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Jakarta Post
April 26, 2018
These include pro-democracy, environmental activists as well as minority rights activists. In the Philippines, the government has brazenly accused land rights and indigenous rights activists of being involved in terrorism. Those accused include Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights ofÃâà...
Channel 4 News
April 26, 2018
The Hungarian capital looks as splendid as ever. The tourists are here en masse. But behind the alluring facade there is trouble. The European Parliament today accused the Hungary's ruling Fidez Party of systematically undermining the rule of law, democracy and minority rights at home. The HungarianÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
April 25, 2018
KUWAIT, April 25 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti parliament has agreed to discuss in its next session special legislations dealing with minority rights, among other issues, pending approval from lawmakers, its priorities committee said Wednesday. The forthcoming session's agenda also includes matters such asÃâà...
Business Insider India
April 23, 2018
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), led by Mayawati, also stands out as cautionary tale, given its core focus on Dalit and minority rights. The party was started by Kanshi Ram, a prominent Dalit rights activist, in 1984 to represent the rights of SCs, STs and OBCs. After helming three coalition governments in UP,Ãâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
April 11, 2018
Ibtisaam Amin announced as Minority Rights Coalition chair for 2018-2019 term. Amin said she hopes to continue to foster a safe space for minority students and enhance communication between MRC member organizations during her tenure as chair. By Isabel Jones | 04/12/2018.
Total Croatia News
April 10, 2018
ZAGREB, April 10, 2018 - Amendments to Serbia's legislation on national councils will contribute to weakening and not strengthening the institutional status of national councils - bodies representing national minorities, the president of the Croat National Council (HNV) Slaven Bačić said according toÃâà...
University World News
April 9, 2018
Are students and academics free to speak their minds on university and college campuses in North America? And how should higher education institutions respond when one person's free speech silences or harms another? These issues were highlighted during the fourth annual Worldviews Lecture, heldÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
April 9, 2018
Quetta. MPA William Jan Barkat on Monday said Minority Caucus is formed with purpose to promote equal opportunity and employment for minorities at all levels, to foster leadership development and empower minorities to become active participants and leaders in the society. Caucus inaugural meetingÃâà...
Firstpost
April 1, 2018
Dhaka: A prominent Hindu lawyer in Bangladesh who fought the state's case in high-profile murder trials against Islamist extremists has disappeared, prompting authorities to launch a massive search operation to trace him. Ratish Chandra Bhowmik, a leading minority rights activist, went missing after heÃâà...
News18
April 1, 2018
Ratish Chandra Bhowmik, a respected prosecutor and champion of minority rights, has not been seen since he left his home in Rangpur early Friday morning. AFP. Updated:April 1, 2018, 3:10 PM IST. facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ google skype whatsapp. Bangladesh Lawyer Disappears After High-Profile Trial Against IslamistsÃâà...
Daily Times
April 1, 2018
“No one was paying attention to this demand until we met Punjab Higher Education Minister Syed Raza Gillani on December 13 last year,” said Bishop of Multan Leo Roderick Paul, who is a member of the National Lobbying Delegation of Minority Rights. “Gillani promised to help minorities in this regard,”Ãâà...
Business Standard
April 1, 2018
A prominent Hindu lawyer in Bangladesh who fought the state's case in high-profile murder trials against Islamist extremists has disappeared, prompting authorities to launch a massive search operation to trace him. Ratish Chandra Bhowmik, a leading minority rights activist, went missing after he left hisÃâà...
Total Slovenia News
March 23, 2018
The community has about 2,000 members, living mostly along the border with Austria, but also in the area of Kočevje in the south. STA, March 21, 2018 – The German speaking community in Slovenia called on the government on Wednesday to start the process of recognising it as a minority in theÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 14, 2018
This incident, along with the University's Minority Rights Coalition's rejection of the Jewish Leadership Council's request for full admission into their organization, is a continuation of the trend I wrote about in a column published last July about the often hypocritical attitudes with which those seeking toÃâà...
