Full Coverage: Race politics

08.10.2007 Romanit ovat aina olleet syrjitty siirtolaiskansa, joka ei edelleenkään ole löytänyt oikeudenmukaista paikkaa asettua. YK:n mukaan Kaakkois-Euroopassa elää miljoona romanilasta vailla minkään valtakunnan virallisia papereita, terveydenhuoltoa tai koulutusta.

30.08.2007 In an attempt to derail indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu’s political party ahead of September 9 elections, a party member and local council candidate was recently assassinated.

30.08.2007 The killing of two Indonesian domestic workers by their employers in Saudi Arabia highlights the Saudi government’s ongoing failure to hold employers accountable for serious abuses. The brutal beatings by these employers also left two other Indonesian domestic workers critically injured.

30.08.2007 Tujuh anggota keluarga di Arab Saudi yang mempekerjakan empat orang PRT asal Indonesia memukuli pekerjanya secara brutal awal Agustus ini. Akibatnya, Tarwiyah Slamet (32) dan Susmiyati Abdul Fulan (28) meninggal karena luka-luka yang dideritanya

28.08.2007 NEW YORK, Aug 28 (OneWorld) - Thousands of protesters are expected to converge on New Orleans Wednesday to raise awareness about what they believe to be the Bush administration's failure to help Americans who lost everything in the wake of a ferocious storm that hit the United States' Gulf Coast some two years ago.

14.08.2007

04.08.2007 “I’ve seen all the recent Gypsy films, including all those shown at the Barbican in June, and this is the best”, a fellow journalist said at the end of Gypsy Caravan. I don’t know if she’s right as I haven’t seen the others, but there’s no doubt that Caravan is tremendous fun.

02.08.2007 The Papua Legislative Council is deliberating a regulation that would see microchips implanted in people living with HIV/AIDS so authorities could monitor their actions. The regulation has been condemned by activists in the province as a gross violation of rights.

14.06.2007 In October the Museum in Docklands will open the only permanent gallery in London that examines the city's involvement in transatlantic slavery and its legacy on the capital. It will debunk the myth that London was a minor player in the trade by showing that it funded much of the city's industrial and financial success.

11.06.2007 An Indian organisation, The Prakriti Foundation, which is based in Chennai, is organising One Billion Eyes, an annual documentary film festival. The theme for the year is Caste. The festival will feature films, the thoughts of concerned citizen on caste and the agony of the victims. The best film will get the prize of Rs 25,000.

08.06.2007 Hong Kong based Human rights organisation AHRC wants a high level inquiry into the forcible removal of several hundred Tamils from Sri Lankan capital Colombo and seek further action for their protection.

05.06.2007

30.05.2007 South East Maluku (Maluku Tenggara, commonly abbreviated Malra), a district in a remote corner of the Indonesian archipelago, is about to be divided in two. Many residents are worried about the possibility of conflict.

16.05.2007 A group of Macedonian non-governmental organizations give their full support and solidarity to Iso Rusi, journalist and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Macedonia, related to the attacks and threats that the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) sent to his address provoked by his recent op-ed, titled “Gospodin Gospodin Thaqi” (Gospodin Gospodin is the official title of the archbishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church), published in “Koha” daily newspaper.

01.05.2007

27.03.2007 Se entregará el Antipremio “Al Más Discriminador” que este año comparten las tiendas Saga Falabella y Ripley, por sus campañas publicitarias que presentan solamente modelos de rasgos europeos, aunque la población peruana, y los clientes de las mencionadas tiendas son también andinos, negros, orientales y mestizos.

26.03.2007 Ieri, 25 marzo, in occasione del bicentenario dell'abolizione della schiavitù nell’Impero britannico, il sindaco di Londra Ken Livingstone ha colto l'occasione per chiedere scusa per le responsabilità della Gran Bretagna nell'orrenda tratta di esseri umani: "Il governo britannico deve formalmente fare ammenda per aver partecipato al commercio transatlantico di schiavi. Ogni ambiguo tentativo di evitare o negare queste scuse, danneggia il nostro paese agli occhi del resto del mondo". Ma in molte nazioni, e fra queste anche gli Stati Uniti e la Gran Bretagna, ci sarebbero 200 milioni di schiavi (20milioni nella sola India) documenta una mostra in questi giorni a Londra accessibile anche online. E tratta, prostituzione, lavoro per ripagare debiti, schiavitù domestica, lavoro nelle miniere e nei campi, bambini soldato, matrimoni imposti sono le nuove forme di schiavitù infantili - riporta Save the Children.

05.03.2007 La Corte Internazionale di Giustizia si è finalmente pronunciata sul ricorso della Bosnia ed Erzegovina contro la Serbia per violazione della Convenzione sulla Repressione e Punizione del Crimine di Genocidio. Il procedimento è durato 14 anni ed era iniziato al tempo della guerra, quando Sarajevo era sotto assedio. Già nel 1993 il governo della Repubblica di Bosnia ed Erzegovina aveva denunciato alla Corte Internazionale di Giustizia l’allora Jugoslavia per violazioni della Convenzione. La Convenzione prevede infatti la giurisdizione della Corte Internazionale in caso di dispute tra Stati firmatari della Convenzione. In base alla Convenzione quindi, la Corte può solamente determinare l’esistenza della responsabilità civile, non penale, degli stati. di Massimo Moratti

28.02.2007 The Centre for Peace Studies sent an open letter to the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, protesting the fact that 13-year old boy of Croatian-Liberian origin was expelled by his elementary school in Split on petition by the parents of the other students from his class. One of the reasons used to “justify” the request was that he was “Bantu”.

28.02.2007 Jučer su mediji objavili kako je splitska osnovna škola Trstenik izbacila trinaestogodišnjeg dječaka liberijsko-hrvatskog podrijela, učenika četvrtog razreda, na osnovu peticije roditelja učenika njegovog razreda. U peticiji se kao razlog zahtijeva za izbacivanjem među ostalim navodi kako je dječak "bantu-crnac". Direktor škole je ovaj postupak opravdao činjenicom da dječak ne govori dobro hrvatski jezik, dok je Županijska pročelnica za prosvjetu kao obrazloženje navela činjenicu da je dječak bio puno stariji od ostalih učenika. Ovim je povodom Centar za mirovne studije (CMS) uputio otvoreno pismo Ministarstvu znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta.