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Reports of human-rights violations have continued this year, even after the government set up a new commission to investigate them, especially in areas controlled by ethnic-minority insurgent groups.
A Pariah Regime Courts West in China's Shadow Patrick Barta 2011
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They note that reports of human-rights violations have continued this year, even after the government set up a new commission to investigate them, especially in areas controlled by ethnic-minority insurgent groups.
A Pariah Regime Courts West in China's Shadow Patrick Barta 2011
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A U.N. envoy for human rights in Burma says the new government is failing to address the widespread abuse of ethnic-minority groups.
UN Rights Envoy Says Little Progress in Burma Despite New Government 2011
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China's ethnic-minority problems are deeply rooted, and resolving them will require change of a systemic nature.
Boing Boing 2009
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Those demands included a release of all political prisoners, an end to violence in ethnic-minority areas of the country, and steps to hold "free, fair, and credible" elections.
Suu Kyi Embraces U.S. Engagement Keith Johnson 2011
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A U.N. envoy for human rights in Burma says the new government is failing to address the widespread abuse of ethnic-minority groups.
UN Rights Envoy Says Little Progress in Burma Despite New Government 2011
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The U.S. and U.K. have both said in recent weeks that settling ethnic-minority disputes is a key precondition to easing sanctions against Myanmar's military-backed government, which is accused of widespread human-rights abuses, often in the minority-controlled areas.
Myanmar Signs a Truce With Ethnic Rebels Patrick Barta 2012
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They will also be told to come up with targets for increasing their pool of candidates with disabilities, as well as those from under-represented ethnic-minority backgrounds.
Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access 2011
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Many others on the political left see the world in terms of privileged white males and ethnic-minority victims.
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It's a pity, then, that GCHQ is short of ethnic-minority staff who can actually eavesdrop on, for example, suspected terrorists.
Michael Gove wears dunce cap over UK school buildings list fiasco 2010
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