Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Indian Cars Fail Safety Test

A British car-safety watchdog reported five of India's most popular cars have crumpled in independent crash tests. The New Car Assessment Program, or NCAP, said the cars, including India's famously small Tata Nano, collapsed in the tests in ways that would likely lead to fatality or serious injury. The other cars tested were the best-selling Suzuki Maruti Alto 800, the Ford Figo, the Hyundai 110 and the Volkswagen Polo. None of the tested cars had airbags as a standard...

Read complete article

~	UN rights experts warn new EU policy on boat rescues will cause more people to drown

~	'Racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or Islamophobia are poisoning our societies' – UN chief

~	UN rights chief urges Kenyan leaders to act responsibly, avoid further violence

~	UN rights office 'deeply concerned' about deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza

~	UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Myanmar's Rakhine state

~	Protecting indigenous peoples' rights 'is protecting everyone's rights' – UN

~	Protecting rights and dignity of indigenous peoples 'is protecting everyone's rights' – UN

~	New UN human rights office to open in Liberia in early 2018

~	DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai

~	ISIL's 'genocide' against Yazidis is ongoing, UN rights panel says, calling for international action