Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island

Mohamed Nasheed says his conviction is a foregone conclusion.

A mother's fight to protect her children and her tribe

Mere days after the murder of celebrity activist Berta Cáceres, a fellow member of her group was shot and killed for his participation in the same environmental group.

"I believe that the earth is calling to us and that we are here to serve the planet as a whole by our ability to appreciate, to give gratitude and praise, to become ecstatic with wonder for the earth."

I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under

Something to put all the composting, shorter showers and EV talk in perspective.

Filipino activists had been charged with trespassing in December 2009 to document toxic coal ash.

New report shows shocking amounts of coal pollution in U.S. waterways.

At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is supporting the workers with a virtual town hall on food worker safety with presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and calling for Meatless May Mondays.

After New York and New Jersey, the next highest number of coronavirus infections per capita in the United States is in the Navajo Nation, the largest Indigenous reservation in the country. We go to Kayenta, Arizona, to speak with Robby Jones, a member of the Navajo Nation and the partner of one of those to die from the virus: 28-year-old Valentina Blackhorse, a beloved community leader who promoted Navajo culture and left behind a daughter named Poet.

Philipp travels to a conference on men’s issues in Chicago, shedding light on the controversial movement.

Three local MNS activists have been booked for allegedly beating a BJP worker in Thane district of Maharashtra over a post forwarded by him on WhatsApp which they found offending, police said on Tuesday.

According to the complaint filed by the BJP activist, Pradeep Rane, on Sunday he received a post on WhatsApp about the MNS along with a picture of its party chief Raj Thackeray, Rabodi police station's senior inspector R M Somavanshi said. Rane forwarded the post to some other people. Later, three MNS workers also saw the post and felt offended following which they thrashed Rane, he said.

The complainant alleged that he apologised and also deleted the post from his mobile phone, but the MNS workers allegedly made a video-recording of the beating incident which they posted on social media and also aired on a local channel, the official said.

Based on his complaint, the police registered a case against the three MNS activists under IPC Sections 452 (house- trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with an intent to provoke breach of peace) and 500 (defamation), he said. No arrest has been made so far, he said, adding that a probe was underway into the incident.

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City-based environmentalist Stalin D has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray requesting the Maharashtra State Forest Department and Thane Forest Circle to monitor Aarey Milk Colony against encroachers during the lockdown.

This comes after reports on the depleting green cover in Aarey as trees are being chopped down illegally to build hutments.

Speaking to mid-day, Stalin said the deforestation of Aarey continues unabated without the fear of law. "This is to highlight the ongoing destruction of the forests of Aarey Colony. You are well aware of the facts of the matter pertaining to the ecological importance of Aarey and it has been six long years since citizens and NGOs started fighting to protect this forest. Matters are pending in various courts pertaining to this issue, but there is nothing that stops the government from taking a positive stand to protect Aarey. There is a Supreme Court order which directs that no trees should be cut in Aarey, but this order is being violated on a daily basis," his letter states.

The activist has also alleged that taking advantage of the lockdown, antisocial elements and the slum mafia have seized the opportunity to plunder Aarey.

"We are losing at least 30 trees on a daily basis inside Aarey. Slum-dwellers are expanding encroachments, building illegal temples, clearing the vegetation regularly ever since the lockdown was imposed. We have time and again raised the alarm and intimated the facts to the authorities concerned. But, the Aarey police have not acted on any of the complaints and have instead chosen to beat up citizens who sent them proof of tree chopping and expanding encroachments in the area. The green cover in areas such as the VIP guest house area, the New Zealand hostel forest area, Unit number 13 is steadily depleting. Though the Aarey CEO had got some of the encroachments removed, more spring up in their place," the email states.

He has appealed to the government to issue directions to the Forest Department telling them to monitor the area until the current COVID-19 situation improves.

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No. of trees cut down illegally in Aarey on a daily basis

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined hands with Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to protect vulnerable children across the world from the coronavirus. Priyanka Chopra took to social media to express her concern over the effect of Coronavirus on vulnerable children.

She tweeted: "It's heartbreaking to see the effect of Covid-19 on vulnerable children across the world. They now have to cope with food shortages, strained healthcare systems, violence & lost education. We need to protect them.. the onus is on us."

Join me in supporting this much needed campaign by @UNICEF & @GretaThunberg
Donate here: https://t.co/d1BYjjRvqg

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— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) April 30, 2020

Priyanka and her American pop singer husband Nick Jonas contributed to several charities to lend support to the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Priyanka took to Twitter to announce that the couple has donated to organisations like the PM-CARES Fund, Unicef, Feeding America and Goonj among many others.

She also pledged to donate USD100,000 to women doing their bit in health crisis.

