That situation is much worse among ethnic minorities.

Other democratic opposition groups, and genuine ethnic minority representatives, also need to be given a voice in the process.

Rahim Ahwaz is an Iranian human rights activist focusing on ethnic minority rights.

(h) Forced displacement of its citizens, including a disproportionate displacement of ethnic minorities

But it is the relative success of ethnic minorities and immigrants that is more upsetting to indigenous populations.

Iran s main opposition has also failed to address the critical issue of ethnic minority rights.

In some regions, cultural barriers inhibit schooling of girls and of linguistic, religious, and ethnic minorities.

(c) The disproportionate suffering of members of ethnic minorities, women and children from such violations

Entitled We Want No War, the play was critical of military clashes with armed ethnic minority groups.

It is impossible to take in at once all of the innumerable symphonic or jazz concerts, or parades celebrating ethnic or sexual minorities.

He was denied meetings with senior government leaders, representatives of ethnic minorities and political opposition groups.

Minority and ethnic violence arises out of the sense of frustration that results.

SWAN and SHRF argue that rape is used as a weapon in the Burmese military s war against ethnic minorities.

The same question can be raised for members of religious groups and ethnic minorities, or even of certain social classes.

Condemning all violations of human rights in Kosovo, which have affected all ethnic groups in Kosovo, in particular the harassment and murder of ethnic Serb, Roma and other minorities of Kosovo by ethnic Albanian extremists,

Today, the most virulent examples of such minority and ethnic assertions of their group rights are to be found in Afghanistan.

Instead, ethnic conflicts have multiplied, shaking many East European and Asian countries. Minority and ethnic rights, it appears, are only demanded at the barrel of a gun, as in Chechnya and East Timor.

Minority and ethnic rights, it appears, are only demanded at the barrel of a gun, as in Chechnya and East Timor.

We streamlined civil military relations, guaranteed social and cultural rights, and attended to the problems of ethnic and religious minorities.

Attacks against the country s ethnic minorities continue, with the deliberate targeting of civilians, including children, by the Burmese military and police.

Where available, evidence suggests that they are mainly girls at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum often members of ethnic minorities with no health care coverage.

Blogger mulioshka thinks that Umida's problems can be related to the issue of ethnic minorities in Uzbekistan a topic, which the authorities always tries to avoid discussing.

Přednádraží is a street in Ostrava with eleven brick buildings on it, inhabited mostly by Roma families, members of the largest Czech ethnic minority.

She said that change in Syria would require Syrians of every faith and ethnicity to work together, protecting and respecting the rights of minorities.

Whether China can develop a formula to manage an expanding urban middle class, regional inequality, and resentment among ethnic minorities remains to be seen.

Western governments protection of ethnic and religious minorities in the region has been a controversial matter for more than a century, and it remains so today.

21. Calls upon all authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to respect the rights of all persons belonging to any of its national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities

Since independence, national politics in Malaysia has reinforced group identity, especially among ethnic Malays, an exclusively Muslim community.

Repeatedly, Russia has undermined American resolve and ability to put effective pressure on authoritarian and tyrannical regimes which have ben engaged in aggression, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and the internal repression of minorities.

After 1989, human rights were understood as a universal code to tame state despotism. It is my belief, however, that human rights cannot be used as a universal idea for resolving ethnic conflicts unless the concept obtains a clear cut and expanded definition, which includes ethnic and minority rights.

It is my belief, however, that human rights cannot be used as a universal idea for resolving ethnic conflicts unless the concept obtains a clear cut and expanded definition, which includes ethnic and minority rights.

Many immigrant groups in Europe find themselves flung back on their own communities by the impossibility of social and economic integration.

We have to stand up for minority rights.

(e) Continued discrimination by the Government of Turkmenistan against ethnic minorities in the fields of education and employment and by forced displacements, despite assurances by the Government that it will stop this discrimination

This collective title was based on Colombia's Law 70, or the Law of Black Communities, passed in 1993 to protect the rights and cultural identity ethnic minorities.

Reconciling Minority Rights and State Sovereignty

Help Stop Uganda anti gay bill.

The Council subsequently asked the European Commission to decide by October 2004 whether Turkey had sufficiently fulfilled the political criteria including democracy, the rule of law, and respect for the rights of ethnic minorities for membership.

Thus, all current and former political prisoners, about 500,000 Buddhist monks, and more than twice as many members of ethnic minority groups living close to the borders were banned from the vote.

(a) About the recent reports of ethnically motivated violence directed in particular against certain minority ethnic groups in affected areas that lack the rule of law and its enforcement machinery

Stefan Wolff The path to ending ethnic conflicts

Tatoeba can help people to learn minority languages.

The difficulties of life today outside the boundaries of your group is made evident by the many cases of employment to fulfill ethnic quotas, and a tradition of employment on party lines .

We would hope that the leadership of the Russian Federation will affirm the rights of ethnic minorities refrain from hostile rhetoric and actions against Georgians and ensure that our common democratic values and respectful relations between neighbours are upheld.

Democratic politicians everywhere vie for the support of ethnic lobbies.