MEXICO CITY—Yet another mother searching for her disappeared son has been killed in northern Mexico, becoming the third volunteer search activist killed in Mexico since 2021. Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa, identified the dead woman Wednesday as Rosario Rodríguez Barraza. “I deeply regret the killing of Rosario Rodríguez Barraza, […]
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3rd Volunteer Grave Search Activist Killed in Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Yet another mother searching for her disappeared son has been killed in northern Mexico, becoming the third volunteer search activist killed in Mexico since 2021. Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa, identified the dead woman Wednesday as Rosario Rodríguez Barraza. “I deeply regret the killing of Rosario Rodríguez Barraza, […]
Climate Activist-Backed MP Defends Shares in Gas and Oil Companies
An Australian parliamentarian backed by a major climate activist group has confirmed that she owns shares in oil and gas producers, refiners, and a toll road operator. As fossil fuel shares remain strong amidst the Russian-Ukraine war, “teal” Independent MP Kylea Tink revealed in a statement of interests filed to parliament that she holds shares […]
GOP activist group instructs Michigan poll watchers to call 911
Members of a GOP activist group coaching Michigan poll workers and watchers before Tuesday’s primary election instructed them to call 911 and contact sheriffs to involve law enforcement in election-related complaints, according to a recording of a Sunday night meeting obtained by POLITICO. The plan, outlined by Joanne Bakale, who is running a voter project […]
Activist Group Tells Archaeologists Not to Assume Gender of Ancient Skeletons
Self-declared “anarchist archaeologists” are warning archaeologists not to assume the gender or race of ancient skeletons because they see the categorization of sexes as discriminatory to the dead and as enhancing “white supremacy.” Read more Section: News History & Archaeology History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source Views: 0
Michael Flynn Teams Up With Radical Far-Right Activist John Guandolo
John Guandolo is right-wing conspiracy theorist and anti-Islam activist so radical that in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, he praised insurrectionists for showing restraint by not publicly executing lawmakers, most of whom he claimed are “traitors” who should be “swinging from a rope.” After leaving the FBI in disgrace […]
BLM Activist Set to Replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister
The Conservative party favorite to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a ‘woke’ Black Lives Matter activist. “76 years ago British , Commonwealth, French and US soldiers landed on the Normandy beaches,” British defense chief Ben Wallace tweeted on Jun 6, 2020. “Thousands died. They did so to end fascism, they did so so […]
Black Lives Matter Activist Set to Replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister
The Conservative party favorite to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a ‘woke’ Black Lives Matter activist. “76 years ago British , Commonwealth, French and US soldiers landed on the Normandy beaches,” British defense […] The post Black Lives Matter Activist Set to Replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister appeared first on News Punch. […]
PA releases killers of activist Nizar Banat
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the release of 14 officers accused of killing Palestinian activist Nizar Banat last year, Quds Press reported yesterday. "The PA, ordered by President Mahmoud Abbas, has released the 14 suspects on condition that they attend the court hearings on time," one security source told the news site. Meanwhile, an informed […]
Climate Change Activist Attacks Mona Lisa Painting in Paris
A man who shouted slogans about climate change attacked the Mona Lisa painting in Paris by smearing it in cake cream, but his efforts failed miserably due to the iconic work of art being protected behind bullet-proof glass. Views: 0
Atheist activist group urges Akron, Ohio to end prayer at city council meetings
AKRON, Ohio — A well-known professing atheist group that seeks to separate God from government is asking city council in Akron, Ohio to cease presenting prayers at public meetings. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to council President Margo Sommerville on Tuesday, advising that a “concerned resident” contacted the entity to… […]
WATCH — Pro-Abortion Activist Screams At Pro-Lifer: ‘You Are Scum!’
Pro-abortion activists hurled insults and screamed at pro-life advocates in front of the Supreme Court, calling them “scum,” anti-woman,” and “pro-slavery.” Views: 0
Palestinian-American activist and attorney Huwaida Arraf runs for Congress
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Treasury begins distribution of quarter featuring poet, activist Maya Angelou
Writer and activist Maya Angelou, who died in 2014, is pictured at a 2008 event in Washington. | Gerald Herbert/AP Photo The U.S. Mint has begun rolling out quarters which feature writer, poet and activist Maya Angelou, the first Black woman to appear on the coin. “Each time we redesign our currency, we have the […]
Expelled Egyptian-Palestinian activist arrives in Paris
Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath arrived in Paris on Saturday after he was released from prison in Egypt and deported. Shaath, the son of a well-known Palestinian politician, was reunited with his wife, Céline Lebrun Shaath, a French national. “I am very excited to be here,” Shaath said. Speaking in English, he described the […]
UAE intensifies mistreatment of human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor
The UAE intensified its mistreatment of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor following the publication of his prison letter by regional media in July 2021, revealing details of the unfair trial and the abuse he has been subjected to since he was incarcerated in 2018, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights […]
World Leaders Mourn Death Of Human Rights Activist Desmond Tutu
World leaders and human rights activists on Sunday mourned the death of Desmond Tutu, the South African priest and human rights activist who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work fighting apartheid, racial injustice and homophobia. Tutu died peacefully at the age of 90 in Cape Town, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced. Ramaphosa […]
Desmond Tutu, South African Equality Activist, Dies At 90
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country’s past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the country’s […]
Bahraini Activist: Lebanon’s Deportation of Al-Wefaq Members Is Politically Motivated, Instigated by Saudi Blackmail
December 16, 2021 By Fatima Haydar Beirut – Lebanon’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday ordered the Lebanese General Security to deport non-Lebanese members of Bahrain’s opposition party, Al-Wefaq. The ministry’s order came after a press conference that was held in Beirut on December 11, 2021, in which the Bahraini opposition group presented a documented report on […]