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WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Activists in Poland pulled down a statue of a priest early Thursday after increasing allegations that he sexually abused minors, a stunt they said was to protest the failure of the Polish Catholic Church in resolving [...]
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Several dozen far-right activists in Ukraine have been detained after clashes with police in the capital of Kiev.
Far-right activists on Saturday tried to storm a police station in Kiev after several others were detained [...]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Anti-fascist activists in Virginia have published allegations linking a Virginia Capitol Police sergeant to white nationalists. He’s since been placed on paid leave.
Citing a Wednesday release, The Richmond Times-Dispatch [...]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Activists pushing against oil development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge dominated a Bureau of Land Management public scoping meeting in Fairbanks.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the open [...]
BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian opposition activists say a woman has blown herself up, killing two people, outside an administration office for an al-Qaida-linked group in the northern city of Idlib.
The Local Coordination Committees say Tuesday’s [...]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Human rights lawyers said Thursday they were mounting a court challenge to Indonesia’s detention of three Papuan activists on charges of treason.
The lawyers said that police in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua [...]
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) – Two activists have been arrested during a demonstration at an Alabama shopping mall where a black man was killed by police last month.
Al.com reports the protesters were arrested Saturday afternoon at Hoover’s Riverchase [...]
SYDNEY (AP) – Human rights groups and former soccer players have called on FIFA and the Australian government to intervene to stop a Melbourne-based refugee and semi-professional soccer player being extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
Hakeem [...]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief expressed “strong concerns” on Thursday over the continued detentions of academics and activists in Turkey.
Speaking at a news conference after talks with Turkey’s [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Amnesty International says several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, including a number of women, have been beaten and tortured during interrogation.
Saudi Arabia has detained at least 10 women and [...]
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