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World News tagged with discrimination

Take a Stand Against Wrongful Eviction
World  (tags: world, poverty, poor, shelter, homeless, water, sanitation, disease, suffering, health, harassment, corruption, discrimination, women, children, human, rights, safety, prevention, culture, humans, government )

Tom
- 168 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
For the more than 1.6 billion people suffering from some sort of shelter deprivation in the world, that future is bleak. Without access to adequate shelter, clean water or sanitation, upwards of 10 million people die each year from preventable diseases.
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ICAHK Action Alert: CANADA: Stop the Deportation of Roohi Tabassum
World  (tags: 'honour' killings, horror, death, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Pakistan, society, humans, violence, adultery, crime, culture, discrimination, education, family, gender discrimination, killing, murder )

Madalena
- 218 days ago - stophonourkillings.com
Roohi Tabassum faces deportation to Pakistan in just seven days, where she is at risk of so-called 'honour' killings, as was reporetd recently in the Toronto Sun. Roohi's supporters are asking you to contact the following people and organisations and tel
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Colombian Activist Waits in Prison Limbo
World  (tags: world, columbia, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms, government, corruption, displaced, Afro-Colombians, land, cattle, lumber oil, supression, discrimination, indigenous, people )

Tom
- 236 days ago - latimes.com
Community organizer Carmelo Agamez, who was helping people with land claims, has spent five months in jail and still has not seen the evidence against him, been told who his accuser is or been notified of a trial date. Welcome to justice, Colombia style.
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The Last Stand of Zimbabwe's White Farmers
World  (tags: world, Africa, Zimbabwe, white farmers, Mugabe, discrimination, thugs, farms, violence, politics, government, conflict )

Tom
- 250 days ago - theglobeandmail.com
Nine years ago, Zimbabwe had more than 4,000 white-owned commercial farms. In a fresh wave of invasions, farmers keep their guns close at hand as ZANU-PF thugs lay siege to many of the 300 that remain.
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China Closes Tibet to Foreign Eyes
World  (tags: world, china, tibet, human rights, oppression, killing, discrimination, genocide, apartheid, violence, politics, humanrights, government, conflict, freedoms )

Tom
- 260 days ago - blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Despite China's promises that foreign journalists would be allowed to operate freely, the authorities have not only closed off Tibet, but also the parts of Western China where Tibetans live. It is the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's exile from Tibet.
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Poland Embraces New Effort to Fight Anti-Semitism
World  (tags: World, Poland, anti-Semitism, discrimination, education, human rights, school, books, Catholic, history, Middle Ages, World War II, Nazis, SS, Holocaust, Jewish, Polish )

Tom
- 260 days ago - google.com
Poland is the fifth in a group of 12 countries adopting such workbooks, after Germany, Ukraine, Denmark and the Netherlands. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe guided the project as part of an overall effort to fight anti-Semitisim.
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'Genetic Discrimination' Hitting Australians - Australia
World  (tags: australia, genetics, insurance, cancer, diseases, denial, researchers, discrimination )

Chrissy
- 261 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
AUSTRALIANS have been refused insurance protection because of their genetic make-up, researchers have shown in the first study in the world to provide proof of genetic discrimination. Most cases were found to relate to life insurance. In one instance, a
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CEDAW: Discord Likely Over Ratifying UN Women's Rights Pact
World  (tags: world, women, CEDAW, UN, rights, abortion, prostitution, sexual slavery, discrimination, oppression, government, politics, freedoms, honor killings, stoning, lashes )

Tom
- 261 days ago - google.com
A global women's rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U.S. Senate ratification this year, yet the hunt for the needed 67 favorable votes is likely to incur the wrath of activists on both the left and right.
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Al Jazeera - Focus - Ending Violence Against Women
World  (tags: World, International Women's Day, CEDAW, discrimination, women, rights, freedom, poverty, violence, honor killings, stoning, lashing, slavery, crime, safety, oppression, voting, work, education, health, families, children )

Tom
- 261 days ago - english.aljazeera.net
In many countries women are active participants in the political process and have made progress toward economic equality. However, women's rights to life, to physical integrity, to health, education and freedom from violence, remains largely unfulfilled.
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Italian Tolerance Goes Up in Smoke as Gypsy Camp Is Burnt to Ground
World  (tags: italy, discrimination, gypsies )


- 559 days ago - independent.co.uk
In cruel and unusual concert, Italy's new government, its police and paramilitary carabinieri, and even its gangsters, have turned their joint might against the nation's enemy number one: the Gypsies.
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CNN - Obama's Speech on Race   video
World  (tags: CNN, Virginia Gov. Kane, Barack Obama, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., racism, bigotry, discrimination, politics, govrnment )

Blue
- 616 days ago - youtube.com
CNN's Kiran Chetry talks to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine about Sen. Barack Obama's historical speech on race in the USA.
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Senator Barck Obama's Historical Speech On Race 3-18-08 Pt. 1 of 4   video
World  (tags: Barack Obama, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., racism, USA, slavery, discrimination, lynching, war, equal rights )

Blue
- 616 days ago - youtube.com
Barack Obama give an historical speech on race relations in America.
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Fare Deal for Obese Air Travellers - Canada
World  (tags: canada, airlines, obese, disabled, planes, fares, discrimination, obesity )

Chrissy
- 685 days ago - news.com.au
A CANADIAN tribunal has ordered domestic airlines to charge clinically obese or disabled passengers accompanied by an attendant only one ticket to fly, even if they take up two or more seats. Under the Canadian Transportation Agency ruling, airlines have
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Burma: UN, US and EU Should Investigate the Discriminating ASEAN Laws on Burmese Citizens
World  (tags: Myanmar, United Nations, EU, USA, ASEAN, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Discrimination, Corruption )

Ben
- 769 days ago - burmadigest.info
Be careful Dr Gambari, Singapore led ASEAN is selfish, greedy, cunning, have kaisu culture and are going to keep Myanmar SPDC Junta as an ASEAN member forever, under their protection, so that they would be able to exploit its remaining wealth.
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