Activism News — Topix

In this Tuesday, April 22, 2008 file photo, a Christian Greek Orthodox priest bathes in the Jordan River after it was blessed during a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River at Qasr-el Yahud near Jericho, in the West Bank, during Holy Week.

An animal rights group wants to help pay for a dog park that the Girl Scouts of Troop 74 hope to create in Borough Park.

Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas returned home from the hospital Thursday three weeks after ending a 134-day hunger strike that left him sluggish, with neck pain and difficulty walking.

After obtaining the investigation file of the Orange County Sheriff's Office on the Feb.

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A community member alerted the International Fund for Animal Welfare to the planned shoot.

For Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner , work and play are one and the same. As figurehead of the men's magazine since its launch in 1953, Hefner has embodied the publication's spirit with his silk-pajama lifestyle and revolving cast of simultaneous girlfriends.

Amanda Hiscocks will live under house arrest at her sister's residence in Ottawa and will continue to make required court appearances in Toronto.

Amnesty International accused Iran of harassing the lawyer of a woman sentenced to death by stoning, saying Wednesday that he has gone missing and two of his relatives have been detained.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it has convinced Dodge to alter a TV spot featuring a chimpanzee.

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the FBI to turn over data concerning the agency's collection of race and ethnic information in Alabama.

Activists from PETA demonstrate mock meat packages in Times Square, New York, the United States, July 27, 2010, to protest against violent killing of animals to get meat.

A dog team out for a run near Kuujjuaq in northern Quebec. Stray dogs are a problem in Canada's remote northern communities, where veterinarians are rare and canines reproduce at will.

Photograph: Parth Sanyal / Reuters Mining company Vedanta today dismissed as "incorrect" an Amnesty International report that accused the firm of human rights abuses and damaging the environment.

Bullfighting in Spain could suffer its biggest setback to date on Wednesday when the local parliament in Catalonia votes on whether to ban the practice in the separatist-minded northeastern region.

Janet Jackson attends the preview screening of 'Why Did I Get Married' at Brixton Ritzy on May 21, 2010 in London, England.

The victim's lawyers in a trial of two Egyptian policemen involved in the death of a young man demanded Tuesday that the defendants face torture charges in a case that has focused national attention on police brutality in Egypt.

An animal rights activist has caused a stir in Jordan's capital by covering herself in lettuce in a quirky attempt to persuade Middle Eastern meat lovers to go vegetarian.

Israel appears to have improved its cooperation with the United Nations over its controversial Gaza policy after coming under pressure from activists seeking to break Israel's sea blockade of the Hamas-controlled territory.

It's a world that Atwood feels could come to be, if we don't make the right social and scientific choices.