# Civil Rights
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2023
Voices
Opinion: 'Everyone in the Traveller community has experienced prejudice at some point'
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Jul 14th 2023, 9:04 AM
Voices
Opinion: The Hate Offences Bill is far from anti-democratic - it's a mark of a civilised society
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Jun 13th 2023, 8:38 AM
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RIP
Austin Currie remembered for his ‘fearless, immense courage’ at funeral
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Nov 13th 2021, 4:15 PM
Voices
Opinion: Austin Currie - peacemaker, parliamentarian and titan of the civil rights movement
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Nov 12th 2021, 11:20 AM
Collusion
Malcolm X's family demand new murder investigation following allegations of FBI involvement
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Feb 22nd 2021, 8:53 AM
RIP
US politician and civil rights leader John Lewis dies aged 80
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Jul 18th 2020, 5:34 PM
Civil Rights
Seamus Mallon, former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, has died aged 83
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Jan 24th 2020, 10:46 PM
ivan cooper
Ivan Cooper: Northern Ireland civil rights leader who led Bloody Sunday march dies aged 75
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Jun 26th 2019, 12:37 PM
RIP
Aretha Franklin: How the Queen of Soul was a trailblazer of the civil rights movement
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Aug 18th 2018, 8:30 AM
I have a dream
Martin Luther King Jr's son says US 'must do better' 50 years on from assassination
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Apr 4th 2018, 10:53 PM
in the name of peace
'The Irish conflict's Martin Luther King': John Hume's journey to America
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Nov 26th 2017, 8:30 PM
andrew jackson
'People don't ask... why was there a Civil War?': Historians mystified by Trump's latest comments
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May 2nd 2017, 8:36 AM
black lives matter
Pepsi pulls 'tone deaf' Kendall Jenner protest ad after sustained backlash
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Apr 5th 2017, 6:58 PM
Civil Rights
US Governor tells black congressman 'a thank you would suffice' for the abolition of slavery
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Jan 17th 2017, 8:05 PM
Protests
Jeff Sessions says he'd be a fair Attorney General and defy Trump if necessary
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Jan 10th 2017, 4:59 PM
burkini
France's burkini bans being fought as an "attack on fundamental rights"
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Aug 23rd 2016, 5:23 PM
Dallas
Teenager arrested for bringing homemade clock to school to sue
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Aug 8th 2016, 9:38 PM
Rosa Parks
Adams defends "back of the bus" remark after White House mix-up
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Mar 17th 2016, 5:30 PM
Voices
We seem to have forgotten the Special Criminal Court is supposed to be exceptional
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Feb 10th 2016, 12:30 PM
Jenchesky Santiago
WATCH: US cop places gun in black man's mouth 'to show off to his friends'
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Dec 4th 2015, 11:01 PM
Montgomery
Sixty years ago Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus - and changed history
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Dec 1st 2015, 9:30 PM
Voices
Ireland's attitude to housing rights, social security and culture is under scrutiny
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Jun 5th 2015, 8:00 AM
Voices
The UN is reviewing Ireland's protection of rights – how will we fare?
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Jun 3rd 2015, 7:30 PM
malpractice
'More needs to be done': Baltimore police face a civil rights probe
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May 8th 2015, 4:21 PM
Civil Rights
Fifty years ago today, protesters marched on Selma and changed the course of history
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Mar 7th 2015, 4:30 PM
friendship nine
Judge does the 'right thing' 54 years after these 9 men were jailed for sitting at a 'white table'
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Jan 29th 2015, 7:20 AM
Ferguson
Stores looted after police say slain US teen is robbery suspect
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Aug 16th 2014, 11:34 AM
Transparency
Traveller and human rights groups to have their say on Garda oversight
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May 14th 2014, 6:30 AM
Civil Rights
Education, training and legal help all lacking for trafficking victims - Immigrant Council of Ireland
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May 6th 2014, 4:47 PM
Racism
In Dublin today: The man who warmed up the crowd for Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech
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Apr 23rd 2014, 10:00 AM
Civil Rights Movement
Affirmative action promotes racial and ethnic diversity in US colleges - but it's under threat
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Apr 22nd 2014, 9:47 PM
Voices
Column: The European Commission is not recognising the human right to water
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Mar 21st 2014, 6:04 PM
Gay Rights
White says gay laws will ‘stigmatise and criminalise’… but won’t say that to Russian counterpart
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Mar 18th 2014, 1:00 PM
Voices
Column: Economic rights are just as vital to a democracy as civil rights
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Mar 4th 2014, 1:00 PM
Voices
Column: As the Winter Olympics kick off in Russia, let's consider oppression in all its forms
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Feb 7th 2014, 7:00 AM
Gay Marriage
Taoiseach on same-sex marriage: 'I wouldn’t have the same opinion as the Tánaiste'
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Dec 29th 2013, 7:00 AM