Full Coverage: Race politics

05.04.2004 Reflecting the growing urgency of what international observers are calling a desperate situation in western Sudan, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today that the The National Islamic Front government is complicit in crimes against humanity committed by government-backed Arab militias Darfur.

05.04.2004 The surprising gains made by the newly formed Buddhist monks' party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) in Sri Lanka's polls indicate a rise in rightwing nationalism among the country's Sinhala majority and growing disillusionment with mainstream political parties, analysts say.

05.04.2004 Discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers is the last "respectable" form of racism, says the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE). The CRE launched its strategy to deal with such discrimination on 2 April, following two months of consultation with gypsies and travellers, community and public organisations and local authorities.

05.04.2004 Rasismin- ja syrjinnän vastaisen työn haasteena on löytää yhä parempia välineitä niiden ryhmien tavoittamiseksi, jotka asennemuutosta kaipaavat, todettiin rasisminvastaisen Rasmus-verkoston vuosikokouksessa. Kokouksessa myös päätettiin yksimielisesti, että Ihmisoikeusliitto koordinoi verkostoa jatkossakin.

01.04.2004 Educational experts have challenged the government to provide specialist teachers in Citizenship in order to stem the growing tide of Islamophobia since September 11. University of Leicester staff and students have highlighted the need for changes in the curriculum in order to promote an inclusive national identity.

27.03.2004 In occasione dell'"Anno internazionale per commemorare la lotta contro la schiavitù e la sua abolizione", l'Unesco ha programmato vari eventi tra cui una mostra online che presenta la centralità del commercio di schiavi per la nascita del mondo moderno.

26.03.2004 London Mayor Ken Livingstone has slammed the governments’ proposed single equalities body, saying it would marginalise all equalities subjects and become an “inaccessible monolith”.

24.03.2004 Els cossos de seguretat protagonitzen la majoria de les denúncies per discriminació i racisme rebudes el 2003 per SOS Racisme, un fet que també va produir-se l'any passat. Segons l'entitat, l'actual marc legal legitima aquestes conductes discriminatòries, amb una "llei d'estrangeria orientada a reforçar el control policial" en la seva lluita contra la immigració irregular. En l'informe anual, l'entitat també destaca l'augment del denominat "racisme social" que els propis ciutadans porten a terme a la vida quotidiana.

24.03.2004 Skopje-Don't FYROM Me, e poarakata sto graganite od Makedonija zapocnaa da ja isprakaat deneska, na adresa na Sovetot na Evropa i kancelarijata na Sovetot na Evropa vo Skopje.

24.03.2004 The vote of Sri Lanka's minority Indian Tamil community is likely to be sharply divided in the April 2 parliamentary polls because a young, pro-Tamil Tiger guerrilla political party has decided to contest alone this time, threatening the votebank of the community's main representative, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC).

24.03.2004 Local poetic activists are coming together at the Youth Anti-Racist Open Parliamentary School to perform material on the impact of living in a culturally diverse society, the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, violence, exclusion, and disadvantage, 25 March, from 5 to 9pm at the Houses of Parliament. Jeremy Corbyn MP is hosting the event.

24.03.2004 Jakomäen yläaste on Helsingin kansainvälisimpiä kouluja. Kolmannes sen oppilaista on maahanmuuttajia. "Opetussuunnitelmaan kirjattu kansainvälisyyskasvatus toteutuu yksinkertaisimmin kun muualta tulleet oppilaat ovat osana koulun jokapäiväistä arkea", kertoo 10A-luokan opettaja Kukkonen Maailmanpyörä-lehden haastattelussa. Tuoreen numeron teemana on kansainvälisyyskasvatus ja mediakriittisyys.

21.03.2004 Si celebra oggi, domenica 21 marzo, la Giornata internazionale dell'Onu contro la discriminazione razziale. Per commemorare il 44° anniversario del massacro di 69 persone che il 21 marzo 1960 partecipavano a una manifestazione contro l'apartheid a Sharpeville (Sudafrica), le emittenti radiofoniche del pianeta si sono unite per un'unica radiodiffusione internazionale della durata di 24 ore.

19.03.2004 Tune in to a 24-hour multilingual broadcast exploring issues of racism and discrimination via internet and satellite on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March. Radio Voix Sans Frontières is an international broadcast campaign from AMARC, co-produced in collaboration with community radio stations around the world.

19.03.2004 YK:n vuosittaista rasismin vastaista päivää vietetään jälleen sunnuntaina 21. maaliskuuta. Aihe on Suomessakin monelle ajankohtainen: vajaa kolmannes maahanmuuttajista on joutunut rasistisen rikoksen kohteeksi ja noin puolet kokenut jonkinlaista rasismia. Suomen Punaisen Ristin teemasivuille on kerätty aiheeseen liittyviä tekstejä, kuvia ja tapahtumatietoja.

19.03.2004 Ethnic violence in Kosovo left 31 dead and as many as 500 wounded Wednesday, with most of the violence directed against ethnic Serb minorities, including attacks on churches, schools, and homes. Leading human rights groups are calling for restraint and rapid international intervention to prevent escalation.

16.03.2004 Després de l'11-M i davant la hipòtesi de què es tracti d'un acte terrorista d'Al-Qaida, més d'una vintena d'entitats socials i polítiques han publicat un manifest on insten el conjunt de la societat a "prevenir activament" possibles reaccions xenòfobes. Les organitzacions demanen que s'eviti la generalització i la criminalització del col·lectiu àrab i/o musulmà tant en els discursos públics com en les mesures polítiques i policials que s'emprenguin, i que no es parli de "terrorisme islàmic, en ser el fonamentalisme condemnable en totes les seves formes i poder existir en qualsevol religió". Les organitzacions catalanes que vulguin adherir-se al manifest poden fer-ho fins al 31 de març.

16.03.2004 Recent research into disadvantaged neighbourhoods by Warwick and Leeds Universities for the Department for Education and Skills has found that although ethnic minorities had less access to home computing and the internet they tended to use home computers more often than white people for educational rather than leisure purposes.

16.03.2004 Després dels fets de l'11-M i davant la hipòtesi de què es tracti d'un acte terrorista d'Al-Qaida, SOS Racisme ha instat el Govern, partits polítics i mitjans de comunicació a tractar amb la "màxima responsabilitat" aquest tema per "prevenir activament" possibles reaccions xenòfobes. Entre altres mesures, l'organització demana que s'eviti la generalització i la criminalització del col·lectiu àrab i/o musulmà i que no es parli de "terrorisme islàmic, ja que l'integrisme d'Al-Qaida no es pot identificar amb el conjunt de l'Islam".

16.03.2004 Tras los hechos del 11-M y ante la hipótesis de que se trate de un acto terrorista de Al-Qaeda, SOS Racismo ha instado al Gobierno, partidos políticos y medios de comunicación a tratar con la "máxima responsabilidad" este tema para "prevenir activamente" posibles reacciones xenófobas. Entre otras medidas, la organización pide que se evite la generalización y la criminalización del colectivo árabe y/o musulmán y que no se hable de "terrorismo islámico, ya que el integrismo de Al-Qaeda no se puede identificar con el conjunto del Islam".