citizenship

Articles

• UK: Sharia courts are a human rights scandal
  6 August 2016, by siawi3

  Minority women must be treated as independent persons with citizenship and human rights – not extensions of “their community†or religious leaders and imams. Isn’t it time the same principles of human rights and equality before the law apply to everyone?

• Norway: What citizenship means.
  12 September 2016, by siawi3

  “Norwegians come from the north of the country, from the middle, from the south and all the other regions. Norwegians are also immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Somalia and Syria. Norwegians are girls who love girls. Boys who love boys. And boys and girls who love each other. Norwegians believe in God, Allah, everything and nothing", King Harad said.

• India: Dont force feed faith - When the Fringe Become the Mainstream
  19 February 2015, by siawi3

  The point is that the Shiv Sena and the Sangh Parivar , now in power and control in New Delhi actually believe that India is no more secular and democratic, but actually there dream inverse state of Pakistan – a Hindu Rashtra. Listen to what BJP member Ramesh Bhiduri said yesterday in Parliament when the matter was being debate “ Go to Pakistan, this is Hindustan.â€

• The French Justice Minister’s Resignation and the “Droit Du Solâ€
  7 February 2016, by siawi3

  French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira resigned January 27 to protest President Francois Hollande’s new anti-terrorism law that strips those with dual nationality of their French citizenship if convicted of terrorism. A favourite target of French racists and hard-right-wingers, Taubira is well known for taking principled stands against threats to cherished Republican values.

• USA: The ugly PC race to be the ‘victimiest’ victim
  1 February 2016, by siawi3

  Despite all the liberal preening, sexism, homophobia and racism may still play a role in Hollywood. Increasingly, a hierarchy appears to be emerging among groups that have been historically oppressed, along with an expectation that, rather than judging their behavior or treatment on the merits, the public is supposed to give greater leeway to those who have had it worse.

• India: Over 600 Theatre Artistes Appeal to Vote ‘Bigotry, Hatred, Apathy Out of Power’
  5 April 2019, by siawi3

  We, theatre practitioners of India, appeal to the people of India to help safeguard the Constitution and our syncretic, secular ethos. We appeal to our fellow citizens to vote for love and compassion, for equality and social justice, and to defeat the forces of darkness and barbarism.

• India: Communalism -The RSS Stands for Principles That Are in Violation of the Indian Constitution
  3 April 2019, by siawi3

  Depicting Indian nationalism in terms of the faith of the religious majority has serious negative social and political implications for sections of the citizen-body and are in violation of the constitution. In this sense, it is detrimental to India as we know it, a denial of all that the freedom struggle stood for, a negation of the existential reality of a plural society, a camouflage for assimilation and homogenisation, a device for erasing the richness and diversity of our land, of converting civic nationalism into cultural nationalism and our liberal democracy into an ethnic one.

• India: ’Let us vote against hate politics . . . for an equal and diverse India’
  5 April 2019, by siawi3

  The upcoming election finds our country at the crossroads. Our Constitution guarantees all its citizens equal rights, the freedom to eat, pray and live as they choose, freedom of expression and the right to dissent. But in the last few years, we have seen citizens being lynched or assaulted or discriminated against because of their community, caste, gender, or the region they come from. Hate politics has been used to divide the country; create fear; and exclude more and more people from living as full-fledged citizens.

• India: Organizing against caste atrocities
  4 January 2017, by siawi3

  Dalit army fight caste atrocities in UP

• Algérie. La mémoire de Maurice Audin, miroir d’une identité plurielle
  4 février 2019, par siawi3

  Unanime sur l’appartenance de Maurice Audin àla nation algérienne, l’assistance l’était aussi sur la nécessité de poursuivre le travail de mémoire sur les deux rives. Contre le dogme d’un nationalisme arabo-islamique toujours prégnant dans les rouages de l’État : « Aujourd’hui, nous voulons une Algérie avec ses Européens, ses juifs, ses communistes ! », a lancé, en conclusion, une participante très applaudie.

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