“What to the slave is the Fourth of July," asked Frederick Douglass in his scathing speech at the US Independence Day function on July 5, 1852. These words of a former slave turned author and orator who spearheaded a popular movement to abolish slavery in the US ring true even 171 years on.

Unilateral Western sanctions and coercive, and measures hamper the empowerment, growth and prosperity of women, an Iranian official has warned.

The largest academic organization of American anthropologists will convene this week for a vote on whether or not to adopt a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

Bahraini protesters take to the streets in Bahrain to condemn the arrest of prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Muhammad Sanqour as the Al Khalifah regime steps up its crackdown on the religious community.

Another brutal killing of an African-American, this time on a subway train has created outrage across the United States.

A major survey into race equality reveals, ethnic and religious minorities in the UK are suffering from “strikingly high” levels of abuse.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expresses concern about the racist treatment of the Shia community in Bahrain.