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Hong Kong activist sentenced to 15 months in prison for vigil for Tiananmen
Posted on 01/04/2022 at 7:55 a.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Jessie…
Former police officer, ex-offender and anti-racist activist … Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York with an extraordinary career
PORTRAIT – New York kicks off 2022 with moderate Democrat Eric Adams. This former police officer succeeds Bill de Blasio and becomes the second African-American mayor of the economic capital…
Activist Ramy Shaath to be released from prison-sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Proceedings to free political activist Ramy Shaat, detained in Egypt, are underway, four judicial and security sources said on Monday. Two of the sources, who prefer to…
Lobau camp set on fire – Climate activist: “Houses are on fire, dreams are not”
After a wooden hut in the activist camp of the Lobau demonstrators in Vienna-Donaustadt was destroyed by flames on Friday night, the climate protectors are combative. Lena Schilling from the…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African activist against apartheid, dies at 90
by Nqobile Dludla and James Macharia Chege JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner and South Africa’s anti-apartheid veteran, has died at the age of 90, the…
GoDaddy: Starboard Value Activist Fund Acquires 6.5% Stake – 12/27/2021 at 2:41 PM
(AOF) – Hedge fund Starboard Value LP has acquired a 6.5% stake, valued at around $ 800 million, in GoDaddy, the company specializing in managing Internet domain names. According to…
Ipsen: the activist fund Parvus crosses the threshold of 5% of the capital
PARIS (Agefi-Dow Jones) – The activist investment fund Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited has crossed the threshold of 5% of the capital of the pharmaceutical laboratory Ipsen, according to an…
New verdict in Russia – human rights activist Yuriy Dmitriev to be sentenced to 15 years in a prison camp – News
A Russian court has once again tightened the sentence for human rights activist Jurij Dmitriev, reports the Interfax agency. The 65-year-old historian now has to spend 15 years in a…
Human rights activist reports – Burned bodies found: Myanmar massacre – News
More than 30 people, including the elderly, women and children, were killed and then burned in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden state of Kayah. According to media reports, the ruling military killed those…
Dcs 90 years of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African activist against apartheid
JOHANNESBURG, December 26 (Reuters) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid, has died at the age of 90, the Nobel Peace Prize…
Dcs 90 years of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African activist against apartheid
JOHANNESBURG, December 26 (Reuters) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate and anti-apartheid veteran in South Africa, has died at the age of 90, the presidency announced on Sunday. In…
Dcs 90 years of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African activist against apartheid
(Updates with new quotes) JOHANNESBURG, December 26 (Reuters) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate and anti-apartheid veteran in South Africa, has died at the age of 90, the presidency…