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UN panel calls for better treatment of Canada's Aboriginals, immigrants
ExtractThese include charges of racism, xenophobia, discrimination against ethnic minorities, poverty and homelessness, the treatment of vagrants and deportation of asylum seekers to countries where they might be tortured. For example, Cuba criticized Canada for its discriminatory policies against Aboriginals and for cutting HIV/AIDS programs. Saudi Arabia said there has been a re-emergence of "anti-Semitism and Islamophobia." Iran urged Canada to take measures to put an end "to discrimination against the indigenous population." Syria called for an end to racial discrimination against the Arab and Muslim communities in Canada, including "racial and religious profiling." Posted by: tipper 2009-02-06 |
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