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Journalists often lap up these headline-grabbing moments, with no shortage of people across Birmingham willing to stand up for their beloved city and community.

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said by allowing the event to go ahead, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "telling every woman in India that you are too weak to stand up for them".

Former Paramount chair Shari Redstone recently signed on as chair of the Israel-based studio Sipur, which produced “Bad Boy,” in part because she wanted to stand up for the Israeli creative community.

“Now let’s hope that he’s inspired enough to stand up for himself,” she says.

He concluded: “The authoritarian feeds on fear and ignorance and when people who can stand up for their rights articulate it humorously, it helps to bring the henchman down.”