Minority
Video: Jean Ziegler, a portrait
He is regarded as the voice of the poor and feared by those in power. With his books „Switzerland washes whiter“, „The Empire of Shame“ or „The Hatred of the West“, he has caused many controversies in the western world and has brought some uncomfortable truths to a wide audience. Prof. Jean Ziegler ...
- Date | 29.09.10
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Video: The Jenisch in Switzerland
The early 1900s saw the onset of the persecution and resettlement of the Jenisch in Switzerland. It wasn’t until 1998, that the Swiss Travellers were recognised as a national minority in view of the signing of a framework convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Council of Europe....
- Date | 26.05.10
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Video: The Danes in Germany
This reports takes us to the German-Danish border in Schleswig-Hostein. Until 1920, all of Schleswig used to be Prussian. In 1920, after a referendum, the northermost part was allocated to Denmark and today’s border was established, which resulted in the creation of minorities on both sides of the b...
- Date | 26.05.10
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Video: The Walser at the foot of the Monte Rosa
Near the Swiss border, in today’s Autonomous Region of Aosta, Walser people have lived for centuries. During the Middle Ages, several groups from the Swiss canton Valais spread out in all directions. Some of them settled in Gressoney, east of Monte Rosa. To this day, the descendants of these emigran...
- Date | 28.04.10
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Video: Rebiya Kadeer – China’s state enemy No. 1
In January 2010, the human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer made an official visit to Bolzano, following an invitation from the Society for Threatened Peoples and the EURAC. In her capacity as president of the World Congress on Uygur people, Kadeer used the visit to highlight the precarious situation o...
- Date | 24.03.10
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Video: Bolivia’s New Constitution – More Rights for Indigenous Minorities
In January 2009, a new constitution came into force in Bolivia. It grants unprecedented rights to the 36 indigenous peoples in the country. Its aim is to improve the indigenous people‘s access to primary care facilities, education and health. minet reports on the changes this new constitution brough...
- Date | 25.11.09
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Video: The Dalai Lama in the South Tyrol
The Dalai Lama’s third visit to the South Tyrol. Soon after his arrival, Christina Khuen from minet TV met his holiness to have a conversation with him.
- Date | 25.11.09
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Video: The Karaites – A Small Minority in Lithuania
Trakai, near Vilnius in Lithuania, has been the home of a small community of Turkic Karaites for centuries. In contrast to the Karaites in Israel, the Lithuanian Karaites don’t view themselves as Jews, but as an independent religious community, and that is also how they are seen by the Jewish commun...
- Date | 26.10.09
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Video: Occitan in Italy – The Small Village of Guardia Piemontese
Minet had good reasons for visiting a small village in Calabria – it is one of the very few places where remnants of a Gallo-Roman language are still being spoken today. The Occitan language, the ancient lyrical language of the troubadours, is usually associated with the South of France, Catalonia, ...
- Date | 28.05.09
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Video: The Gottscheer in Slovenia – A German Language Enclave
More than 700 years ago, German speaking farmers from Carinthia and the Val Pusteria settled near the town of Ljublijana. Until shortly before WWII, more than 12 000 people practised their, in parts, original German language and culture. Hundreds of Gottscheer were killed or driven away during the w...
- Date | 27.04.09
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