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# activist - Monday 25 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie RIP

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.

# activist - Tuesday 22 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Inez Mccormack

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.

# activist - Saturday 12 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Suicide

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.

# activist - Saturday 1 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

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.

# activist - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Pakistan

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.

# activist - Monday 15 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Activist

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.

# activist - Sunday 20 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie China This post contains videos

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.

# activist - Saturday 19 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie China

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.

# activist - Tuesday 19 April, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Gaza

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.

# activist - Friday 25 March, 2011

From TheJournal.ie China

Chinese activist sentenced to 10 years in jail

This is the third time Liu Xanbin has been put in jail by Chinese authorities.