Sentence examples for amount to ethnic from inspiring English sources
Ms Pansieri said Christian, Yazidi, Turkmen, Shabak, Kaka'i, Sabeans and Shia communities had "all been targeted through particularly brutal persecution" and that IS had "ruthlessly carried out what may amount to ethnic and religious cleansing".
These acts amount to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, according to international rights organizations.
Rights groups have accused authorities of summary executions, as well as widespread rape and torture that amount to ethnic cleansing.
Some argue that barring maids from applying for residency amounts to ethnic discrimination.
In a news conference, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Georgian attacks on Russian citizens "amounted to ethnic cleansing".
Supporters of the maids say such fears are exaggerated, and that the decision amounts to ethnic discrimination.
A lawyer for the firefighters charged that the department's policy amounted to "ethnic and religious discrimination" against the firefighters, many of whom are of Irish descent.
More than a dozen fellow Nobel laureates have criticised Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, for a bloody military crackdown on minority Rohingya people, warning of a tragedy "amounting to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity".
On Nov. 10, China issued a damning attack on the exile leader, saying his autonomy plan amounted to ethnic cleansing, disguised independence and the reintroduction of serfdom and theocracy.
A Sephardic ultra-Orthodox activist in Jerusalem petitioned the Supreme Court, which ruled in August 2009 that the Hasidic track amounted to ethnic segregation and ordered the parents to find a way for all the school's pupils to study together.
This boundary is probably the most clearly defined in Africa.Only Ethiopia is committing violations of human rights, both against Eritreans and against Ethiopians of Eritrean origin, amounting to ethnic cleansing.
