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I set up a free school for Afghan girls – and the Taliban blindfolded me and broke my nose and jaw
Basir Arian set up an online English study programme for Afghan girls after the Taliban banned them from school in August 2021. In May 2022, Taliban o…
Independent review announced into murder of student Henry Nowak
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced an independent review into the murder of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old University of Southampton student st…
Elation across Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić concedes to student-led protest movement
Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia's long-standing leader, conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections to a student-led protest movement on Sunday night. "I…
Residents of ‘1066 Country’ lose battle for Bayeux tapestry tickets
Hastings residents missed out on early access to Bayeux tapestry tickets after the British Museum's phone booking system failed to connect them during…
‘I just wasn’t going to give up’: the fight to free the longest-serving political prisoner in the US
Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous activist and American Indian Movement leader, walked free after 49 years in prison when President Joe Biden commuted hi…
Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups
An Iranian court has upheld a sentence of 74 lashes against 29-year-old singer Parastoo Ahmadi for performing without a hijab, drawing condemnation fr…