News headlines for “Racism”, page 108
CHINA: Han Chinese Blame Regional Chief for Xinjiang Unrest
- Inter Press Service
Chinese communist party’s monopoly on power in the restive western region of Xinjiang is now contested not just by the disgruntled Turkic-speaking Uyghur ethnic group but also by the Han Chinese, who up till now had shown support of Beijing’s policies and rallied to defend its interests.
MUSIC-BRAZIL: A School Without Teachers
- Inter Press Service
The participation of renowned professional musicians as instructors and special guests at workshops, instead of academic professors, is what sets Brazil’s Bituca University of Popular Music apart, and is earning it a reputation as a model of experimentation and excellence in music education.
ISRAEL: Madonna Applauded for her Silence
- Inter Press Service
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Il Jung, Hitler, the Holocaust, ecological disasters, poverty in Africa, wars around the world, Obama and Martin Luther King: the appropriate images were all there, an overwhelming backdrop on the huge stage for the Queen of Pop's rendition of her song, 'Get Stupid' in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park.
DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Three Scouts Trek 600 Km for Peace
- Inter Press Service
It is a walk that no one has taken in the last quarter of a century. The nation having been beset by a bloody sectarian war, who would have thought of travelling the length of Sri Lanka south to north, let alone walk the distance, in the name of peace?
BURMA: Junta Targets Ethnic Rebels to Forge Unity Ahead of Polls
- Inter Press Service
Burma’s military regime is turning to a familiar strategy — sending in troops — to impose its will on the north-eastern corner of the country that shares a border with China’s Yunnan province in the east. The move shatters a 20-year peace deal with an armed ethnic rebel group that controls part of that mountainous terrain.
Q&A: 'Blogmailing' to Foment Debate on Filmmaking
- Inter Press Service
Blogging has taught him to share his deepest concerns with people who think differently, to treat others and himself more compassionately, to learn from even the most impassioned disputes, and above all, to show that far from being the sole possessor of truth, he is desperately seeking it.
POLITICS-JAPAN: Untested New Regime Raises Fresh Hopes
- Inter Press Service
The stunning victory of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) against the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Sunday’s election has left Yasuyo Takahashi, a Tokyo suburb resident, more upbeat about the prospects for change in her country.
EAST TIMOR: ‘No Resolution in Sight on Issue of Justice’
- Inter Press Service
Ten years since its people voted 78.5 percent in favour of independence, how has East Timor fared?
THAILAND: Lese Majeste Law Tests Mettle of Human Rights Groups
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s draconian lese majeste law is steadily emerging as a testing ground for the principles that renowned international human rights lobbies stand for.
THAILAND: Muslim Women Carve Leading Roles as Insurgency Rages
- Inter Press Service
Till last year, the rice fields near this village that sits in the midst of a rubber plantation had remained abandoned. It was neglect that is easily explained: a steady rise in the price of rubber had been more enticing to the villagers.
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