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Sudan activists: ‘Regime’ kills 16 after al-Bashir’s ouster

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CAIRO (AP) – Sudanese activists said Saturday that 16 people, including a soldier, have been killed in the two days since the military forced President Omar al-Bashir from power amid months of anti-government protests. The Sudan Doctors [...]

Mexico frees 6 water rights activists after years in prison

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MEXICO CITY (AP) – The Mexican government has freed six activists who fought to protect their community’s water supply, acknowledging that their rights were “seriously violated” during more than a dozen years in jail. The six activists [...]

Sudanese activists: 7 more killed in clashes with police

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CAIRO (AP) – Activists behind anti-government demonstrations in Sudan say security forces have killed at least seven people, including a military officer, in another attempt to break up a sit-in outside the military headquarters in the [...]

Berlin housing activists lead campaign to fight rising rents

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BERLIN (AP) – Low-cost housing advocates are launching a grassroots campaign to force Berlin’s state government into taking over nearly 250,000 apartments worth billions from corporate owners to fight rising rents in one of Germany’s [...]

Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Granted Release, but Their Trial Continues

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Rights groups have reported that some of the women were subjected to torture and other physical and psychological abuse in jail. During a court hearing on Wednesday, several of the women told a three-judge panel that they had been tortured [...]

Black Lives Matter activists seek police footage of shooting

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HARRISVILLE, Utah (AP) – Black Lives Matter activists in Utah are asking to see body camera footage of a police shooting that critically injured a man. The Standard-Examiner reports Jamal Bell was shot multiple times by police following [...]

EU welcomes Azerbaijan’s amnesty for 400 political activists

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BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) – The European Union has welcomed Azerbaijan’s decision to give amnesty to a number of political activists and journalists. European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said the amnesty for over 400 people included [...]

French activists vandalize Bayer building over pesticide use

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BERLIN (AP) – French activists have spray-painted the Paris headquarters of Bayer AG and plastered it with signs to protest its production of environment-damaging pesticides. A dozen protesters wearing yellow vests used fire extinguishers [...]

Tibetan activists in India mark uprising’s 60th anniversary

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NEW DELHI (AP) – Tibetan activists put up posters and hoisted a Tibetan flag in India’s capital on Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of 1959 uprising against Chinese rule. Activists were assembling in New Delhi and planned to march [...]

APNewsBreak: Utah lawmaker’s LGBT posts anger activists

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A nationwide push to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors looked like it could succeed in conservative Utah after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it wouldn’t stand in the way, but the effort [...]