Hindus & Jews ask Berlusconi not to use Gypsies as scapegoat in Milan elections
Hindus and Jews call out Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for reportedly using Gypsies (Roma) as a scapegoat in Milan mayoral elections. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a statement issued in Nevada today, said that it was time for Berlusconi to [...]
Europe’s Werewolves: Roma (Gypsies) on the Run
“Roma” (gypsies) have been Europe’s werewolves for nearly one thousand years. As the mythological werewolf in Hollywood motion pictures is attacking “normal folk” and then running to save its life, “Roma” have that kind of mythological reputation. This is the case even among those who romanticize gypsies as free spirits, exotic dancers and mesmerizing musicians [...]
At least two minor offenders among the four executed in public in Bandar Abbas last week
According to the reports that Iran Human Rights (IHR) has received from reliable sources, at least two of those who were hanged in Bandar Abbas last week, were 17 years old at the time of the alleged offence. Four young men were hanged by cranes on April 21. on a beach in the Iranian city [...]
Bangladesh: Netizens protest human rights abuse in the hills
Although outnumbered by the Bengali population, the close to one million indigenous and aboriginal population of Bangladesh live mainly in the During the 1970s and 80s, the government took steps to resettle Bengali homeless people in the three hilly districts of Bangladesh. There were resistances and insurgency by the local indigenous people and these previously [...]
How the health of tribal peoples suffers when they are dispossessed of their lands
The man in the photograph stands at the side of a dusty road, his arms outstretched, a mbaraka rattle in his left hand. In front of him, a black car thunders past. There is a dignity in his gesture that is not in keeping with the black-tarpaulined shacks of his temporary community. The red earth [...]
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