US justice department issues discrimination brochure in arabic
Regional-USA, Local, 12/22/2001

The Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice announced the publication of the Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination brochure in an additional ten languages including Arabic.

The National Origin Working Group of the Civil Rights Division developed the brochure to assist individuals in identifying discrimination covered by the laws enforced by the Division. The brochure also gives examples of illegal discrimination based on national origin and provides information where discrimination complaints may be filed.

The brochure is now available in English, Arabic, Khmer (Cambodian), Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. It will be produced in more languages in the near future.

National origin discrimination includes discrimination based upon an individual's nationality, country of birth or country of origin, or the country of origin of an individual's family or spouse. It also includes discrimination based upon characteristics that are identified with a particular country or national origin, such as dress, accent, language, religion, or racial attributes.

According to the Department of Justice, incidents of bias, including hate crimes, assaults and vandalism against individuals perceived to be of Middle Eastern origin have been on the rise and have been targeted primarily at Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, Sikh Americans and South Asian Americans.

The Working Group, which works on a daily basis with the Anti-Discrimination Committee, seeks to combat discrimination by receiving reports of violations based on national origin, citizenship status and religion, conducting outreach to vulnerable communities to provide them with information about Department of Justice services and connect them with other government agencies that can assist them, providing training opportunities regarding issues and obstacles that Department of Justice and other federal agency staff may face when working with national origin minority communities, and working with other Department of Justice components and other governmental agencies to ensure accurate referral, effective outreach and provision of services to victims of civil rights violations.

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