A pro-Palestinian group slashed and spray-painted a century-old portrait of Arthur James Balfour at the University of Cambridge on Friday, defacing a painting of the
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French Nuns and Climate Activists Square Off Over Plans for a Megachurch
When climate activists protesting the building of a huge church complex in a natural park in the South of France scaled the construction site, the
For Ukraine, Many Antiwar Activists in the U.S. Make an Exception
On an August Sunday in Amherst, Mass., a small peace vigil was underway near the town center, extending a weekly tradition dating back to the
Russian Anti-War Activists Seek Common Goals (When They’re Not Bickering)
BERLIN — Seeking to describe the fractious, stalled nature of the Russian opposition working in exile, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a young Chechen human rights defender, referred
Domestic opposition to Putin invites jail, dividing activists over the wisdom of staying put to fight.
Shortly after Russia shocked the world by attacking Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ilya V. Yashin, a local Moscow councilman and prominent opposition figure, decided it