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Memorial services for the late civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson began in Chicago on Thursday, with stops in Washington and South Carolina to follow over the next two weeks. CBC | World News
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Jesse Jackson, U.S. civil rights activist, dead at 84
Jesse Jackson, the Martin Luther King protégé whose two bids for the U.S. presidency highlighted a lifelong fight for social and economic justice for all Americans, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
The family released an emotional statement. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Your rights if you get ‘unfair’ parking ticket as major firm fined £473,000
Private parking firms issued 15.9 million penalty tickets in the 12 months to September 2025 but how can you fight it when you think it is unfair Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Civil rights lawyer says Trump officials couldn’t break her spirit, so they doctored her photo instead
Minnesota civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong says she was shocked when she learned the White House had posted an altered photo of her appearing to sob during her arrest when, in fact, she was calm and poised. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 5,000 killed in recent protests in Iran, rights group says, as regime rejects Trump claims
Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there “completely false.” Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,002, activists said. CBC | World News
Read More »White House posts altered photo of civil rights activist’s arrest on social media
The Trump administration on Thursday misrepresented the arrest of a prominent civil rights attorney for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. CBC | World News
Read More »As protests in Iran are silenced, rights groups work to count the dead amid internet blackout
The Iranian regime says just over 3,000 people were killed in recent protests over the country’s failed economy, while human rights groups put the number of protesters confirmed dead at more than 4,000 and rising. CBC | World News
Read More »Iranian man arrested amid protests sentenced to death, say human rights groups
Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian man, has been sentenced to death in Iran amid widespread protests and a deadly government crackdown, according to human rights groups. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 25 people killed in Iranian economic protests, rights groups say
At least 25 people have been killed in Iran during the first nine days of protests that started in the bazaar of Tehran over the plunging value of the currency and soaring inflation, according to rights groups. CBC | World News
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