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Citizen campaign to protect minorities secures debate in EU parliament

More than a million people sign-up to initiative calling for common EU standards for national and linguistic minorities

World News

Euroviews. OECD: Probe Colombia's inaction on indigenous hunger crisis | View

Colombia must tackle dire malnutrition among its largest indigenous group, the Wayuu, if it wants to join the OECD, writes a researcher for Human Rights Watch.

Serbia

Serbia's lesbian PM joins Belgrade Pride Parade

Campaigners have described the event as a test of the conservative Balkan state's rights record as it seeks to join the European Union.

Myanmar

Amnesty accuses Myanmar of Rohingya "ethnic cleansing"

The human rights group has released "irrefutable evidence of an targeted campaign" to push Rohingya people of of Myanmar

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Myanmar

Rohingyas flee Myanmar, saying army torched their homes

More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest in the last week, the government said

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Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar for Bangladesh

Some 1,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, under fire from soldiers there, forced their way into Bangladesh on Monday.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Rohingya crisis

Ukraine

Kiev march marks third anniversary of Russian annexation of Crimea

Three years after Russian troops seized control of the strategic peninsula, Crimean Tatars are joined by Kiev residents to protest occupation.

Myanmar

Rohingya 'very likely' victims of crimes against humanity

Myanmar's security forces have likely committed 'systematic' mass killings, and gang rapes against the Rohingya Muslim population since October according to the UN Human Rights office.

Cinema

Oscar nominations create new records

“La La Land” has equalled the record for Oscar nominations.

USA

Best pussyhat forward as America's Women prepare to defy Trump

The day after Donald Trump becomes president of the United States the nation's women lead global protests against

Jordan

More than 1000 attend funeral of slain Jordanian writer

Nahed Hattar was to stand trial after sharing on social media a cartoon image seen as insulting Islam. He was shot by a former Muslim preacher on the steps of the courthouse on Sunday.

USA

Clinton and Trump clash over battle for black and Hispanic votes

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have clashed as they battle for the support of minority voters – each accusing the other of posing a threat to the interests of blacks and…

World News

Head of Australian inquiry into abuse of aboriginal boys quits

The head of an Australian inquiry into aboriginal boys being abused in detention has resigned.

Indonesia

Indonesian police detain seven following temple fires

Seven people have been detained in Indonesia in connection with fires at a number of Buddhist temples in the north of Sumatra island.

Israel

Israel slammed for impeachment law dubbed 'anti-Arab' by critics

Feelings are running high after Israel’s parliament passed a law giving members the right to impeach fellow MPs for incitement to violence, racism, or support for armed struggle against the…

USA

Protests continue across America against fatal police shootings

It comes a day after five police officers were killed during a similar rally in Dallas.

USA

Thousands march to say "Black Lives Matter"

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in several cities across the United States, angry about what they say is racial bias by police.

World News

San Francisco police chief forced to quit

San Francisco’s police chief has been forced to step down just hours after one of his police officers shot and killed a young black woman.

Malawi

Extinction threat for people with albinism in Malawi as ritual murders rise

People with albinism in Malawi are being attacked, abducted and killed to such an extent that they face extinction in the African country. The dire