President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on this day in history, July 2, 1964 — “the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction,” as the National Archives notes on its website. The Civil Rights Act
A Muslim leader in India blasted plans from some Democrat representatives to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to Congress on Thursday. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., announced Tuesday on Twitter that she would not attend Modi’s speech to Congress on Thursday, accusing
Malian authorities will launch an espionage prosecution against the people behind a U.N. report that accused the country’s military of committing human rights violations alongside Russian mercenaries, Mali’s public prosecutor said. The announcement comes amid growing uncertainty about the future of the
The King is said to believe the generous property which boasts seven bedrooms could be better re-purposed with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s former home Frogmore Cottage suggested as an alternative. Mr Lownie added: “[Andrew’s] protector, the Queen, has gone
Women’s rights advocates have called for protests in dozens of Polish cities on Wednesday under the slogan “Stop killing us,” after a woman in her fifth month of pregnancy died of sepsis, the latest such death since a tightening of Poland’s abortion
Most Americans are familiar, at least in passing, with the phrase, “You have the right to remain silent.” And on this day in history, June 13, 1966, this right was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court as a principle of American law
Up to 54,000 illegal migrants are set to get new rights to live in Britain after a key part of Priti Patel’s flagship immigration law was dropped. The move was announced yesterday by Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick in a bid to slash
Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body on Thursday accused Israel of “delegitimizing and silencing civil society” by outlawing Palestinian human rights groups and labeling their members as “terrorists.” The findings came in the annual report by the Human Rights
Extremist rebels in eastern Congo’s Ituri province killed at least 18 people in several villages, according to a human rights group. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked people in the Irumu territory villages of Mutuyeyi, Bekembele and Bulesi villages last weekend,
Asylum seekers who have been put up in “generous” accommodation in central London but who are refusing to share the hotel rooms they have been designated could lose their right to public funding for housing, food or money, according to some ministers.