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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/human rights

MEPs call for India to recognise rights of Untouchables

Brussels, 02/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament has called on the Indian government to put an end to the discrimination suffered by the Dalits, or Untouchables. Fifty five years after the drafting of the Indian Constitution which officially abolished the caste system and gave all Indians equal rights, the 240 million Dalits are still the pariahs of India society. In a resolution passed on 1 February, MEPs note that implementation of laws protecting the rights of Dalits...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU calls on Belgrade and Pristina to accept Mr Ahtisaari's text as basis for work on new round of consultations
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: International issues and future partnership agreement to dominate busy agenda of EU-Russia Troika
(EU) EP/PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES: ITS group does not get two deputy chairmanships which it could have claimed
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: With no European strategy, defence industry could disappear, says Javier Solana at annual EDA conference
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Charlie McCreevy not ready to cast 2009 target for finding solution to institutional issue in stone
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: MEPs call for India to recognise rights of Untouchables
(EU) EU/THAILAND: EU welcomes Thai government's decision not to deport Hmong refugees to neighbouring Laos
(EU) EP/TUNISIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Alarming new IPCC scientific forecasts underline need for urgent global action
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: First results of joint strategic action to fight piracy and counterfeiting to be tabled in June
(EU) EU/NORWAY/ENERGY: Mr Piebalgs and Mr Enoksen discuss ways of reinforcing cooperation for carbon capture and storage
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/JHA/SWIFT: European Data Protection Supervisor calls on ECB to take action in SWIFT case
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA: Slovakia prepares to join Schengen
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: Danuta Hubner unveils 2007 work programme saying constitutional treaty will be 'very important for her work'
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: No reductions in rates for recycling and re-use of end-of-life vehicules
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/CARS: Mixed reaction to draft review of fuel quality directive
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs want harmonisation of 'limitation periods' for cross-border disputes about road accidents
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliamentary committee for unambiguous ban on drift nets
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: EU-Gabon tuna fishing agreement approved
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament calls for greater effort with education and motivation to fight obesity
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/ENERGY: Michel Delebarre pleads in favour of “change in mindset”
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Farm Bill snubs WTO objectives, according to European agricultural cooperatives
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives green light to plans for acquisition of Glencore and Sual assets by EN+ in aluminium sector
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Denmark must allow pension contributions paid into companies in other Member States to be tax-deductible
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Research commissioned into civil society's involvement in radical Islamism
(EU) EU/UNIONS/PRESIDENCY: John Monks to deliver to Angela Merkel Trade Union Memorandum to German Presidency at end of month
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in the Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB/ITALY: EIB grants loan to energy from waste project
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