Worldcrunch
March 14, 2018
TAMANRASSET — The rugged Hoggar mountains, stretching over an expanse of the Sahara desert in southern Algeria, are home to a large ethnic Tuareg population that has long been marginalized at the hands of the country's Arab majority. Algiers-based daily El Watan reports on a current disputeÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 14, 2018
In response to last month's school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. which resulted in the death of 17 people, the Minority Rights Coalition hosted a march to end gun violence starting in the University Amphitheater Wednesday evening. Despite cold temperatures, aÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 13, 2018
During the Council's discussion of the situation in Iran, several countries condemned Iran's ongoing violation of minority rights and prevention of the Special Rapporteur from entering the country to gather information for his mission. The European Union condemned Iran's continued human rights violations,Ãâà...
Reliefweb
March 13, 2018
In the afternoon, the Council is scheduled to hold an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on minority rights, and to hear the presentation of reports from the Forum on Minority Issues, and the Social Forum, as well as the annual report of the Chair of the Coordination Committee of SpecialÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 13, 2018
A democratic state is supposed to defend minority rights,” the Haifa-based researcher said. “How does one explain that 63% of the Arabs fear the annexation of the triangle area to Palestine?” Totry asked, referring to the predominantly Arab Wadi Ara region, which Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman hadÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
March 13, 2018
This includes women's rights, the rights of the child, minority rights, the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, the rights to freedom of association, expression and peaceful assembly, freedom of religion or belief, protection from torture and other ill-treatment, the right to life, dueÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 13, 2018
As an advocate for student self-governance, who holds the genuine belief in my peers to create positive change, I am appalled by the Minority Rights Coalition's decision to deny the Jewish Leadership Council membership into its organization. The MRC defines itself as an umbrella organization advocatingÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 13, 2018
The report finds that Iran's ethnic and religious minorities are frequently subjected to hate speech and police intimidation, and routinely denied fundamental rights and opportunities. Rights Denied: Violations against ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, by Minority Rights Group International (MRG), theÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 13, 2018
As alumni and former leaders in the Jewish Leadership Council and Hoos for Israel, we greatly appreciate the efforts the Minority Rights Coalition has taken to bring a Jewish voice into the organization. Events, like those that occurred in Charlottesville last summer, were a reminder to the whole communityÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 3, 2018
Both the Minority Rights Coalition and the Jewish Leadership Council at the University issued statements on Facebook Friday stating that the MRC will reconsider potential membership status for the JLC as a voting member of the MRC board. The JLC was originally denied full membership and votingÃâà...
Total Croatia News
February 20, 2018
ZAGREB, February 20, 2018 - Public Administration Minister Lovro Kuščević said on Tuesday that national minorities in Croatia have a great status and that Croatia can be an example to all countries in the region. "I would be satisfied if the Croat minority in Serbia had those rights," Kuščević said in aÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
The new law was legislated following a precedent-setting Israeli Supreme Court ruling on a petition filed by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel which determined that Israeli police did not have the legal authority to hold bodies – particularly given that doing so constitutes a violationÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent a letter on March 4 to IPS Commissioner Ofra Klinger and IPS legal advisor attorney Yochi Gensin demanding that they provide blankets to Palestinians classified as "security prisoners," refrain from ing the number of blankets an individualÃâà...
Malaysiakini
December 31, 1999
A coalition of civil society organisations and individuals launched the women's manifesto yesterday to demand current MPs and potential candidates for the 14th general election (GE14) to endorse and champion the agenda of women in the coming election. 'Why a women's manifesto?' is a question manyÃâà...
Cornell Chronicle
December 31, 1999
A professor from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, will deliver a lecture examining the history of activism among sexual minority groups in Zimbabwe. Marc Epprecht – professor of global development studies, history and cultural studies – will give a talk titled “Reflections on the Struggle for SexualÃâà...
