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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On 21st March 2022, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been observed. This day is observed annually across the globe. Overview: In 1960, on this day, at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid pass laws in ..
Tags: Apartheid • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination • South Africa • United Nations General Assembly
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Who was ‘Desmond Tutu’?
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, died at the age of 90 on December 27, 2021. Highlights Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to racial discrimination in South Africa. In 1997, He was diagnosed with ..
Tags: Apartheid • Desmond Tutu • Nobel Prize
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Apartheid State: The Israel-Palestine Conflict
Israel has been recently banning the human rights groups in the country that called Israel to be an apartheid state. Apartheid Apartheid is a system of institutionalized racial segregation. Israel and Apartheid Analogy Israel is being criticized to be an ..
Tags: Apartheid • Balfour Declaration • Two State Solution • West Bank
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2019
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2019 was observed on March 21st with the theme Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies. Racist extremist movements which promote populist, nationalist agendas are spreading in various ..
Tags: Apartheid • Christchurch mosque shootings • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2019 • New Zealand
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Palestine takes over chairmanship of G77
Palestine has taken over the chairmanship of G77 from Egypt. Palestine will be formally elected chair at the annual G77 ministerial meeting, scheduled to take place in mid-September. The chairmanship of the G77 is based on the system of geographical ..
Tags: Apartheid • China • Egypt • G77 • global disarmament
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Israel passes law to declare that only Jews have right of self-determination
Israel has passed a law to declare that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country. The nation-state law, backed by the right-wing government, was passed by a vote of 62 for and 55 against and two abstentions ..
Tags: Apartheid • Eastern Mediterranean • Geography • Homeland for the Jewish people • israel
