https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/us/miss-major-griffin-gracy-transgender-rights
Oct 14, 2025 - Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the activists who championed transgender rights and protested in the historic Stonewall rebellion that galvanized the LGBTQ+ civil...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-kasko-activist-prisoner-2020-election-protest-lukashenka/32739038.html
Alyaksandra Kasko, a Belarusian rights activist who was arrested in early February right after she returned from Poland, has been sentenced to 10 years in...
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https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/cecile-richards-has-died-former-planned-parenthood-president-abortion-activist-brain-cancer/
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and a staunch abortion and women's rights activist, has died following brain cancer diagnosis at 67
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https://www.voanews.com/a/egyptian-human-rights-activist-gets-15-months-in-jail/2802567.html
Well-known lawyer and human rights activist Mahinour el-Masry and two others have been sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of attacking a police station
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https://www.yorku.ca/yfile/2009/10/02/french-gay-rights-activist-speaks-tuesday-at-york/
Paris intellectual Louis-Georges Tin, editor of The Dictionary of Homophobia, is campaigning to decriminalize homosexuality...
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https://www.outlookindia.com/national/student-body-demands-resignation-of-iit-mumbai-s-director-after-dalit-student-s-death-news-262549
Social rights groups and Dalit activists claim that educational institutions fail to create any suitable support mechanisms despite attempts to bring caste...
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https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/06/15/russian-officials-have-overturned-the-acquittal-of-a-human-rights-activist-prosecutors-are-seeking-new-testimony-from-his-12-year-old-daughter
Jul 1, 2018 - On June 14, the Karelian Supreme Court overturned the historian Yuri Dmitriev’s April 5 acquittal, undoing one of those rare instances when the Russian...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-separatist-missing-activists-lgbt-fioletovaye-miroshnichenko/28307539.html
International rights groups have urged separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine to disclose the location and ensure the safety of a Russian LGBT activist and a...
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https://bdsmcafe.com/afghan-bdsm-actress-womens-rights-activist-yasmeena-to-guest-moderate-sextalktuesday/
Apr 4, 2022 - FREE BDSM Stories, Novels, Movies and Information
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/12/17/in-memory-of-a-hungarian-activist
Gyula Balog had a twinkle in his eye to match his wide smile, as he declared, “I’m an alcoholic, a homeless person, an activist, an actor, and an expert by...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/hrw-urges-eu-kyrgyzstan-release-askarov-imprisoned-rights-activist/29642922.html
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the European Union to demand that Kyrgyzstan release veteran human rights defender Azimjan Askarov from prison.
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https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/civil-rights-activist-dorothy-height-honored-with-forever-stamp-in-west-palm-beach
The40thstamp in the 2017 Black Heritage series has been revealed in West Palm Beach.
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https://www.democracynow.org/2000/11/17/hosea_williams_voting_rights_activist_dies
On March 7, 1965, supporters of the Voting Rights Movement marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, into the pages of history. Joined by the...
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https://www.latintimes.com/gun-rights-activist-brandon-herrera-ramps-bid-unseat-texas-rep-tony-gonzales-accuses-him-592153
Dec 7, 2025 - With more than three months to go until the 2026 primary, Herrera has already surpassed what he raised in the 2024 cycle, putting new pressure on...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/jailed-kyrgyz-rights-activist-askarov-s-life-sentence-upheld-by-court-again/30083136.html
A court in Kyrgyzstan has again upheld the life sentence of imprisoned ethnic Uzbek human rights activist Azimjan Askarov.
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https://humanrightsreportersgh.org/2024/06/08/acclaimed-ghanaian-activist-joseph-wemakor-secures-exclusive-invite-to-pan-africa-human-rights-conference-in-nairobi/
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https://www.rferl.org/a/Court_Hears_Chechen_Leaders_Slander_Case_Against_Rights_Activist/2157016.html
A Moscow court has begun hearing the defamation case against human rights activist Oleg Orlov.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/11/15/nigeria-despite-court-order-activist-still-held
The Nigerian authorities are holding Omoleye Sowore, a former presidential candidate and democracy activist, in detention despite a November 6, 2019 bail order...
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/02/01/american-animal-rights-activist-jailed-for-walking-cow-on-red-square-a80109
A Chinese-American animal rights activist has been jailed for walking a young cow near the Kremlin, state media reported Wednesday. Alisa Day, 34, told the...
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https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-03-06/judy-heumann-trailblazing-disability-rights-activist-dies-at-75
Judy Heumann, the 'mother of the disability rights movement' who advocated through protest and legal action, has died.
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/entertainment/brigitte-bardot-dies-legendary-french-actress-intl
Dec 29, 2025 - Brigitte Bardot, legendary French actress and animal rights activist, has died at age 91, according to a statement from her foundation obtained by CNN.
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/19/headlines/ice_agents_detain_colorado_immigrant_rights_activist_jeanette_vizguerra
In Colorado, dozens of people gathered for a rally Tuesday evening demanding the release of longtime immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, who was...
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https://www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/news/campaigns/campaigns-iphdsnotterrorists/1072-long-time-indigenous-peoples-rights-activist-wins-international-award
Joanna Cariño, a long-time champion for indigenous peoples' rights, is one of the many activists and human rights workers the Philippine government wants t...
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https://councilofclubs.org/news/charges-against-key-motorcycle-rights-activist-dismissed-in-waco/
The National Council of Clubs, an organization dedicated to protecting the political and legal interests of hundreds of motorcycle clubs and thousands of their...
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https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/brigitte-bardot-dies-at-91/507-9778868d-ab39-42c7-ac82-87a0ccef9439
Such was her widespread appeal that in 1969 Bardot's features were chosen to be the model for “Marianne,” the national emblem of France and...
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/03/02/vernon-jordan-civil-rights-activist-and-power
An Atlanta native, Jordan started out as a prominent civil rights lawyer before building a career as a power broker in politics and business.
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/man-an-early-activist-for-transgender-rights-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-parole-after-brutal-triple-homicide?utm_source=theblaze-7DayTrendingTest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Blaze%20PM%20Trending%202023-06-15&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement
Warning: Graphic content.A California man who first made national news in 1999 after he was fired from his job as a public high school teacher for presenting...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/15/saudi-arabia-5-years-activist-still-behind-bars
Saudi authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair, who was sentenced in 2014 to 15 years in prison solely for...
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https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/julian-bond-civil-rights-activist-dead-at-75-188656/
Jun 25, 2018 - Julian Bond, a longtime civil rights activist and former NAACP chairman, passed away Saturday after battling a brief illness. Bond was 75.
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