Activism
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Police officer sacked after killing unarmed black man Marcellis Stinnette in Illinois
A police officer in Waukegan, Illinois, was fired after he shot and killed an unarmed black teenager and wounded the…
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Thailand’s Government lifts state of emergency in Bangkok after days of protests
The decree had banned public gatherings of more than four people and allowed censorship of the media, among other provisions.…
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Online Symposium: George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom
This symposium is free and open to the public. Details: 1) The Online Symposium can be accessed via Zoom /…
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Ten thousand protesters defy Thai crackdown after emergency decree and arrests
Some 10,000 Thai protesters have gathered in defiance of a sweeping crackdown after authorities moved to crush months of pro-democracy…
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Uyghur poet Fatimah Abdulghafur’s father died in China two years ago.
Fatimah Abdulghafur hasn’t heard her father’s voice since he left an alarming message asking her to call him “urgently”. Erin…
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Outspoken Australian writer Yang Hengjun formally charged with ‘espionage’ in China
Australian writer and commentator Yang Hengjun has been formally charged with espionage in China, where he has been held since…
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Homelessness largely left out of the federal budget, as sector braces for the full impact of the pandemic
A lack of new funding for social housing in the federal budget will push more Australians into poverty, according to…
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Girls around the world are being harassed online: this is what it feels like
It’s time others called it out, writes 21-year-old youth activist Madhuraa Prakash. Madhuraa Prakash SBS News Trolling and nastiness online…
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‘Back where we were’: history repeats for Hong Kong’s freedom swimmers
They came one by one, dragging themselves from the sea on to the shores of Hong Kong over oyster beds,…
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Thailand’s young protesters say they’ll risk arrest as they try to reform the country’s powerful monarchy
She spoke out against the country’s monarchy. ABC News The 21-year-old university student, who is known by her nickname… Thailand’s…
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Italy’s blockade of migrant rescue ship ‘putting human lives at risk’, aid groups say
Aid groups have accused Italian authorities of blocking migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 from leaving port and resuming its emergency…
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The teen activists who have stopped hundreds of child marriages in Bangladesh
When Dola Akter Reba was only 12, ‘matchmakers’ in the neighbourhood came knocking on her mother’s door, believing the young…
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Eyes on the world – drones change our point of view and our truths
Even more profoundly, drones have transformed how we witness the world: how we decide the events that matter and create…
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‘This dream is still alive’: Thousands rally for racial justice at March on Washington
Marchers, speakers and organizers spoke out about reforms to law enforcement, expansions of voting rights and the power of voting…
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Two-year-old girl and mother released after years in Australian immigration detention
A Vietnamese asylum seeker and her two-year-old daughter have been released from a Melbourne immigration detention centre. Rebekah Holt SBS…
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Bob Brown lawsuit aims to end Tasmanian native forest logging
Should the foundation win, similar actions could be taken against native forest logging in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia, said…
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