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Activist Drops Copies of 'The Interview' into North Korea
04/09/15 11:37 AM PST
A North Korean defector dropped more than 80,000 DVD copies of "The Interview", along with anti-Pyongyang leaflets, into the hermit country on April 4th
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Tamil Activist Jeyakumari Balendran Released on Bail
03/12/15 1:24 PM PST
Sri Lanka released Tamil activist Jeyakumari Balendran on bail on March 10th— after being held without any charges for more than a year
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Egyptian Court Sentences Pro-Democracy Activist to 5 Years in Prison
02/26/15 1:28 PM PST
Pro-democracy leader Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to serve five years in prison for holding an unlicensed protest and assaulting a policemen
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First-Ever Woman with Down Syndrome to Model at New York Fashion Week
02/12/15 3:02 PM PST
Jamie Brewer, an "American Horror Story" actress, will be modeling designs by Carrie Hammer at the New York Fashion Week
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Saudi Arabia Postpones 1,000-lash Sentence for Activist
01/22/15 1:59 PM PST
The second flogging of a Saudi Arabian man may be postponed for a second time, because doctors say he still hasn't recovered from his first 50 lashes
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Kiran Bedi Joins BJP; Will Contest in Delhi Assembly Elections
01/16/15 1:11 PM PST
Kiran Bedi was formally inducted into the party by BJP chief Amit Shah
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Documentary Shows Syria's Underground Fight for Democracy
12/10/14 1:27 PM PST
'Red Lines' co-director Andrea Kalin tells NewsBeat Social her film aims to provide context for a Syrian revolution recognized only through headlines
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ISIS Tortures, Executes Female Activist
09/26/14 11:14 AM PST
Islamic State militants tortured and publicly executed a female Iraqi human rights lawyer after accusing her of abandoning Islam
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Irom Sharmila Released From Jail After 13 Years
08/20/14 2:51 PM PST
Irom Sharmila walked out of jail as a free woman on Wednesday
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11 North Korea Defectors Arrested in China
07/03/14 11:18 AM PST
A human rights activist says 11 North Korean defectors arrested in China could be sent back home
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U.S. Activist Accuses Egypt Authorities of Abuse
03/05/14 4:56 PM PST
Co-founder of CODEPINK, an anti-war group, says she was abused after being detained in Cairo
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84-Year-Old Nun Heading to Prison
02/20/14 11:26 AM PST
An elderly nun activists and two others are heading to jail after breaching security at a nuclear facility in Tennessee