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The Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday pronouncing gay sex illegal in India has caused uproar among gay rights acti

Patients and health activists demanded the end to malpractices in private hospitals by voicing their concerns on Tuesday. They also urged the Health Ministry

Crystal Amber’s move shows sign of confidence in struggling UK group

Amazon workers across the world are formalizing their activism with the creation of the Amazon Workers International. Its first action is a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon Director of UK Customer Fulfillment Stefano Perego in which the group demands the company makes permanent certain steps Amazon has implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Listeners called the Anaconda rapper out as disrespectful after using the lyrics: 'All you b*****s Rosa Parks, uh oh, get your a** up' in the forthcoming track, tentatively titled Yikes.

Maria Butina, 29, was arrested in Washington D.C. and charged with acting as a foreign agent on orders from the Kremlin - a direct allegation of election interference.

Brisbane motorists have been brought to a standstill again after climate change activists held up CBD traffic on Monday morning.

Callum Long Collins (pictured) of Fareham, Hampshire, who runs the English Shooting YouTube channel, confirmed police are not going to reinstate his licences after they were revoked in 2016.

The fashion and beauty mogul, 45, was seen carrying the £16,000 Hermes Birkin bag while she was attending Paris Fashion Week with her husband David, 44.

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The 27-year-old model was hosting a Strong4Me Fitness class at The Skimm in New York City when a small group of protesters made their way in during the middle of the session.

The political commentator, 30, married Brit George Farmer over Labor Day weekend at the Trump winery in Charlottesville, Virginia in front of guests including Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

Two Papuan activists on trial for treason in Indonesia's capital decried what they described as 'racism' after the Jakarta court on Monday ordered them to remove traditional penis gourds.

Ms Abdel-Magied left Australia in 2017 after being heavily criticised over an April 25 tweet where she used the phrase 'lest we forget' to make a political point.

A motion believed to have been drawn up by activists in Dulwich says Jeremy Corbyn deserves 'heartfelt gratitude and appreciation' for his 'remarkable contribution'.

More than half of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) which backed Mr Corbyn in the leadership contest in 2015 have endorsed soft-left candidate Sir Keir Starmer this year.

Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump's administration during a scathing 12-minute address to the Jewish Labor Committee in New York last night.

A fishing boat, pictured, sank shortly after its captain was challenged by environmental activists off the coast of Africa because it was suspected of illegally catching an endangered species.

The 'Stansted 15' (pictured) cut through a fence at Essex airport in March 2017 in a protest against deportation of 60 people. Of these, 25 were criminals for offences such as murder and child rape.

Dr Sonia Adesara said the 'Government failed to prepare' for the crisis. Last year she starred in a party political broadcast for Labour and appeared on stage at the party conference (pictured).

Here are the ways Britons can make a real difference right now, all from the comfort - and safety - of your own sofa.

Charlie Sheen is heading to Australia next month for a highly-anticipated speaking tour.

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Radwa Mohamed (pictured) was detained at her home on Wednesday night and accused of spreading false news, officials in Egypt said.

The activist was 'shocked' by the attack outside High Barnet tube station just before 3pm and was treated at the scene before further tests were carried out in hospital.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was pledging her support to the nation's car industry at the annual Frankfurt IAA car show when Greenpeace protestors made their way inside the building.

Jo Phoenix, from the Open University, had been due to give a talk entitled 'Trans rights and justice: complicated contours in contemporary sex, gender and sexualities politics'.

In a statement from BET, Bars said: 'This award symbolizes it is time for greater progressions, though if we focus only on struggle, then we will never realize our infinite potential.'

Malena Ernman has told of her daughter's struggle with autism and an eating disorder in a new book written by the Thunberg family.

A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has alleged that Pakistan has been regularly violating ceasefire at the Line of Control these days to infiltrate terrorists into Kashmir valley amid COVID-19 spread.Amjad Ayub Mirza, a political activist and author based in Glasgow told ANI, "It is Pakistan, which is responsible for ceasefire violation. We, the people of PoK are aware of this fact that always Pakistan initiates a ceasefire violation to which India retaliates."The activist said that like always, time too, the ceasefire violation was started by Pakistan which created problems for locals, even in the areas of Jammu that do not even come in the jurisdiction of the ceasefire line.Divulging further on the heinous activities conducted by Pakistan, the activist said, "There can be three reasons for them to do so. Firstly due to the coronavirus outbreak, the establishment has been exposed over the mishandling of the pandemic. The country does not even have proper ...

Niyamat Ansari fearlessly sought to secure for people their rights under the law. The political economy around the delivery of those rights, however, proved too vicious, and he was killed. Simrin Makhija reports.

The recent government crackdown on Greenpeace in particular, and the activism sector in general, reeks of arbitrariness and illegitimacy, says Ashish Kothari in a scathing critique. The question is will the people give in to the state’s tactics?

Shabana Azmi's six year term in Parliament came to an end in August 2003. She spoke to Lalitha Sridhar.