Ethnic and religious minorities
Jewish groups hail California law making it the first state to list ‘Jewish’ as an ethnicity
Also on Wednesday, Newsom approved AB 1763, which will include religious holiday observance as a type of excused absence in schools without requiring a written request from a parent or guardian.
Yazidi fighters disarm in Iraq's Sinjar after a decade of division - what comes next? - analysis
Democrats announce Knesset slate ahead of elections, MK Lazimi takes second spot after Golan
China implements law requiring minorities conform to CCP cultural, religious guidelines
More than 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees arrive in Armenia
"The situation often involves families arriving with children so weak that they have fainted in their parents' arms," an aid representative said.
Ethnic Armenians will leave Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan says it will guarantee their rights and integrate the region but the leadership of the Armenians in Karabakh stated that they would leave.
Professor resigns after allegedly faking Native American identity
University of California, Riverside professor, Andrea Smith, has faced accusations for years that alleged she was co-opting an identity that wasn’t her own.
Israeli court orders to evict 500 Bedouin from unrecognized village
The residents had argued that they owned and resided on the land for generations, prior to the 1970 Land Law that registered land and established state-owned real estate.
Repression by the morality police: Iran’s ethnic minority ‘taming’ policy - opinion
As South Azerbaijani dissident Babek Chalabi noted, the world needs to "break free from Iran's nurturing of terrorism."
NATO soldiers on guard in Kosovo Serb town following clashes
Tensions have risen since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo's Serb-majority area after elections the Serbs boycotted.
New bill to give priority hiring to minorities who have completed IDF service
A new bill which seeks to improve benefits for minorities serving in the IDF by giving them priority status during civil service job applications.
Pakistan declares anti-terror plan following terrorist commander's arrest
The plan was announced at the National Security Committee’s meeting in Islamabad on Friday, which was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
US gov't commission ‘seeks assurances’ for status quo of Jerusalem holy sites
The commission said it had recorded an increase in the targeting of churches, mosques, and synagogues, as well as religious sites.
Less minority and civil rights will weaken liberty , not democracy - opinion
There are reforms that can be enacted without harming civil liberties, like reducing the jurisdiction of the Court over essentially political issues.
