Aug 24, 2017
“Today, the New Delhi-based All India Chakma Social Forum (AICSF), which is the representative organization of the Chakmas of India, has sought the urgent interventions of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs against the State-sponsored racial discrimination against the minority Chakma indigenous peoples by the Mizoram State of India, especially denial of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) seats to four Chakma students who were selected under the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) to study medicine solely based on their “Chakma” ethnic origin.
The AICSF appealed to Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Dr. Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education; and Dr Fernand de Varennes RP, Special Rapporteur on minority issues to immediately intervene into the issues which fall under their mandate.”
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