ethnic minorities

16 noted citizens demand justice for attacks on minorities during pandemic

Sixteen noted citizens today demanded justice for the incidents of attacks on minority communities, violence against woman, land grabbing, harassment of common people, and torture of journalists that happened during the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Editorial / The vulnerability of ethnic minorities

It is a story that repeats over and over: An indigenous community living for generations in an area suddenly being told that they will be evicted because some influential has decided to use it for lucrative purposes.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples observed

Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh observe the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a call for recognising them as indigenous people in the constitution.

Football: Malaysia cancels two matches with Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown

Malaysia's national soccer team has cancelled two friendly under-22 matches with Myanmar, in protest against the Southeast Asian nation's bloody crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a team spokesman said on Thursday.

Nepal's crisis drags on as ethnic minorities reject charter amendment

Nepal's ethnic minorities have rejected a constitutional amendment, dashing hopes of an end to a political crisis that has led to fuel shortages and hampered deliveries of relief materials to survivors of last year's earthquakes.

May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020

16 noted citizens demand justice for attacks on minorities during pandemic

Sixteen noted citizens today demanded justice for the incidents of attacks on minority communities, violence against woman, land grabbing, harassment of common people, and torture of journalists that happened during the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

December 26, 2017
December 26, 2017

The vulnerability of ethnic minorities

It is a story that repeats over and over: An indigenous community living for generations in an area suddenly being told that they will be evicted because some influential has decided to use it for lucrative purposes.

August 9, 2017
August 9, 2017

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples observed

Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh observe the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a call for recognising them as indigenous people in the constitution.

December 1, 2016
December 1, 2016

Football: Malaysia cancels two matches with Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown

Malaysia's national soccer team has cancelled two friendly under-22 matches with Myanmar, in protest against the Southeast Asian nation's bloody crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a team spokesman said on Thursday.

January 24, 2016
January 24, 2016

Nepal's crisis drags on as ethnic minorities reject charter amendment

Nepal's ethnic minorities have rejected a constitutional amendment, dashing hopes of an end to a political crisis that has led to fuel shortages and hampered deliveries of relief materials to survivors of last year's earthquakes.