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Mehta `betrayed` Gujarat over Lokayukta: Civil rights activist

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 21:56

Justice (retd) Mehta`s refusal to assume office of the Gujarat Lokayukta invited a strong reaction from an eminent jurist and civil rights activist.

Civil rights groups sue NY police on Muslim spying

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 23:37

Civil rights lawyers urged a US judge to declare the New York Police Department`s widespread spying programme directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional.

Forest Whitaker to play Martin Luther King Jr in film?

Last Updated: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 09:20

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

Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2012, 23:12

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

`American Muslims overwhelmingly back Barack Obama`

Last Updated: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 11:08

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

`Gay activists freeing soul of American people’

Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2012, 18:23

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

Mohanty seeks presence of `real` Maoists

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 19:43

Civil Rights activist Dandapani Mohanty, sought the presence of any one of 3 "real" Maoists lodged in different jails of the country to expedite talks.

Discrimination probe against Harvard ends

Last Updated: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 13:32

An Indian-American student complained that elite Harvard and Princeton universities discriminate against Asian-Americans.

Thatcher waged secret war against UK rights groups

Last Updated: Sunday, January 8, 2012, 13:27

Undercover soldiers were ordered by the Ministry of Defence to carry out spying missions, after the Tories won the 1979 election.

Posco: Civil rights groups will stand by agitation

Last Updated: Monday, June 20, 2011, 22:21

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

Chinese civil rights lawyer resurfaces: Friend

Last Updated: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 12:45

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

Binayak Sen walks free from prison

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 00:57

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