the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s arrival in the U.S., different advocacy, human rights groups, networks and Sikh organisations, have put up a coordinated campaign across North America and Europe to expose the denial of justice to the thousands of victims of the November 1984 anti-Sikh carnage.According to a release on Saturday, these groups have appealed to President Barack Obama, members...
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Iraq's Kurdish-Arab tensions in the disputed Nineveh province may create a human rights catastrophe for minority groups that have faced rising attacks since the 2003 U.S. invasion, a rights group said on Tuesday.Baghdad's Arab-led government and ethnic Kurds controlling a semi-autonomous northern enclave are battling over issues of wealth and power as the nation tries to thrash out tricky constitutional...
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Baghdad: Iraq's Kurdish-Arab tensions in the disputed Nineveh province may create a human rights catastrophe for minority groups that have faced rising attacks since the 2003 US invasion, a rights group said on Tuesday.Baghdad's Arab-led government and ethnic Kurds controlling a semi-autonomous northern enclave are battling over issues of wealth and power as the nation tries to thrash out tricky constitutional...
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Cairo - Tensions between Kurds and Arabs in northern Iraq are having a devastating impact on small minority groups, and could turn into a full-scale conflict as the US withdrawal accelerates, a rights group said Tuesday.A full-blown conflict of this nature could lead to a further destabilization of the country, the New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch said in a 51-page report."With a full...
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Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday assured Muslim clerics and Islamic scholars, attending the Deoband convention, that the UPA government is committed to the ‘undeniable’ rights of Indian minorities all over the world by working for the development of all sections of the society.Addressing the first annual convention of the Islamic seminaries under the auspices of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, the Home...
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Reaching out to Muslims, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said a nation can ignore its minorities only at its peril and pointed out that it was the duty of the majority community to protect them."A nation can ignore its minorities only at its perilWe must always remember that pluralism is our inheritance and strength. It was the duty of the majority to protect the minority. Due to the acts of...
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Iraq's Kurdish regionalgovernment said today it is willing to probe allegations thatits forces had abused ethnic minorities, but rejected claimsby Human Rights Watch of widespread abuse.The New York-based rights group on Tuesday said theautonomous region had used "heavy-handed tactics, includingarbitrary arrests and detentions, and intimidation" against"anyone resistant to Kurdish expansionist plans"...
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Reaching out to Muslims, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said a nation can ignore its minorities only at its peril and pointed out that it was the duty of the majority community to protect them."A nation can ignore its minorities only at its perilWe must always remember that pluralism is our inheritance and strength. It was the duty of the majority toprotect the minority. Due to the acts of...
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General Assembly human rights committee adopted a resolution that condemnedfor human rights violations against its citizens who protested during the highly disputed presidential elections.US State Department deputy spokesman, Robert Wood, noted that the adoption of the resolution "demonstrates that the international community is deeply concerned over the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran...
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Residential English Medium School for Muslim Minority Girls in Nalgonda treads the uncharted pathA teacher teaching Urdu to the non-minority girl students from Telugu medium background at AP Residential English Medium School for Minority Students in Nalgonda on Monday. (Right) Students engrossed in a Urdu class.NALGONDA: Thanks to a unique learning opportunity, the SC and ST girl students from Telugu...
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