Now playing Next View The Bulgarian government must make the UN torture report public | View This week the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture raised concerns about the treatment of migrant children in Bulgarian detention centres. But the report will stay confidential - unless Sofia decides otherwise. Not good enough, says UN expert advisor Iveta Cherneva 11/11/2021
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Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch activists lose ethnic profiling case but vow to appeal The Hague District Court ruled that ethnicity can be one of the criteria for singling out passengers, but not the only one. 22/09/2021
Now playing Next USA US becoming more diverse, new census data shows The proportion of white people went from just over 63% in 2010 to just under 58%, the lowest on record. 13/08/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom English study of 17 million finds minorities at higher risk from COVID The largest study of its kind confirmed minority ethnic groups in England had a higher risk of testing positive for coronavirus, as well as hospitalisation, admission to intensive care, and death. 01/05/2021
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Now playing Next United Kingdom Ethnic minorities over-80 less likely to get COVID-19 vaccine in UK New research shows that BAME communities are less likely to get vaccinated than white people, especially those aged 80 and above in the UK. But what are the underlying reasons for this low vaccine uptake and what efforts have been made to improve it? 17/02/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK churches combat covid vaccine mistrust Church groups in the UK launch a campaign to combat mistrust and increase covid vaccine take-up in black and minority ethnic communities 07/02/2021
Now playing Next Ethiopia More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia The attack in Metekel zone of Benishangul-Gumuz region occurred a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the region and spoke about the need to end such massacres. 23/12/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU lawmakers debate rights and protections of ethnic minorities MEPs discussed the topics of minority languages and cultures that are spread out across the continent. 14/10/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Mass COVID-19 study finds BAME community in England worst affected The results have spurred the government to act. 14/08/2020
Now playing Next world news Most pregnant women in UK hospitals with COVID-19 are from minorities Researchers examined data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System for pregnant women admitted to all 194 obstetric units in the UK with confirmed COVID-19 infection between 1 March and 14 April 2020. 09/06/2020
Now playing Next USA US police violence: A few bad apples or systemic racism? President Donald Trump's national security adviser has blamed 'a few bad apples' for police racism and brutality. Observers say much more should be done to limit the risk of violence and increase accountability. 03/06/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Is Von der Leyen’s new commission team really ‘as diverse as Europe’? “This is the team as diverse as Europe is, as strong as Europe is, those are dedicated men and women, and I’m looking forward to working with this team for Europe.” 15/09/2019
Now playing Next View The BBC is closing the gender pay gap. Now it must deal with the ethnic pay chasm ǀ View Of the 75 highest-earning stars at the BBC, nearly half are now women. But if the gender pay gap was a scandal, the ethnic pay gap is a disgrace. 10/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Salvini calls for 'little ethnic shops' to close early Deputy Premier and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, is proposing an amendment that will force small grocery shops, often run by members of ethnic minorities, to close by 9 p.m. 12/10/2018
Now playing Next Italy Salvini pushes for census of Roma people in Italy The Italian Interior minister wants numbers on the ethnic group's population in the country, while the new League/Five-Star Movement coalition is calling for the closure of illegal Roma camps. 19/06/2018
Now playing Next Belgium Thousands of ethnic Uighurs rally outside European Commission against China Uighurs accuse Beijing of oppressing them, in part by forcibly detaining many of their community in re-education camps where they're subjected to Chinese state propaganda. 27/04/2018
Now playing Next Myanmar UN chief Guterres says Rohingya crisis is "human rights nightmare" He was briefing the UN Security Council's first public meeting on Myanmar in eight years 29/09/2017
Now playing Next Indonesia Indonesia's Muslims urge more support for Myanmar's Rohingyas Protesters in Jakarta vowed to stand by their "Muslim brothers and sisters" fleeing what the United Nations has called a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar. 16/09/2017
