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SEN News on Sunday: January 5 – 12, 2014

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Revisiting La Tene Art: Ideas of Ethnicity and Diaspora

 

  • Myanmar Times (11/01/14) reports on the complaints of the Rohingya ethnic minority, who have called for a change in the national census categories.
  • Think Progress (10/01/14) questions whether the United Nations (UN) is flaming the fans of ethnic conflict in South Sudan by separating ethnic groups.
  • Heritage Daily (January 2014) features an article exploring whether La Tène art should be considered an ethnic indicator of early Celtic identity.

 

 

News compiled by Karen Seegobin.

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SEN News on Sunday: July 20-28, 2013

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  • Russia Beyond the Headlines (28/07/13) reports on Russia’s new 28-point strategy to deal with the country’s ethnic conflict, entitled  “Strategy of the State National Policy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025”.
  • New York Times (23/07/13) analyzes the nationalism of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in light of the landslide victory of his Liberal Democratic Party in recent parliamentary elections.

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SEN News on Sunday: July 7-14, 2013

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  • Oman Tribune (13/7/12) reports on the fighting in South Sudan, which could spiral into “outright sectarian conflict”.
  • The Diplomat (12/7/13) provides an insightful analysis on the causes of the recent spates of violence and protests by China’s ethnic Muslim population, and how it relates to the country’s economic expansion and increase in global power.

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Brief: Sudanese Government Accused of Ethnically Cleansing the Nuba

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by Sonia Morland

At the same time that South Sudan celebrated its independence on 9th July, clashes between Nuba rebels and government forces in Sudan’s South Kordofan were verging on alleged ethnic cleansing.

A recent UN report has revealed that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) may be guilty of war crimes in South Kordofan, one of Sudan’s poorest regions. According to witness reports, SAF have bombed villages, executed rebel soldiers and killed civilians, in an attempt to defeat Nuba rebels, who come from a range of Muslim, Christian and traditional tribes, all speaking different languages. Satellite pictures moroever seem to indicate that there are three mass graves in South Kordofan, leading to fears that ethnic cleansing is taking place. 73,000 people have fled South Kordofan since 5th June.

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