The Latest Breaking News from Discrimination

Racism towards Black people has risen in the European Union, a report published Wednesday has found. It pinpointed Germany, Austria and Finland as countries with the highest rates of discrimination and harassment.

Calling the findings ‘shocking and shameful,’ the European Agency for Fundamental Rights has demanded action.

The government and the Greens have agreed to a review of the significant cost threshold. It is the backbone of Australia’s migration health requirement, which all applicants for Australian visas are required to meet.

Systems operating across government departments and police forces raise concerns about accountability and discrimination

In Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC (2012), the Supreme Court unanimously held that religious institutions have the constitutional right to freedom in selecting their clergy and religious teachers, notwithstanding federal or state antidiscrimination law. In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrisey-Berru (2020), the Court held (by a 7-2 vote) that this…

Telangana Minorities Welfare Dept.’s ‘populist schemes’, such as Shaadi Mubarak and iftar parties, are most fund-utilised. Poor performance of schemes that could help change lives of minorities exposed. RTI replies, fieldwork and case studies reveal lack of transparency, unimplemented schemes, under-utilised funds, and budget discrimination.

Indian pilots returning home after working abroad face long, tedious process to obtain/renew Indian licence. Despite job discrimination, many still want to return due to India's fast-growing aviation industry. Pilots find it easier to obtain foreign licence than Indian one, with some countries issuing it in 7 days.

Why did the Supreme Court not allow the Special Marriage Act to be used for queer couples to get married? Will the legislature be open to enacting a law to make same-sex marriage legal?

The nation's sex discrimination commissioner has expressed concerns state-based coercive control legislation could be abused.