Aktivismi

A new report shows that environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world's most targeted human rights advocates in 2025. At least 84 environmental defenders were killed last year amid broader violence against activists.

15. kesäkuuta 2026 Raportoinut AI

A new six-part podcast launched June 15 revisits the 1996 Tibetan Freedom Concert organized by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch and activist Erin Potts.

Hispan-Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek landed in Barcelona on Sunday after ten days in Israeli detention. He was released without charges after taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza.

03. toukokuuta 2026 Raportoinut AI

Israelin tuomioistuin on pidentänyt kahdella päivällä Gazaan matkalla olleen Global Sumud -laivueen operaation yhteydessä pidätetyn, Espanjan kansalaisuuden omaavan ruotsalaismiehen tutkintavankeutta. Espanja vaatii miehen välitöntä vapauttamista, ja Ruotsi on ilmaissut huolensa tämän kohtelusta.

Cuban activist Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente, known as Anna Bensi, rejected counterintelligence agents' pressure to stay silent or go into exile after a case against her was shelved. The agents offered help in her music career in exchange for cooperation during a meeting at Alamar Police Station on April 13. Bensi denounced the psychological tactics and veiled threats in a live video.

13. huhtikuuta 2026 Raportoinut AI

After Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's election defeat, German activist Maja T., imprisoned in Budapest, has expressed cautious optimism. She hopes it will give Hungary's civil society room to breathe. Her lawyer urges the German government to resume talks with the election winner.