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HARSEV BAINS of the Indian Workers’ Association welcomes the decision by Labour to include key demands from the South Asian diaspora in Britain in their manifesto
'Future generations of black and minority ethnic people will be better placed to understand why they are in Britain, as many people from the old colonies were invited to live and work here'
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Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
THE Labour manifesto contains two vital pledges: an unequivocal formal apology by a serving Prime Minister for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and a commitment to teaching children about colonialism, injustice and the role of the British empire.
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919 resulted in the death of over 1,500 Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus. Dead bodies left to rot after being denied medical treatment and drinking water, followed by press censorship, crawling orders and public floggings. This unprovoked attack to silence the protests against the brutal Rowlett Act was meant to strengthen the British empire; instead it provided the spark for the freedom movement that would demand total independence.
The campaign supported by the South Asian diaspora in Britain, from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has from day one been very clear that for the apology to be meaningful it must offer a remedy for the future. Mere words alone like “deep regret,” which were offered by Theresa May, will not suffice.
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