A court of appeals in Thailand has given political activist Mongkhon Thirakot a 50-year prison term for insulting the monarchy. Mongkhon was found guilty in 25 cases, including 11 cases for which the lower court had acquitted him. The law on insulting
A well-known gay rights activist in Uganda who was stabbed by unknown assailants this week attributed the attack to what he described Thursday as a growing intolerance of the LGBTQ+ community fueled by politicians. The climate of intolerance is being exacerbated by
Steven Kabuye, a well-known gay rights activist from Uganda, has been hospitalized in critical condition following a stabbing. “Steven claims that these two guys’ intentions were to kill him not robbing and also claims that it seems they have been following him
A woman who is alleged to have lured a U.S. activist to his abduction and ultimate death has been arrested by police in Colombia, according to reports. The woman, who has not been identified, is understood to have been arrested on Wednesday
The body of a U.S. activist and comedian was found with over a dozen stab wounds and dumped in a ravine after allegedly being kidnapped and held for ransom in Colombia. Tou Ger Xiong, 50, an Asian American man from Woodbury in
An Indian national has been charged with allegedly orchestrating a thwarted murder-for-hire plot that sought to execute a U.S. citizen and Sikh activist on U.S. soil in New York City. Nikhil “Nick” Gupta, 52, of India, is charged with murder for hire,
An activist who documented murders in one of Mexico’s deadliest cities has himself been killed, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Adolfo Enríquez was killed in the city of Leon, in north-central Guanajuato state. The city has the third-highest number of homicides in Mexico, trailing
Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court later charged with a public order offence. The 20-year-old was arrested near the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair on October 17. She was at a protest against the Energy Intellifence Forum that was taking place
The Israeli peace activist and leader of Women Wage Peace, who was thought to be kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, has been identified five weeks after she was killed. Forensic examiners have identified the remains as Vivian Silver, 74, confirming she was killed
A billionaire known for funding Extinction Rebellion has also donated to Sadiq Khan’s climate network. Sir Christopher Hohn, 57, is a prominent financier responsible for The Children’s Investment Fund Management (TCI), who has cultivated a reputation as an activist investor. In recent