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# activist - Monday 25 March, 2013
Tributes paid after death of LGBT and civil rights activist
Christopher Robson, one of the founder members of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, passed away following a short illness.
Share28 Tweet46# activist - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Legendary human rights activist Inez McCormack dies
The veteran trade unionist and founder of the Participation and Practice of Rights organisation died following a short illness.
Share63 Tweet# activist - Saturday 12 January, 2013
26-year-old web pioneer behind Reddit found dead
Aaron Swartz was an internet activist who had helped create RSS when he was just 14 years old. Authorities in New York are treating his death as a suicide.
Share279 Tweet# activist - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Column: How social media became a very real battleground
The conflict in Gaza is the latest to show the power of social networking – but online platforms need to examine the role they play, writes Jillian York.
Share4 Tweet14# activist - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Bogus ‘family’ members try to visit activist Malala
Police denied claims there were arrests after people claiming they were the Pakistani teen’s family members tried to gain access to the hospital.
Share1 Tweet8# activist - Monday 15 October, 2012
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban arrives in UK for treatment
Malala Yousafzai is being treated for a damaged skull in a highly specialised unit in Birmingham.
Share16 Tweet18# activist - Sunday 20 May, 2012
Legal activist arrives in US after rushed exit from China
Chen Guangcheng and his family were suddenly allowed to leave China on Saturday after a weeks-long diplomatic tussle between Washington and Beijing.
Share2 Tweet# activist - Saturday 19 May, 2012
Chinese activist who fled house arrest heads to US
The well-known Chinese activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States after a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that has tested US-China relations.
Share Tweet6# activist - Tuesday 19 April, 2011
Militant implicated in Italian activist’s death in Gaza commits suicide
Hamas said its troops were storming a building in which the trio believed to be responsible for death of pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni were hiding.
Share Tweet3# activist - Friday 25 March, 2011
Chinese activist sentenced to 10 years in jail
This is the third time Liu Xanbin has been put in jail by Chinese authorities.
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