United Kingdom Should civil partnerships be available to straight couples too? A heterosexual couple in Britain have lost a court bid aimed at allowing them to enter into a civil partnership. 21/02/2017
USA Trump administration removes Obama-era apology to LGBTI community for government discrimination President Donald Trump's administration takes down an apology to the LGBTI community from the US State Department's official website 25/01/2017
World Europol banned from publishing full pictures of on-the-run criminals Europe’s top crime agency won plaudits and publicity for its novel way of trying to catch criminals. 02/12/2016
Hungary Hungary's opposition journalists take shelter in homeless magazine Hungarian opposition journalists take shelter in homeless magazine, saying the government shut their newspaper down. 20/10/2016
Italy Rome hosts its first same-sex civil union Rome has hosted its first ever same-sex civil union. 17/09/2016
world news Obama 'significantly concerned' about civil liberties in Vietnam The US president expresses "significant concern" over freedom of speech in Vietnam as a number of activists are prevented from meeting him. 24/05/2016
World Jesse Jackson: 'We're winning' battle for racial equality Reverend Jesse Jackson has devoted his life to civil rights activism in the US and has made various forays into diplomacy. Euronews reporter Joanna 25/08/2015
USA US civil rights icon Julian Bond dies aged 75 American civil rights activist Julian Bond has died at the age of 75. Bond co-founded the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee in the 1960s 16/08/2015
USA NAACP march to Washington begins with civil rights rally in Selma The NAACP has launched a 40-day march across the US South on Saturday (August 1) with a rally in Selma, Alabama, aiming to draw on that city’s 01/08/2015
world news Moroccan-born man convicted on terror charges stripped of French nationality France’s top court ruled it was possible to strip a Moroccan-born man convicted on terror charges of his French nationality, paving the way for more 23/01/2015
Italy Italy court grants legal rights to child born to lesbian couple A court In Italy has recognized the legal status of a child born to a gay couple. The ruling challenges the country’s stance on marriage being 07/01/2015
France France: Marseille backs down over 'Nazi-era' ID cards for homeless The French city of Marseille has been forced to back down over ID cards designed to help the homeless but which caused a storm of protest from 05/12/2014
USA Big Brother? Government demands for private Facebook data on the rise BIGGEST DEMANDS FOR DATAThis table shows the countries who made the most requests to Facebook for access to users’ account data, January-June 2014 06/11/2014
Europe How to get your voice heard in the EU “I know that the European elections are coming up later this May. I was wondering how else I could make my voice heard in the EU?” George from 09/05/2014
USA Folk music pioneer and activist Pete Seeger dies aged 94 Folk music pioneer Pete Seeger has died aged 94, his family has confirmed. The artist, who was known for his protest songs and enjoyed a career 28/01/2014
World Jesse Jackson assesses Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech 50 years on The Reverend Jesse Jackson was a trailblazer for a black politicians like Barack Obama and a symbol of the political power – or sometimes 27/08/2013
USA Why is Luther King's "I have a dream" speech so hard to find online? Martin Luther King’s iconic “I have a dream” speech 50 years ago acted as a catalyst for the civil rights movement in the United States, a movement 23/08/2013
Europe What about my rights? The respect of our basic rights has become a top priority for many Europeans, and something that was supposed to strengthen those freedoms was the 27/05/2013
