Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up

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'We want to be known as human beings, not slaves imprisoned in the corner of the house.'

STORY: Kateryna Prokopenko, 27, and Yuliya Fedosiuk, 29, crying as they spoke to the pope for about five minutes at the end of his general audience in St. Peter's Square, telling him he was 'their last hope' to save their husbands' lives."You are our last hope, I hope you can save their lives, please don't let them die," Prokopenko could be heard telling the pope on a video released by the Vatican.

There’s a lot of really lovely people here and I hope that you guys survive this lockdown with as little pain as possible." For the last 65 days, American Laura Hudson has been on a mission to leave China. She quit her teaching job in China's northeastern city of Changchun on March 8 for reasons unrelated to the global health crisis. But the city announced a lockdown three days later.

 

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