Tag: activist
In Hong Kong, you can even end up in prison for playing the theme music of the democracy movement – activist Kacey Wong tells what her job is like
TAIPEI, TAIWAN Artist and democracy activist Kacey Wong is one of the many Hongkongers who have fled abroad after China suppressed the autonomous region’s democracy movement with a heavy hand.…
Climate: can the activist shareholders of TotalEnergies make the company bend?
Will shareholders push Total to be more virtuous on its CO₂ emissions? A coalition of investors intends to table a resolution at the general meeting of shareholders of the TotalEnergies…
The war made Russian Sami people afraid of whistleblowing – an activist who left for Norway compares the atmosphere to the Soviet Union of the 1930s
The Sami community in Russia split into two after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. Roman Yakovlev compares the situation in Russia to the Soviet Union of the 1930s,…
Laos: a young prominent activist murdered in a cafe
A famous political activist, administrator of a Facebook page which regularly published criticisms of the Lao government, was shot dead in a café in the capital Vientiane on 29 April.…
Death of Harry Belafonte: tributes to the singer and civil rights activist
Singer, actor and activist for human rights in the world, Harry Belafonte died Tuesday April 25, 2023 in New York, arousing a wave of tributes. Summary [Mis à jour le…
Death of Harry Belafonte: the singer and activist was 96 years old
Singer and activist of the civil rights movement in the United States, Harry Belafonte has died at the age of 96, announces his agent. Legendary singer, he was also one…
Climate activist Anna Hughes has opted out of children for the climate
Climate activist Anna Hughes has opted out of several things to reduce her own climate footprint: air and car travel, meat – and her own children. – We make an…
Autonomous action, ZAD, squats and mountains: who is Serge, an activist from Sainte-Soline in a coma?
Dream landscapes, and shorts. In the images published by Serge D.-G. on social networks, these two elements are almost always present. Normal, the 32-year-old activist is a mountain guide, especially…
Pan-Africanist activist Kemi Seba responds to journalistic inquiry into his links to Wagner
The Franco-Beninese pan-Africanist activist Kemi Seba had promised to respond on April 2, 2023 to the survey published in Young Africa on the financing of his political activities by the…
Poland sentences activist for providing abortion pills
This is a first in Europe. A Polish activist was sentenced on Tuesday March 14 by a Warsaw court for sending abortion pills to a pregnant woman and victim of…