Racism

NI Human Rights Commission and Council for Minorities clash over racism

Turgon on August 24, 2011, 11:52 am

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Mark Devenport has a very interesting entry on his blog on the BBC. The United Nation’s Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination has been taking evidence in Geneva from various UK pressure groups, including a number of Northern Ireland-based lobbyists. The Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission are in disagreement over whether or not to regard sectarianism as a form of racism. In May, the NI Human Rights Commission …

POTD They haven’t gone away you know

Moochin Photoman on March 5, 2011, 12:07 am

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a number of these flyers were posted up overnight/early morning today. There are no identifiers on them. The bottom line reads “Ask your MLA why’s he not spoke out about this or the press” Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in …