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International

Hospital fires doctor for giving sweets to wounded Palestinian boy

INTERATIONAL A Palestinian doctor with Israeli citizenship was fired from his job after he gave sweets to a wounded Palestinian boy in police custody. The doctor's family told Middle East Eye that the Israeli Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem dismissed Ahmad Mahajna on Sunday, following a weeks-long probe. The Tel Aviv-based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said the termination was the result of "racist, nationalist, and populist witch hunt". The probe was launched in late October after […]

today29 November 2022

Local

Dis-Chem’s moratorium on hiring white people is racial discrimination: AfriForum

Lobby group AfriForum says there needs to be further dialogue with pharmaceutical retailer Dis-Chem on recruitment and racial discrimination due to its moratorium on hiring white people. It comes after a leaked document revealed that Dis-Chem’s CEO Ivan Saltzman called on managers to improve the company’s employment equity profile and effect transformation. Campaigns officer for strategy at AfriForum Ernst van Zyl says, “People can use any type of framing or […]

today17 October 2022

International News

Qatar: Discrimination suffered by women laid bare in new report

Women in Qatar have complained of being "treated as children", as a new report reveals the extent to which male guardianship laws restrict their ability to receive gynaecological exams and travel overseas. Women who spoke to Human Rights Watch said medical staff would need their husband or male guardian's permission for prenatal care, transvaginal ultrasounds, pap smears and sexual health checks. Other restrictions uncovered by HRW also showed that women […]

today30 March 2021

International News

‘Racist agenda’: Fear, worries over Sri Lanka’s burqa ban

Sri Lanka’s move to ban the burqa on “national security” grounds while calling its use “religious extremism” has been termed a “racist agenda” used to cause divisions in the country. A burqa is an outer garment worn to cover the entire body and the face and is used by some Muslim women. On Saturday, Sri Lanka’s Minister for Public Security Sarath Weerasekera said he had signed a paper for cabinet […]

today15 March 2021

International News

Court maintains block on Trump’s Muslim travel ban

An appeals court from the US state of Virginia refused on Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority nations, stating it was rooted in "intolerance". The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10 to 3 against Trump's travel ban, and indicated opponents of Trump were likely to succeed at trial in showing the policy violates US constitutional prohibitions on religious discrimination. The decision, […]

today26 May 2017

Local

Discrimination at Sans Souci – WCED

A number of discriminatory practices have been found at Sans Souci Girls’ High School during an investigation by the Western Cape education department. "The investigation found that a number of discriminating practices gave rise to understandable unhappiness among learners and steps have already been taken to remedy these," Western Cape education department head Brian Schreuder said on Tuesday. The department started an investigation following disruptions at the school, in Newlands, […]

today11 January 2017

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