France rejects asylum claim by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson

Paul Watson’s bid for asylum in France has been turned down, leaving the veteran anti-whaling campaigner in legal limbo.
Complex

Assata Shakur, Political Activist Who Sought Asylum in Cuba, Dead at 78

Assata Shakur, a political activist who sought asylum in Cuba following her 1977 conviction in the killing of a state trooper ...
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France refuses to grant asylum to anti-whaling activist Paul Watson

According to a French asylum agency document seen on Tuesday, NGO Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has been refused political ...

Peru sees 7th president in less than a decade after Boluarte ousted by Congress

LIMA, Peru -- LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday, as 38-year-old José Jerí took the reins of the shaken nation after Congress ousted widely ...

Political activist Assata Shakur passes away in Cuba at age 78

Political activist and Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur dies in Havana, Cuba, at 78, her daughter shares on ...

Assata Shakur, Tupac's godmother who sought political asylum in Cuba, dead at 78

Assata Shakur, a political activist and the godmother of pioneering rapper Tupac Shakur, died Sept. 25. She was 78.
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Assata Shakur, Tupac's godmother who sought political asylum in Cuba, dead at 78

Assata Shakur, a political activist and the godmother of pioneering rapper Tupac Shakur, died Sept. 25. She was 78. Her death was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cuba, where she had ...