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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Prominent rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she will join the legal team defending Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa, who was named a Time Magazine “Person of the Year” in 2018 for her journalism, faces several criminal charges along with her website Rappler, in what press freedom advocates have branded an act of “persecution”. “Maria Ressa is a courageous journalist […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hollywood star George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal on Monday pledged $500,000 to help fund a student march on Washington, giving a huge boost to what is considered an unprecedented youth mobilization against gun violence. The “March for Our Lives” is scheduled to take place on March 24, with sister rallies planned across the country demanding that US Congress come up with effective legislation to address […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — George and Amal Clooney plan to help nearly 3,000 Syrian refugee children go to school this year in Lebanon, where the United Nations says around 200,000 Syrian refugee children are out of education. More than one million Syrians — including over 500,000 children — are registered as refugees in Lebanon after fleeing the devastating war that has lasted more than six years in neighboring Syria. UNICEF said Monday that […]
FLORENCE , Italy (AFP) — Amal Clooney gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on Tuesday, her husband George Clooney’s publicist said, the first children for the international human rights lawyer and her movie star spouse. Amal Clooney and the Oscar-winning star of films like “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Three Kings” married in Italy in 2014, making them one of the world’s biggest celebrity couples. “This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the Islamic State group and bring those responsible for crimes to justice. Clooney, who represents Yazidi women who escaped from IS enslavement, was addressing UN member-states for the second time in six months to appeal for action to prosecute IS militants. “Why is it that nothing has been done?” Clooney […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Amal Clooney, the prominent Lebanese-British human rights lawyer and wife of American actor George, is pregnant with twins, a family friend said on Wednesday. “She’s pregnant with twins,” the friend said, asking to remain anonymous and without providing any further details about the sexes of the babies or due date. The 39-year-old rights lawyer and 55-year-old Hollywood star tied the knot in Venice in 2014. Amal’s clients include former […]
