# Civil Rights
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Voices
Opinion: 'Everyone in the Traveller community has experienced prejudice at some point'
Michael Power
14 Jul 2023
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Voices
Opinion: The Hate Offences Bill is far from anti-democratic - it's a mark of a civilised society
Adam Long
13 Jun 2023
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Voices
Opinion: Austin Currie - peacemaker, parliamentarian and titan of the civil rights movement
Colum Eastwood
12 Nov 2021
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Collusion
Malcolm X's family demand new murder investigation following allegations of FBI involvement
22 Feb 2021
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Civil Rights
Seamus Mallon, former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, has died aged 83
Updated
24 Jan 2020
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ivan cooper
Ivan Cooper: Northern Ireland civil rights leader who led Bloody Sunday march dies aged 75
26 Jun 2019
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RIP
Aretha Franklin: How the Queen of Soul was a trailblazer of the civil rights movement
18 Aug 2018
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I have a dream
Martin Luther King Jr's son says US 'must do better' 50 years on from assassination
4 Apr 2018
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in the name of peace
'The Irish conflict's Martin Luther King': John Hume's journey to America
26 Nov 2017
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andrew jackson
'People don't ask... why was there a Civil War?': Historians mystified by Trump's latest comments
2 May 2017
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black lives matter
Pepsi pulls 'tone deaf' Kendall Jenner protest ad after sustained backlash
5 Apr 2017
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Civil Rights
US Governor tells black congressman 'a thank you would suffice' for the abolition of slavery
17 Jan 2017
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Protests
Jeff Sessions says he'd be a fair Attorney General and defy Trump if necessary
10 Jan 2017
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burkini
France's burkini bans being fought as an "attack on fundamental rights"
23 Aug 2016
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Voices
We seem to have forgotten the Special Criminal Court is supposed to be exceptional
Alan Greene
10 Feb 2016
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Jenchesky Santiago
WATCH: US cop places gun in black man's mouth 'to show off to his friends'
4 Dec 2015
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Montgomery
Sixty years ago Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus - and changed history
1 Dec 2015
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Voices
Ireland's attitude to housing rights, social security and culture is under scrutiny
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
5 Jun 2015
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Voices
The UN is reviewing Ireland's protection of rights – how will we fare?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
3 Jun 2015
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Civil Rights
Fifty years ago today, protesters marched on Selma and changed the course of history
7 Mar 2015
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friendship nine
Judge does the 'right thing' 54 years after these 9 men were jailed for sitting at a 'white table'
29 Jan 2015
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Transparency
Traveller and human rights groups to have their say on Garda oversight
14 May 2014
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Civil Rights
Education, training and legal help all lacking for trafficking victims - Immigrant Council of Ireland
6 May 2014
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Racism
In Dublin today: The man who warmed up the crowd for Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech
23 Apr 2014
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Civil Rights Movement
Affirmative action promotes racial and ethnic diversity in US colleges - but it's under threat
22 Apr 2014
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Voices
Column: The European Commission is not recognising the human right to water
Paul Murphy
21 Mar 2014
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Gay Rights
White says gay laws will ‘stigmatise and criminalise’… but won’t say that to Russian counterpart
18 Mar 2014
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Voices
Column: Economic rights are just as vital to a democracy as civil rights
Dr Tom Hickey
4 Mar 2014
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Voices
Column: As the Winter Olympics kick off in Russia, let's consider oppression in all its forms
Kevin Donoghue
7 Feb 2014
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Gay Marriage
Taoiseach on same-sex marriage: 'I wouldn’t have the same opinion as the Tánaiste'
29 Dec 2013
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