News headlines for “Racism”, page 114
POLITICS-INDIA: Hindu Fundamentalism in Retreat
- Inter Press Service
As the leaders of the pro-Hindu, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blame each other for the massive debacle that the party suffered in the April/May elections it is clear that its fundamentalist agenda has few takers in a rapidly modernising India.
CHILE: Festival to Showcase Films on Native Peoples
- Inter Press Service
Thanks to the growing number of films by and about indigenous peoples, over 90 movies, mainly from Latin America, will be screened and voted on by spectators at the First Chilean Indigenous Peoples' Film Festival in the Pacific port city of Valparaíso.
RIGHTS-INDIA: Shades of Abu Ghraib in College Ragging Rituals
- Inter Press Service
As the annual scrimmage for coveted seats in India’s engineering and medical colleges gets underway, what many students dread is the sadistic ritual of ragging - or hazing - that they expect to undergo at the hands of their seniors.
DEVELOPMENT: UNESCO Race Wide Open
- Inter Press Service
The contest for a new UNESCO director-general is now wide open with the addition of last-minute nominees for the post, following the controversy around leading contender Farouk Hosny.
THAILAND: Courts to Military ‘Deaths in Custody’ Are Okay
- Inter Press Service
A verdict by a provincial court is poised to deepen the sense of injustice felt by Thailand’s Malay-Muslim minority in the country’s southern provinces, where an insurgency has been raging for over five years.
RIGHTS-CHILE: Ex-Soldier Arrested for Víctor Jara Murder
- Inter Press Service
A judge in Chile has charged a former soldier in the 1973 murder of internationally renowned Chilean folk singer Víctor Jara. Up to now, the only person prosecuted in the case was the commanding officer at the temporary prison camp where the songwriter was killed shortly after the Sept. 11, 1973 coup led by General Augusto Pinochet.
MIDEAST: Political Clouds Hang Over UNESCO Selection
- Inter Press Service
With only a few days left before the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) nominates final candidates for the post of director-general, controversy continues to swirl around the leading contender, Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosni.
CHILE: Study Shows How Leading Paper Colluded with Dictatorship
- Inter Press Service
The coverage of human rights violations cases by the powerful conservative Chilean newspaper El Mercurio during the country’s 17-year dictatorship was the focus of a meticulous study by five young reporters.
CHINA-EU: Summit Redefines Diplomatic Boundaries
- Inter Press Service
The global economic crisis has helped China and the European Union mend their recent rift over Tibet and human rights, but the two sides remain distrustful of each other’s intentions. Beijing complains that the EU’s crowded agenda makes it lose sight of the bigger picture in dealing with China. Brussels for its part, believes China is exploiting the EU’s divisions and treating the 27-state bloc with ‘diplomatic contempt’ on a range of issues from trade to the Dalai Lama.
POLITICS: At East-West Crossroads, Turkey Presses Ambitious Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Two soaring bridges link Asia and Europe in this historic city, which straddles the two continents.
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