The Latest Breaking News from Discrimination

After two Dalit students allegedly committed suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi in the past two months, a campus-wide survey on caste discrimination circulated by the institute’s Board of Student Publications (BSP) was been suspended within hours of commencing. 

Dalit activist Manisha Mashaal calls for fight for dignity, self-respect, and identity. Urges to make people uncomfortable to talk of caste. Recalls her own struggle of facing discrimination in school. Calls for accepting challenges posed by society & respecting one another to bring social change.

Nomadic tribes in TN lack access to edu, govt schemes: Survey by Vanavil Trust reveals 27% of children not enrolled in schools, 53% face discrimination. 807 families lack access to schools/higher edu, 713 lack access to govt schemes. Free land pattas benefited most, other schemes less. Report urges govt to…

Bill gives added protections to those hailing from Nepal, India and Bangladesh and is awaiting the governor’s signature to become law

California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

Arunachal Pradesh Women's Welfare Society seeks Monogamy Election Eligibility Bill 2023 to make only candidates with one spouse eligible for elections. Bill aims to promote gender equality, preserve family values, enhance political accountability, and prevent discrimination. Congress MLA to introduce private member's resolution to make it mandatory for candidates to…

An important question, whether the judge orders lawyers to be trained on religious liberty by the Alliance Defending Freedom, on transgender rights by Lambda Legal, or on race discrimination law by the ACLU.

A TOURISM champion has claimed the Scottish Government’s restrictions on short term lets are discriminatory against women.