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Respect right to religious freedom, avoid prejudice, discrimination 17 Apr 2021 / 16:12 H. Pix for illustration purposes. KUALA LUMPUR: In recent times, stories and commentaries on racism and intolerance towards other religious practices as well as discrimination have often been hot issues in the community. There are concerns that such negative elements will disrupt the harmony in society if not curbed immediately, as since the inception of Malaysia, the country’s multiracial people cele...

Saturday, 17 Apr 2021 04:27 PM MYT Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs) Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri speaks during a Yapeim-MDTC event in Subang Jaya April 9, 2021. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — In recent times, stories and commentaries on racism and intolerance towards other religious practices as well as discrimination have often been hot issues in th...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. At the urging of President Biden, two members of Congress - Senator Robert Menendez and Representative Linda Sanchez - introduced companion 353-page bills last month in the Senate and the House entitled the "U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021." Presented as a comprehensive modernization of our nations long outdated immigration laws, this proposed legislation - uniformly lauded by Democrats and oppo...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: At the urging of President Biden, two members of Congress – Senator Robert Menendez and Representative Linda Sanchez – introduced companion 353-page bills last month in the House entitled the “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.” Presented as a comprehensive modernization of our nation’s long outdated immigration laws, this proposed legislation – uniformly lauded by Democrats and opposed by Republicans – features many provisi...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga 1-6-1 Nagata-chō, Chiyoda-ku   Re: National Law Needed by 2020 Tokyo Olympics to Protect against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity   Dear Prime Minister Suga, The undersigned 116 organizations urge you, in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, to introduce legislation that would protect people in Japan from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The Olympic Charter expressly bans “d...

Hours after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden sent an ambitious immigration reform bill to Congress that has the promise to create an eight-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, bolster border security with new screening technologies, and deliver aid to Central America.

Monday, December 21, 2020 The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing Collective Bargaining and Unions specifically endorses several California employment laws as models for the whole country.  Accordingly, the many new employment laws set to take effect in California in 2021 (and a few that have already taken effect) may very well be a taste of what’s to come for employers everywhere.  Therefore, companies that operate in California, and even those that don’t, should...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing Collective Bargaining and Unions specifically endorses several California employment laws as models for the whole country.  Accordingly, the many new employment laws set to take effect in California in 2021 (and a few that have already taken effect) may very well be a taste of what’s to come for employers everywhere.  Therefore, companies that operate in California, and even those...