Full Coverage: Race Politics

20.05.2008 This is Our Country Too is a hard-hitting investigation into Australia’s woeful treatment of its indigenous peoples, and a rare depiction of their unrelenting struggle for justice, equality and self-determination.

08.04.2008 The social exclusion and discrimination faced by Roma means they are not equal partners in the European Year of the Intercultural Dialogue, the European Roma Information Office said in a statement marking International Roma Day (8 April).

05.04.2008

12.03.2008 NEW YORK, Mar 12 (OneWorld) - The United States government is facing new international scrutiny for its treatment of racial minorities.

22.02.2008

19.02.2008 A display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica runs at the Docklands Museum until 31 August as part of the museum's recently inaugurated London, Sugar & Slavery gallery.

08.01.2008 Ladbroke Grove FILM WRITE is a monthly film night showcasing groundbreaking films/authors/poets. Free film screenings, incredible authors and poets reading from their recent publications, local filmmakers discussing what brought them to achieve their works and discussions with figures from the community participating.

07.01.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 (OneWorld) - Amid fears that ongoing violence could take many more human lives in Kenya, rights activists are calling for the government in Nairobi to allow an independent investigation of the presidential poll results.

26.12.2007

30.08.2007 In an attempt to derail indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu’s political party ahead of September 9 elections, a party member and local council candidate was recently assassinated.

28.08.2007 NEW YORK, Aug 28 (OneWorld) - Thousands of protesters are expected to converge on New Orleans Wednesday to raise awareness about what they believe to be the Bush administration's failure to help Americans who lost everything in the wake of a ferocious storm that hit the United States' Gulf Coast some two years ago.

14.08.2007

04.08.2007 “I’ve seen all the recent Gypsy films, including all those shown at the Barbican in June, and this is the best”, a fellow journalist said at the end of Gypsy Caravan. I don’t know if she’s right as I haven’t seen the others, but there’s no doubt that Caravan is tremendous fun.

01.08.2007 The Papua Legislative Council is deliberating a regulation that would see microchips implanted in people living with HIV/AIDS so authorities could monitor their actions. The regulation has been condemned by activists in the province as a gross violation of rights.

14.06.2007 In October the Museum in Docklands will open the only permanent gallery in London that examines the city's involvement in transatlantic slavery and its legacy on the capital. It will debunk the myth that London was a minor player in the trade by showing that it funded much of the city's industrial and financial success.

11.06.2007 An Indian organisation, The Prakriti Foundation, which is based in Chennai, is organising One Billion Eyes, an annual documentary film festival. The theme for the year is Caste. The festival will feature films, the thoughts of concerned citizen on caste and the agony of the victims. The best film will get the prize of Rs 25,000.

08.06.2007 Hong Kong based Human rights organisation AHRC wants a high level inquiry into the forcible removal of several hundred Tamils from Sri Lankan capital Colombo and seek further action for their protection.

05.06.2007

16.05.2007 A group of Macedonian non-governmental organizations give their full support and solidarity to Iso Rusi, journalist and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Macedonia, related to the attacks and threats that the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) sent to his address provoked by his recent op-ed, titled “Gospodin Gospodin Thaqi” (Gospodin Gospodin is the official title of the archbishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church), published in “Koha” daily newspaper.

01.05.2007