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2 days ago

Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say

Narges Mohammadi, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was detained at a Mashhad memorial, with several activists arrested amid a broader crackdown on civil society.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women's conference

Addressing dignitaries gathered in Beijing on Monday, Xi Jinping praised the historic achievements of women's rights in China. In the past 30 years, the Chinese president said, maternal mortality rates had dropped by nearly 80%, and women were now participating in the project of national governance with unprecedented confidence and vigour. Xi was speaking at the global women's summit, an event on Monday and Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the historic UN's world conference on women, which took place in Beijing.
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