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Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and fought alongside him for decades to expand labour rights in the U.S., on Wednesday accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s. CBC | World News
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Dozens of Haitian civilians killed by police, security company drones in past year, Human Rights Watch says
Drones operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 others in less than a year, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »What do you get when you win the U.K. Wife Carrying Race? Bragging rights and a barrel of ale
Teemu Touvinen sprinted over the hillside with his girlfriend Jatta Leinonen flung over his shoulder on Sunday, winning first place at the 2026 U.K. Wife Carrying Race in Dorking, England. CBC | World News
Read More »IN PHOTOS | Memorial for U.S. civil rights icon Jesse Jackson begins in Chicago
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
Read More »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
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