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Civil rights groups sue NY police on Muslim spying


Civil rights lawyers urged a US judge to declare the New York Police Department`s widespread spying ...

Forest Whitaker to play Martin Luther King Jr in film?


Forest Whitaker has been tipped to play civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr in a new movie.

US museum to open balcony where King was shot


The National Civil Rights Museum in the US plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr was...

`American Muslims overwhelmingly back Barack Obama`


American Muslims overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama in his re-election bid, according to ...

`Gay activists freeing soul of American people’


In May, US Vice President had expressed his support for gay marriage before President Barack Obama d...

Mohanty seeks presence of `real` Maoists


Civil Rights activist Dandapani Mohanty, sought the presence of any one of 3 "real" Maois...

Discrimination probe against Harvard ends


An Indian-American student complained that elite Harvard and Princeton universities discriminate aga...

Thatcher waged secret war against UK rights groups


Undercover soldiers were ordered by the Ministry of Defence to carry out spying missions, after the ...

Posco: Civil rights groups will stand by agitation


Social activist Medha Patkar demanded that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visit the area immediately.

Chinese civil rights lawyer resurfaces: Friend


Li Fangping vanished on Friday amid an ongoing govt crackdown on dissent.

Binayak Sen walks free from prison


Additional Sessions Judge BP Verma directed Sen to surrender his passport as a bail condition.

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone


The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on openly gay troops.

Manipur activist Sharmila completes 10 years of fasting


Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu completed 10 years of her fast-unto-death on Tuesday, dema...

Rights groups to challenge Arizona immigration law


Civil rights groups said on Thursday they would mount a legal challenge to Arizona`s new immigration...

Dorothy Height, civil rights activist, dies at 98


Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in his...

Civil rights activist Sharmila released, but fast continues


Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila, on a fast unto death for more than nine years demanding repea...

Pillai meets civil rights groups, church leaders in Nagaland


Opinion of civil society groups, church leaders and student bodies in Nagaland has been sought on ...