80,000 party at Israel gay parade, area’s biggest
By IAN DEITCH A U.S. flag is raised alongside a pride flag on the U.S. Embassy a day before the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 12,…
Human rights and civil liberties
Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91
By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARK KENNEDY FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, Ruby Dee attends a special screening of “Frankie & Alice” in New York. Dee, an…
Thailand’s junta bans all anti-coup protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers form a line while guarding a bus stop area to prevent an anti-coup demonstration at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hundreds…
NSA: CO-WORKER PROVIDED A DIGITAL KEY TO SNOWDEN
By STEPHEN BRAUN This June 9, 2013 photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden in Hong Kong. The National Security Agency is telling Congress that an…
JUDGE: VA. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By BROCK VERGAKIS FILE – In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark Herring smiles during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. A federal…
AFGHAN WOMEN RALLY AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
By AHMAD SEIR Afghan women listen during a demonstration to protest violence that you can check here, against women in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Afghan women are marching…
TURKISH INTERNET RESTRICTIONS RAISE MORE CONCERNS
By SUZAN FRASER In this picture taken late Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, Oktay Vural, a leading deputy from the opposition Nationalist Action Party, MHP, holds up a placard during a…
UN COMMITTEE BLASTS VATICAN ON SEX AB– USE, ABORTION
By NICOLE WINFIELD Kirsten Sandberg, center, chairperson of the U.N. human rights committee on the rights of the child, talks to committee members Maria Herczog, right, and Benyam Mezmur during…