Rights of Minorities – Page 4 – HRDI – Human Rights Defense International

Role models who helped lift up the minorities and their Human rights

By HRDI Admin December 14, 2020Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Rights of Minorities

Introduction The group of people who because of their physical feature , biological characters , cultural variance treated to be different from other and discriminated by dominating one just because…

MINORITIES IN BANGLADESH – THE PAST AND THE FUTURE

By HRDI Admin December 4, 2020Articles, Bangladesh, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Rights of Minorities

“The state religion of the Republic is Islam, but the State shall ensure equal status and equal right in the practice of the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and other religions.”…

AFGHAN SIKHS AND HINDUS VULNERABLE TO SYSTEMIC RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION

By HRDI Admin October 18, 2020Afghanistan, Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Rights of Minorities

As per Aljazeera, “Afghanistan as their home history is full of such anecdotes and lore about a substantial thriving community of Hindus and Sikhs who have called this country…

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA

By HRDI Admin October 18, 2020Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Rights of Minorities

India is a country of diversity. We have diverse languages, culture, religions, ethnicities etc and this diversity is what binds us together. Majority of the Indians associate themselves with a…

UYGHURS: THE MUSLIM MINORITY IN COMMUNIST CHINA

By HRDI Admin October 18, 2020Articles, China, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Rights of Minorities

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE UYGHUR COMMUNITY The particular religious and philosophical beliefs followed by a minority group are often what differentiates them from the majority. In every part of the…

THE SUFFERINGS OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN AT THE HANDS OF THE MUSLIMS

By HRDI Admin September 11, 2020Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Pakistan, Paper Submitted By HRDI Interns

According to the Minority Rights Group International, the minority population in Pakistan in 2002 accounted for 11-13 million with Ahmadis, Christians, and Hindus each accounting for 4 million[1].The statistics post…

THE HEGEMONY ENFORCED BY THE SINHALESE IN SRI LANKA

By HRDI Admin September 11, 2020Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Paper Submitted By HRDI Interns, Srilanka

Sri Lanka, a nation of many islands is also a nation of many religions. It constitutes as Theravada Buddhism to be the biggest religious group, covering about 70.2% of the…

ROLE MODELS WHO HELPED TO LIFT MINORITY GROUPS AND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS

By HRDI Admin September 11, 2020Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Paper Submitted By HRDI Interns, Rights of Minorities

The term ‘minorities’ include various categories ranging from race to caste to religion to linguistic to sexual orientation to gender to disabilities etc. which have been recognized by various legislation…

FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: A STUDY ON SRI LANKA

By HRDI Admin August 22, 2020Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Paper Submitted By HRDI Interns, Srilanka

INTRODUCTION Do you remember the deadly bomb blasts that took place in Sri Lanka which targeted churches on a weekend which included the Easter Sunday, when Christians were gathered there…

Sri Lankan refugees

By HRDI Admin July 23, 2020Articles, Latest News, Srilanka

Nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees living in India are not eligible for citizenship under a new law, sparking concerns they may be forced to return to the island nation they…