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Please Sign The Petition !
24th October 2012
Please sign the Petition (link at end of page) We need a big result in order to persuade Maria Miller MP to ‘trigger the clause!!’ As you may know, despite the inclusion of caste as a factor of discrimination in the 2010 Equality Act, the lack of Ministerial activation of Clause 9(5)(a) has prevented access to recourse and justice to those who have faced this ‘hidden apartheid’. The importance of this has been exemplified with an on-going employment tribunal - Coventry solicitors Vijay and Amardeep Begraj v. Heer Manak Solicitors. The couple have recorded over 100 instances of discrimination including harassment, reduced [..]
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Tesco Supermarkets – India
23rd October 2012
India's 'untouchable' caste has thrown its support behind Tesco and other foreign supermarkets' bid to open stores, believing they could help to lift them out of poverty. Hit the link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9614912/Tesco-helping-Indias-Dalit-caste-out-of-poverty.html
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Equality and Human Rights Commission – Position on Caste discrimination
23rd October 2012
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s position on caste discrimination is now on their website here: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/equality-act/ and here: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/equality-act/commission-policy-statement-on-caste-discrimination/
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The UK Government continues to stonewall demands to outlaw caste discrimination
15th October 2012
DALIT SOLIDARITY NETWORK UK Press information (October 1. 2012) Despite leaving the Indian subcontinent, many UK citizens from the South Asian diaspora continue to experience the effects of the caste system in their daily lives. Research has indicated that there is particular prevalence in the UK for those of ‘lower castes’ to experience discrimination, prejudice or abuse in employment, education and the provision of goods and services. The traditional caste system begins with Brahmins (priests, academics) at the top, and continues downwards to Kshatriyas (warriors, kings), Vaisyas (business community) and then a caste of servants and labourers. Beneath this hierarchy [..]
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UN increasingly concerned about caste
1st June 2012
Press Release (May 31, 2012). Following yesterday’s release of the reports on the UN human rights reviews of India and the UK, it is evident that UN member states are increasingly concerned about caste discrimination, affecting an estimated 260 million people worldwide. For the first time ever, a recommendation on outlawing caste discrimination in the UK was raised in the Human Rights Council Working Group at the UK review, while ten recommendations directly relating to caste were made at the review of India, compared to only two in 2008. An additional seven states raised caste as part of their observations, [..]
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