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WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (LONDON) — Iranian human rights activist Bahareh Hedayat is experiencing dire health issues 13 days into her hunger strike in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, making her family and friends worry about her life. She has been “grappling with severe weakness and heart palpitations” after losing about 8 kilograms, or 17 lbs, in the […]

Alvaro Medina Jurado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Cuban rapper, who helped write the 2021 Latin Grammy song of the year, reportedly sewed his own mouth shut to protest his alleged mistreatment in a maximum-security prison on the island, according to posts on his social media pages, other Cuban activists and his wife. In a […]