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Badass Women You Should Know About In 2021
Here are all the badass women you should know about in 2021
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One Of Hong Kong’s Last Pro-Democracy Media Has Shut After Police Arrested Staff For “Sedition”
Stand News, one of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy media outlets, has closed after its top police raided its offices and arrested top editors for “conspiring to publish sedition material”.
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11 Human Rights Wins To Celebrate In 2021
Here are 11 human rights wins to celebrate in 2021
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This Popular Myanmar Celebrity Model Has Been Jailed For Three Years For Protesting The Coup
Paing Takhon, one of Myanmar’s most popular celebrities, has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking part in mass protests against the military coup that happened in the country in February.
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El Salvador Has Freed Three Women Jailed For 30 Years For Having Abortions For Medical Emergencies
Karen, Kathy and Evelyn, three women in El Salvador, have been freed after they were sentenced to 30 years in prison for having abortions after suffering medical emergencies.
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Hong Kong University Has Removed Its Famous Tiananmen Square Massacre “Pillar Of Shame” Statue
An iconic sculpture commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed from the Hong Kong University campus.
Climate
A Super Typhoon Ripped Through The Philippines Leaving At Least 375 People Dead And Hundreds Injured
Almost 400 people are dead, hundreds more injured and hundreds of thousands displaced in the Philippines after a powerful storm tore through the country last week.
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Chile Has Elected This 35-Year-Old Leftist Former Student Protest Leader As Its Youngest President
Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old leftist former student protest leader in Chile, has defeated the far-right candidate to be elected as the country’s youngest ever president.
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Malta Has Legalized Cannabis For Recreational Use For Adults In A First For Europe
Malta has become the first country in Europe to legalize cannabis for recreational use.
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Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Has Denied Saying She Was Sexually Assaulted By A Former Vice Premier
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who last month said she had been sexually assaulted by a former vice premier of China, has denied her comments in a video interview with a Singaporean state-run outlet.
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A Giant Spider Interrupted A COVID Press Conference In Australia And It Was The Most Australian Thing Ever
A COVID-19 press conference in Queensland, Australia, was interrupted when a giant huntsman spider crawled up the leg of the state’s health minister, causing a moment of chaos.
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Russia Has Been Ordered To Pay $416,000 To This Woman Whose Husband Chopped Her Hands Off
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay more than €370,000 ($416,000) to Margarita Gracheva, whose husband kidnapped her and cut off her hands with an axe in 2017.