Activism
Hong Kong Has Jailed This Guy For 14 Months For Wearing A Protest T-Shirt
27-year-old Chu Kai-pong was arrested on June 12 at a train station while he was wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”.
Activism
world
This Taiwanese Woman Started A Project To Help Syrian Children In A Besieged Refugee Camp Go To School
Meet Lara Tseng, a Taiwanese woman who started a project in a near inaccessible refugee camp in Syria to help children go to school.
Climate
Young People In South Korea Sued The Government For Not Doing Enough To Fight Climate Change And Won
More than 250 people joined the lawsuit, including children, babies and even a fetus.
Women
Women In Afghanistan Are Singing To Protest The Taliban Banning Them From Speaking Aloud In Public
Afghan women are sharing videos of them singing to protest against new Taliban laws that bans women’s voices in public.
Activism
Despite The Capital Being Flooded, Thousands Of People In Yemen Held A Giant Protest For Gaza
Despite heavy rains causing flooding in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, thousands of people gathered to hold a giant protest for Gaza on Aug. 23.
world
A Court In China Has Denied This Woman The Right To Freeze Her Eggs Just Because She's Not Married
The hospital told Theresa Xu it was not possible to proceed without a marriage certificate, and doctors instead encouraged her to have babies while she was still young.
Women
The Afghan Refugee Breakdancer Has Released A Powerful Statement About Her "Free Afghan Women" Cape
B-Girl Talash said she did what she did because “The world has forgotten about Afghan women”.
Women
This Afghan Refugee Breakdancer Wore A "Free Afghan Women" Cape At The Olympics And Got Disqualified
"The girls of Afghanistan will never surrender. Whatever pressure you put on an Afghan girl – restrict her, or even imprison her - she'll definitely find a way out and will definitely achieve her goals. We fight and we will win."
Women
This Afghan Woman Sprinter Held Up A Powerful Message For The Taliban After Finishing Her Olympics Race
Afghan woman sprinter Kimia Yousofi has made a bold statement for women’s rights at the Paris Olympics, writing a note to the Taliban on the back of her bib.
world
Bangladeshi Student Protesters Have Forced The Prime Minister To Resign
Thousands of students have been protesting in Bangladesh since July after the government reinstated a system to reserve 30% of government jobs for veterans' families.
Activism
An Israeli Supporter Shouted “No Politics” At This Guy Talking About Football So He Chanted “Free Palestine”
A Brazil fan at the Israel vs Mali men’s football game at the Paris Olympics was interrupted by an Israeli supporter mid-interview
Politics
These French Left-Wing Lawmakers Snubbed A Far-Right Politician By Refusing To Shake His Hand
"Shake hands with a racist party? NEVER."