A baby girl was born somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on a transatlantic flight to Boston. Northwest Airlines from Amsterdam, and the kid's mom is from Uganda.

Law firms around the country are already fighting / drooling over the rights to represent and / or sue her citizenship if she ever enters politics.

No comment yet from Al Sharpton, but give it a couple of hours. picked by Moe 11 months ago

A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women.

Three islanders from Lesbos — home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women — have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name. picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

Just when we thought we'd seen it all from PETA -- the animal rights organization known for high-profile celebrity ads -- President Ingrid Newkirk has come up with this: George Clooney-flavored tofu. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

During this time, the news was reporting hundreds dead in Vietnam. Black civil rights activists confronted the racist South, and they were met with a grueling death and beatings. picked by Sablewolf 5 months ago

Most leaders feel the responsibility to protect the people they oversee. However, many issues arise when the people are over-censored. There are definite lines between the rights of free speech and the abuse of censorship. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago

Mr Obama's decision dismayed human rights and Tibetan support groups, who said he had made an unnecessary concession to the Chinese, who regard the Dalai Lama as a "splittist". picked by cb__ 2 months ago

Waris Dirie, a former model turned women's rights campaigner, has gone missing in Brussels picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

"There's a godawful lot of laws," said Batman after ending up in the slammer - for sitting on a curb eating sushi while in disguise. "They actually didn't let me finish my sushi,'' he protested after having to hire an attorney to defend himself against an antiquated law. "It was a dark day for the Dark Knight" *Come on, Robin, to the Bat Cave! There's not a moment to lose... read full post picked by equinox 10 months ago

Moscow's mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, who described gay pride events as "satanic", has prohibited previous gay rights meetings. Gay activists who took part in unauthorized rallies in 2006 & 2007 were beaten up in Moscow, among them Peter Tatchell, who was punched, kicked, left with severe bruising to the head, and then arrested, and Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting Shia men to deny their wives food and sustenance if they refuse to obey their husbands' sexual demands, despite international outrage over an earlier version of the legislation which President Hamid Karzai had promised to review. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

A state lawmaker who opposed a bill giving Texans stronger right to defend themselves with deadly force pulled a gun and shot a man he says was trying to steal copper wiring from a construction site, police said Monday. [still can't find the Irony Category] picked by sholom22 2 years ago

For decades military R&D types have been desperately searching for the next big thing in “non-lethal” anti-personnel weaponry. From gay bombs to foam guns, every conceivable (and inconceivable) avenue has been explored in the quest to circumvent international human rights laws and rules of engagement in order to exert control and suppress dissent both at home and abroad. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

Spielberg’s has picked up the rights to the Japanese animated science fiction movie Ghost in the Shell, a cyberpunk police thriller. He's going to create a live action version (real actors!) picked by bowman9991 2 years ago

Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all. picked by missy1979 12 months ago

Many people point to the birth control pill as a cornerstone in the move for equal rights for women as it allowed them to choose when and if to get pregnant. Others say the liberalization of abortions or just a change in attitude. The Catholic church however has a different idea for what women should be thankful for their liberation. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

In a bid to protect photographers rights an organization use the freedom of information act to get a list of areas where the police are allowed to stop a photographer taking pictures and search him if they suspect something criminal is happening. See this and this as well. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Butterfly researchers in Florida are selling the naming rights to a 4-inch-wide orange butterfly, with distinctive "owl-eye" spots, that they discovered in the Sonora state of Mexico. The auction will benefit butterfly research.

Update: The auction closed on 11/2 and they raised $34,000 picked by marli 2 years ago

"It is no wonder that this memo ... could not withstand scrutiny and had to be withdrawn," said Leahy, D-Vermont. "This memo seeks to find ways to avoid legal restrictions and accountability on torture and threatens our country's status as a beacon of human rights around the world." picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border. picked by coldbladed 10 months ago

For the first time, the state's highest court ruled today that the state Declaration of Rights allows police to break into a suspect’s car to secretly install GPS tracking devices, provided they have a warrant before they act. picked by kakana 2 months ago