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Tag: Minorities

Posted inMiddle East

Karabakh war portends new Turkish-Armenian exodus

by Laura-Maï Gaveriaux October 15, 2020October 19, 2020

ISTANBUL — Elen has felt uneasy moving around her father’s native Istanbul since war broke out over the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh on September 27. Born to a French mother and Turkish-Armenian father, she grew up between the two countries, was educated in Turkey and deeply influenced by her father’s Armenian culture. As […]

Posted inAnalysis

We need more historical statues, not fewer

by Andrew Salmon June 12, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s democratic dictatorship

by Shashi Tharoor September 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s private sector faces social media storm

by Shreya Sehgal September 8, 2019February 18, 2020
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Iran’s minority regions bear brunt of climate change

by Kourosh Ziabari August 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inUnited States, World

Indonesian woman released by ICE after seven months

by Asia Times staff January 28, 2019February 18, 2020
A man casts his vote at a polling station in California, a state that has a large enough Asian-American population that their votes could be decisive in a tight election. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, India, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Midterms: Asian voting power still untapped

by Keshia Badalge November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Demonstrators take part in a protest against cow-vigilante violence in Mumbai on July 3, 2017. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee
Posted inAT Finance, India, Indonesia, South Asia, World

India’s viral lynching videos are dehumanizing generations

by Om Routray May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
Women walk near the site of the Taliban's destruction of the Bamyan Buddhas. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Religious intolerance in Asia: victimizing ‘the other’

by Sunil Kukreja January 1, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his Independence Day address in August 2017. Photo: Economic Times
Posted inEuropean Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Yugoslavia’s cautionary lessons for Modi’s India

by Adam Garrie August 29, 2017
Hamid Ansari in 2009. Photo: Vishal Dutta/Wikipedia
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Departing Indian vice-president contests BJP elite on minorities

by Kadayam Subramanian August 15, 2017
The 2010 Census found that the Asian population grew faster than any other race group in the US in the preceding decade. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Busting the model minority myth

by Sally Tyler May 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Police Constable Niraj Gurung (inset) speaks in a media briefing regarding Yau Ma Tei operation Thursday. Photo: Google Maps, Facebook/Hong Kong Police
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Nepal, South Asia

Nepal-born officer puts language skills to good use in raid

by Asia Times staff March 30, 2017February 18, 2020
Does what is says on the label. Photo: Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

China condemns HK lawmakers for airing independence

by Reuters October 15, 2016February 18, 2020

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