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We introduce you to fascinating people who are making change unstoppable. Hear powerful stories of resistance and solidarity and learn more about how you can take action now for human rights. This series connects the dots and passes the mic to people building a better future now. Together, we unravel the Canada you think you know and challenge the systems that hold back human rights.
A feminist activist takes part in a flash mob with photographs of women imprisoned after Belarus presidential elections on August 9, 2020, as they protest against police violence in Minsk, on February 14, 2021. - According to the "Viasna" Human Rights Center, 246 people are considered as being political prisoners in Belarus. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - People lay flowers and candles at a site in Yangon on March 13, 2021 where protesters died during demonstrations against the military coup. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Women's rights activists gather to march through Taksim Square to protest against gender violence in Istanbul, on November 25, 2018, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 13: A member of public is arrested during a vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common on March 13, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Vigils are being held across the United Kingdom in memory of Sarah Everard. Yesterday, the Police confirmed that the remains of Ms Everard were found in a woodland area in Ashford, a week after she went missing as she walked home from visiting a friend in Clapham. Metropolitan Police Officer Wayne Couzens has been charged with her kidnap and murder. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)