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Louis Reparations Commission detailed centuries of racial injustice in the city, urging investment in Black communities to address long-standing economic and social disparities, in a 124-page report released on Thursday.
The protests followed the circulation of a viral footage on social media, which depicted hooded individuals setting fire to an artificial Christmas tree in the town square of Suqaylabiyah, a predominantly Christian community. also an individual expressed solidarity with the Christian community by holding up a cross.
Drawing on more than 80 interviews and surveys conducted between 2021 and 2023, the organizations findings highlighted systemic inequities, a glaring lack of consultation with Indigenous communities, and a need for urgent, long-term remedies.
New Zealand passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Mori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor on Thursday. Following the arrival of European settlers in the early 1840s, the Crown began purchasing land in Taranaki.
Morgera urged the Vanuatu government to strengthen the protection of its population’s human rights during climate disasters by ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
The Albanian ministry also highlighted that the mass suspension of permanent home addresses of the Albanian community living in the region of the Presevo Valley in southern Serbia had serious repercussions on the daily life of these citizens who couldn’t have access to basic services.
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” Similar attempts of Sinicization was committed by authorities against other communities as Chinese officials have faced repeated criticism in the past for the suppression of the Uyghur Muslim community in Xinjiang and have even been accused of genocide, raising human rights concerns.
In the report’s foreword, GLAAD President and CEOSarah Kate Ellis said , “In many cases, platforms are inviting harm…They are prioritizing engagement and controversy over safety, especially for trans and nonbinary communities.”
Legal experts from African nations and diaspora communities called on European governments to address colonialism’s long-standing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin Africa Conference , held on Monday. In addition to economic and cultural reparations, the panel highlighted the need for comprehensive migration reform.
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The Cowessess First Nation became the first Canadian Indigenous community on Tuesday to sign an agreement with the Canadian and Saskatchewan governments under Canada’s landmark Bill C-92 passed in 2019. The subsequent legislation empowered Indigenous communities to reclaim jurisdiction based on their own history, culture and laws.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Friday said that dozens of churches, historical sites and museums have been damaged amid hostilities in Ukraine. According to UNESCO, 53 cultural sites have been partially or totally damaged since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
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The report reveals that there continues to be a culture of violence directed towards the Tamil community and perpetuated by members of the executive itself. Human rights lawyers have said that there continues to be a “slow but steady erosion of Tamil culture and legacy.”
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The Canadian federal government reached a nearly $8 billion agreement Friday with First Nation leaders to settle a lawsuit over the lack of access to clean drinking water in their communities. The agreement includes $1.5 and] provides First Nations with compensation for hardships that we should not have had to experience.”
The state claimed that the demolition of the homes was necessary because the buildings were “dangerous to the health and life of citizens” The Roma community is extensively vulnerable to discrimination in Bulgaria due to an ingrained culture of intolerance.
Australia Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek Thursday announced that the federal government will legislate new protections for Aboriginal cultural heritage sites following a report that mining giant Rio Tinto destroyed a sacred 46,000-year-old site at Juukan Gorge.
The negotiation for the new Treaty was initiated in 1999 with a proposal by Colombia and began at WIPO in 2001, where discussions were notable for their inclusion of indigenous peoples as well as local communities. The approval on Friday by consensus of 193 WIPO member states marked the climax of the 25 years negotiation process.
” “The assimilationist policies of the past are contrary to the doctrine of trust responsibility, under which the Federal Government must promote Tribal self-governance and cultural integrity,” she wrote. .”
The programing offers financial assistance, access to health and accommodation services, counseling and community support. The practice is often justified to ensure the victim/survivor marries someone of the same faith, culture or ethnic group. Access to support will be possible without participating in the criminal justice process.
Mohammed, Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov, the co-chairs of the Group of Friends of Victims of Terrorism, the Republic of Iraq and the Kingdom of Spain, and other senior United Nations and international community representatives. He said that victims are powerful agents of change.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee Wednesday voted 6-1 with 14 abstentions to name the historic center of Odesa, Ukraine a World Heritage Site and a World Heritage in Danger site. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he was grateful for the protection accorded to the city.
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Canada’s British Columbia (BC) Ombudsperson welcomed 0n Tuesday the government’s commitment to compensate survivors of the province’s internment of members of the Doukhobor religious community in the 1950s. He outlined a $10 million compensation package aimed at addressing these historical injustices.
.” Despite global efforts to promote press freedom, the Philippines remains a perilous environment for journalists, with 81 unresolved cases of journalist killings, according to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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The Ministry of Culture and Information of Sudan decided on Tuesday to suspend the work of three Arab news channels in the country. The concerned broadcasters are two Saudi Arabia state-owned channels, Al Arabiya and Al Hadath and the UAE-owned channel Sky News Arabia.
” Al Mahdi is the first person to be convicted by the ICC solely for cultural crimes. Instead, the Chamber stated, the monuments were targeted for their significance in Timbuktu’s cultural heritage. million euros in reparations for the community of Timbuktu.
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