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Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone

Last Updated: Sunday, December 19, 2010, 21:08

The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on openly gay troops.

Manipur activist Sharmila completes 10 years of fasting

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 13:23

Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu completed 10 years of her fast-unto-death on Tuesday, demanding withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, from Manipur.

Rights groups to challenge Arizona immigration law

Last Updated: Friday, April 30, 2010, 11:34

Civil rights groups said on Thursday they would mount a legal challenge to Arizona`s new immigration law, which critics say enshrines racial profiling in the border state.

Dorothy Height, civil rights activist, dies at 98

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 22:32

Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday. She was 98.

Civil rights activist Sharmila released, but fast continues

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 13:02

Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila, on a fast unto death for more than nine years demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 1958 from Manipur, was released Tuesday but her fast continued.

Pillai meets civil rights groups, church leaders in Nagaland

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 17:31

Opinion of civil society groups, church leaders and student bodies in Nagaland has been sought on the vexed Naga political conflict before finalising counter proposals against the NSCN-IM`s charter of demands.