apartheid
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Last year, ECB chair Richard Thompson described the Taliban's oppression of women and girls as "gender apartheid".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
From there, he traced a line through the Civil Rights Movement and Black opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Belafonte offers to put him in contact with the leadership of the African National Congress, the principal opponent of the apartheid regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Let him say that he will dismantle apartheid.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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