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Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector-turned-activist said he flew 200,000 balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and COVID medical supplies across the border from South Korea into North Korea. One placard had an image of North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, and a message saying that his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, was responsible for starting the Korean War. South Korea passed a law in 2020 that punishes anti-regime messages with three years in prison. In 2022, Park was indicted for violating the law. He filed a complaint claiming the law violates constitutional rights. #kimjongun #northkorea #politics #korea #dprk #propoganda | Defector Launches 200,000 Anti- Kim Jong Un Leaflets into North Korea | North Korean defector-turned-activist Park Sang-hak said he flew 200,000 balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and COVID medical supplies across the border from South Korea into North Korea. | Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines
Juneteenth is America's newest federal holiday, thanks in part to the work of a 96-year-old activist from Texas, Ms. Opal Lee. Opal and her granddaughter Dion Sims explain why the holiday is a "unifier" and share some simple things you can say and do to both celebrate Juneteenth and honor its history. #juneteenth #juneteenth2023 #opallee #blackhistory | How to honor Black people on Juneteenth
Moms For Liberty has made headlines for its stance on banning books from school libraries and lobbying against discussion of LGBTQ issues inside classrooms. CNN’s Elle Reeve talks with both the Colorado chapter of the conservative education activist group and to a group of liberal parents on their opposing views. #CNN #news #momsforliberty #bookbanning #lgbtq #parentalrights #ellereeve | Moms For Liberty member speaks out on culture wars
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins physically removed an activist from a press conference. Higgins' office released a statement saying that he "took action" after the activist approached Rep. Lauren Boebert in a "threatening manner."
DeLovie Kwagala, a queer photographer and activist from Uganda, says they felt force to flee to South Africa as their home country began implementing the hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill known as the ‘kill the gays’ bill in March. Earlier this month, the country’s parliament passed a mostly unchanged version of one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ+ bills after President Yoweri Museveni asked that certain provisions from the original legislation be toned down. Museveni, a vocal opponent of LGBTQ+ rights, applauded lawmakers for having “rejected the pressure from the imperialists''. The president now has until the end of May to either sign the legislation into law, return it to parliament for another revision, or veto it and inform the parliamentary speaker. The bill will, however, pass into law without the president’s assent if he returns it to parliament for a second time. #Uganda #LGBTQ | Ugandan activist speaks out as country passes anti-LGBTQ bill imposing death penalty
King Charles III's coronation has already been met with demonstrations, with the head of the UK's largest pro-republic group, along with five other organisers of an anti-monarchy protest, arrested along the procession route this morning. 🎥: Peter Tatchell #coronation #kingcharles #protest #uk #uknews #protest #monarchy | Republican activist says barriers have been put up to block anti-monarchy protests from view of King Charles
Our Asian Pacific American Month Google Doodle celebrates the life of Corky Lee, a Chinese American photographer and activist. #GoogleDoodle #APAHM #arttok | Country: US
Writer and activist Carmen Pelaez talks to John #Leguizamo about the Latino voting population in #Miami and why President Obama resonated with voters there. Watch the 6-part series, “Leguizamo Does America,” on Sundays at 10pm ET on MSNBC, and streaming on Peacock.
Play was stopped during the World Snooker Championship in the UK after an activist from Just Stop Oil jumped on the table and covered it in orange powder paint. #snooker #worldsnookerchampionship #uk #juststopoil #climateprotest #climateactivist #snookermoments | Just Stop Oil Protester Disrupts World Snooker* Championships With Orange Powder | *think pool or billiards
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joins CNN's Dana Bash after ProPublica's report stated that Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, had gone on several luxury trips involving travel subsidized by and stays at properties owned by a GOP megadonor. #cnn #news #aoc #scotus #supremecourt #clarencethomas
Indian police cut off the internet for 27 million people to catch Amritpal Singh, but he’s still on the run. The Sikh political activist released videos claiming his arrest is an excuse to crack down on the religious Sikh minority community in India. #AmritpalSingh #Sikhism #India #punjab #khalistan | The Man Police Tried to Catch By Cutting Internet Off To Millions Is Still On The Run
The Canberra Times’ Sarah Basford Canales recorded the moment before Lidia Thorpe, draped in an Aboriginal flag, was physically stopped by police after attempting to storm the stage at a rally held by controversial anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen. The independent senator later told @Guardian Australia that transphobia is not welcome on Aboriginal land. “As a sovereign black woman I’ve come to let these people know that they are not welcome on this country." Read the full story via the link in bio. #ausnews #news #lidiathorpe #australia
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