Tamil Nadu plays politics with a dead issue

Everything is political, believed the Sixties. This belief not only animated the students' and civil rights movements of the time, but also intellectual and creative life in general. But what was crucial was a larger philosophical and critical understanding ...

Former US congressman Jesse Jackson Jr, the son of a civil rights leader and a one-time rising star in Democratic politics, pleaded guilty today to misusing about $750,000 in campaign money.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American leaders unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks on Wednesday, briefly setting aside political differences to honor the civil rights heroine, who became the first black woman to have a monument inside the U.S. Capitol.

Amritsar, Punjab (February 25, 2013): Condemning his continued house arrest in New Delhi, the Dal Khalsa has urged the Government of India to release chairman of Hurriyat (G) Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani immediately.

Maina Kiai is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Last week he appeared on the acclaimed KissTV primetime news JSO @ 7 hosted by anchor John Sibi-Okumu. Here are excerpts of the ...

American Civil Right Activist and former Presidential aspirant, the Rev. Jesse Jackson has said that Nigeria must remain united, despite the political and security challenges facing the nation at present. He dismissed the doomsday predictions that ...

EU officials criticized Russia over its human rights record, a perceived crackdown on civil society and its justice system at a recent meeting in Brussels. At EU-Russia consultations held Friday, EU officials urged Russia not to pass legislation ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad essentially dismissed attempts by the United States and Russia to bring the civil war in the country to a political solution. "Believing that a political conference will stop terrorism on the ground is unreal," Assad ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Tom Perez, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, as labor secretary, a Cabinet member who will play a key role in the administration's efforts to raise the minimum wage and ...