no comment Atlanta residents gather to pay tribute to US congressman John Lewis A large mural was painted to paid tribute to the late civil rights activist. 19/07/2020
USA John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80 Tributes have been pouring in for Lewis, the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that had the greatest impact on the civil rights movement 18/07/2020
World MEPs warn of ‘grave concerns’ over post-Brexit citizens’ rights A European Parliament resolution accuses the British government of failing to safeguard the future of EU nationals living in the UK. 14/01/2020
United Kingdom Ethical vegans celebrate after winning landmark legal case in UK It means they will now get protection from discrimination at work. 04/01/2020
China Xinhua offices burned as Hong Kong protests enter 22nd week Demonstrators defied a ban on protest by the authorities in the territory. 02/11/2019
View It’s time the UK government took its duty to the Good Friday Agreement seriously ǀ View 03/05/2019
Germany Bavaria votes for increased police powers Critics say the new law is unnecessary and will lead to infringements of civil rights 17/05/2018
USA First big memorial to the thousands of African-Americans lynched by whites opens in Alabama National Memorial for Peace and Justice dedicates it to the "racial terror lynchings of African-Americans and the legacy of slavery and racial inequality in America.” 26/04/2018
brussels bureau Integrating EU's minority Roma community International Roma Day shines light on social inclusion and poverty issues 09/04/2018
USA Linda Brown, the focus of a 1954 segregation lawsuit, has died at 76 Linda Brown, the schoolgirl who became the focus of a 1954 lawsuit challenging segration in schools, has died aged 76 27/03/2018
Saudi Arabia Saudi women get the right to drive — but what about everything else? Headline-grabbing announcements regarding women's rights obscure the conflicts within families and throughout society over justice and the rule of law. 22/01/2018
Tunisia Tunisia overturns decades-old ban on women marrying non-Muslims The move follows recent pledges from President Beji Caid Essebsi to improve women's rights in the country 15/09/2017
USA US comic and civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies at 84 Pioneering comedian was among the first African-Americans to play for white audiences in the 1960s 20/08/2017
USA New film deals with the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting Three years have past since Michael Brown, an unarmed black man was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson . A powerful new documentary takes 16/08/2017
View View: Why are authoritarian democratic leaders getting so popular? The rise of “illiberal democracy” in Europe is typically centered on a leader who concentrates power by overriding – and in some cases eliminating – institutional checks and balances. 03/08/2017
View View: The West's decadent foreign policy- never bite the hand that feeds you "We are increasingly reluctant to allow our own vision of civil liberties and human rights to shape our foreign policies, owing to the potential commercial costs." 25/07/2017
Cult Black Power art show opens in London A new exhibition of the art that came out of the American Civil Rights movement as well as the politics of black identity has opened at London's Tate modern museum. 13/07/2017