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UN human rights expert alarmed by India's move to deport Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 3 (ANI): United Nations' Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, has expressed concerns over Indian Government's plan to deport seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, saying their forcible return could constitute refoulement which vi
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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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Civil rights attorney Lewis Myers Jr. passes away
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 27 (ANI): Civil rights attorney Lewis Myers Jr., who worked on a key lawsuit against racial discrimination in Mississippi's higher education system, passed away on Saturday.
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20 days post GIPHY's ousting, Instagram re-activates GIF-sharing
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 30 (ANI): Nearly 20 days after the removal of GIPHY'S GIF stickers on account of alleged racial discrimination, Instagram is now bringing GIF-sharing back on the app.
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'Don't Call Me Chinki', a photo exhibition on Northeast people underway in
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): In a move to run a campaign and spread awareness on the growing racial discriminations towards the Diasporas community in the metropolitan cities across the country, a Delhi-based Photographer Lokesh Dang exhibits the first of its kind photo project on Northeast peop
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I cannot be paired along with fair and handsome: Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Known for being one of the versatile actors of Bollywood, Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently expressed his anger about the differential treatment and racial discrimination on the basis of colour.
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Delhi Golf Course 'racial discrimination' case: Centre steps in,
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Expressing disappointment on the recent Delhi Golf Club controversy where a Khasi governess was allegedly denied entry, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said it is a clear case of racial discrimination and added that appropriate act
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Obama calls for peace, says racial discrimination still exists in U.S.
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, July 13 (ANI): President Barack Obama said racial discrimination still exists in the United States and protesters against police violence could not be dismissed as "troublemakers or paranoid."
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