DETAINEES DISAPPEAR AMID NIGERIAN CRACKDOWN
By MICHELLE FAUL In this undated family photo provided by his sister, Hauwa Hasan Kida, Samaila Hassan Kida poses for a picture at an unspecified location. On the night of…
Human rights and civil liberties
OBAMA HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING AS PERSONAL HERO
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE This photo taken Aug. 26, 2013 shows President Barack Obama speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Barack Obama was 2 years old…
2 MORE NM COUNTIES GIVE SAME-SEX LICENSES
By JERI CLAUSING and RUSSELL CONTRERAS CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO TUESDAY, NOT MONDAY – Jena and Nan Masland, both 35, join dozens of same-sex couple lining up outside the…
UN RIGHTS CHIEF MEETS SRI LANKAN WAR SURVIVORS
Family members of disappeared Tamil people holding pictures of their relatives protest during the visit of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug.…
NM COUNTY TOLD TO ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
JERI CLAUSING Angelique Neuman, left, and Jen Roper, right, celebrate their wedding at Christus St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center, where Roper is undergoing treatment, Friday Aug. 23, 2013 in Santa…
CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY CONNECTED
By DEEPTI HAJELA FILE – In this Oct. 3, 1965, file photo U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at his desk on Liberty Island in New York Harbor as he signs…
YOUTH SEE MARCH ANNIVERSARY AS CHANCE TO LEAD
BY SHAQUILLE BREWSTER Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the…
HOLDER: I WOULDN’T BE AG WITHOUT 1963 MARCHERS
ADDING SECOND SENTENCE TO CAPTION – Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledges applause before speaking at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the…