Westwood had been a staunch political activist advocating against arbitrary detention, nuclear weapons and supporting environmental groups like Greenpeace.
Licypriya Kangujam, 11, is a leading voice in anti-coal protests at home and calls out rich and powerful countries abroad, asking them to make up for the loss and destruction caused due to their unabated regard for the climate.
Of the 200 environmentalists killed globally in 2021, three-quarters of them were from Latin America, the report by NGO Global Witness says.
Activists across the Arab world continue to fight for human and civil rights despite violence and intimidation.
The activists live streamed the incident, saying they were recovering art looted from the colonial era.
The messages are disparate, ranging from the sign-of-the-times standard "Everything's strange" to slogans like "Public health for all".
Thousands of Australians gathered across the country to support US protests against police brutality and institutionalised racism amid the fear of a new wave of coronavirus.
Tens of thousands people gathered in central London to protest the death of George Floyd by chanting "no justice, no peace, no racist police" and "black lives matter."
Clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi left 13 people killed and over 150 injured, overshadowing US President Donald Trump's first visit to India.
One student was reportedly shot in the hand before police arrested the alleged gunman, who timed his attack to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 by a Hindu radical.
From climate change to India's complete take over of disputed Kashmir to massive anti-Beijing demonstrations in Hong Kong, here are some of the global protests that dominated headlines in 2019.
Officials said the fire broke out in the early hours of Monday at Kirari area of New Delhi and its cause was yet unknown, taking about three hours to contain it.
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