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Harmeet Dhillon said the DOJ's Civil Rights Division is rebuilding under President Trump as longtime staff leave, allowing ...
Amnesty International Australia is concerned for Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism, warning that it undermines ...
Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...
The upcoming review of Vietnam’s record on civil and political rights at the UN Human Rights Committee represents a key ...
Although civil and political rights are inherently complex and interdependent, two potential “bellweather” cross-national indicators, based on UN expert reports, are: ...
A group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a small Sugar Shack store, on May 3, 1966, in Peachtree, Ala., after the Voting Rights Act was passed the previous year. MPI/Getty Images ...
When it comes to human and civil rights, is your government living up to its obligations? You can help hold it accountable by engaging with the Human Rights Committee, a UN body of independent experts ...
Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...
Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program, had the following reaction to the U.S.’ absence: "The United States’ decision to boycott today’s presentation by ...
Explore the pivotal role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in shaping the Civil Rights Movement and the passage of landmark legislation, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Hearing on Civil and Political Rights in the Republic of Korea: Implications for Human Rights on the Peninsula. Testimony of John Sifton to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.