Erhaim and issue a public statement in her support Digital -
Prominent Syrian activist Khaled Issa dies after blast hits his home
Reporting from dangerous conflict zones, Issa has sustained previous injuries during the past five years of his work as a photojournalist activist Middle East -
Syrian activist survives ISIS assassination attempt in Turkey
Ahmed Abdelqader was shot Sunday afternoon by two gunmen riding a motorbike in the city of Sanliurfa Middle East -
Why do Egyptians dislike political activists?
Attempts by the nation’s activists to inject large quantities of fresh blood into the body politic have been completely rejected Middle East -
From a young activist, a show of anger at Egypt's courts
Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif decided she had had enough of Egypt’s justice system. Features -
Death of teenage girl casts doubt on Egypt's efforts to end FGM: activists
The death of a teenage girl during an operation to illegally perform female genital mutilation on her in Egypt raises questions Middle East -
Bangladesh teachers protest penance for 'Islam insult'
Thousand of teachers took to the streets across Bangladesh to protest against a lawmaker’s punishment of a headmaster falsely accused of insulting Islam Gulf -
Revenge, despair pushing Syrians into militant ranks: study
A study was released on Wednesday highlights major factors pushing young Syrians into the arms of militant groups Middle East -
Bangladesh blames Islamists for brutal murder of activist
Nazimuddin Samad, a law student who criticized Islamism in Facebook posts, was killed last week near his university Gulf -
Secular activist hacked to death in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered Gulf -
Sudanese forces silence female activists with violence, rape-rights group
Government officials have targeted women involved in protests and rights campaigns threatening to tar their reputations if they speak out Features