Tanzania's government is facing growing accusations of repression after prominent human rights defenders say they were beaten ...

Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, has been hospitalised in London due to the effects of ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black folks throughout history. At age 18, Rev. Bruce Klunder knew he had to join the ...

An aid boat with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, was meanwhile nearing Gaza in a bid to highlight the plight of Palestinians in the face of an Israeli block ...

The Madleen, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, left Sicily last week with a cargo of relief supplies "to break Israel's blockade on Gaza" ...

A contingent from OutBermuda has travelled to Washington to represent the island’s LGBTQ+ community on a global stage. The ...

Pride Month officially began on June 1, marking a month-long global celebration of LGBTQ+ visibility and support. Countries ...

Washington, DC, is set to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital this weekend by hosting ...

As conflict in Sudan deepens, survivors and rights activists are urging the UK to respond, warning inaction risks emboldening ...

Joshua Wong, who is already serving a prison sentence, is one of the most recognizable faces of democracy movement ...

Global Unions Protest Saudi Arabia's World Cup Worker Horrors originally appeared on Athlon Sports. FIFA's choice of Saudi ...

Alexander Volgarev highlighted the fact that Kiev’s unprecedented wave of repression ruthlessly crushes everyone, not just prominent social figures and human rights activists ...