We are concerned, however, that the criticisms expressed by a vocal minority regarding the evaluations of a few agents may promote the denigration of a process that has served the public and public health well for many decades for reasons that are not supported by data.
The suit was filed after the agents' lawyer said that they had exhausted the administrative complaint process, a system that minority agents have frequently said was slow, often arbitrary and a forum that seldom reached conclusions that minorities regarded as just.
Melissa Upreti, New York Regional manager and legal adviser, Asia program, Center for Reproductive Rights Israel and its minorities Regarding "The other citizens of Israel" (Views, Oct. 21): Ahmad Tibi ignores the fact that the term "Jewish" refers not only to religion but also to peoplehood.
Whereas some communities are described as having good knowledge about where to go for HIV testing, for example, sub-Saharan Africans in the UK, other studies identify poor knowledge among migrant and ethnic minorities regarding where to get tested for HIV anonymously and free of charge.
While the overwhelming majority of nationalists and Catholics support the peace process and the policing reforms, this violent minority regard anyone joining what they deem a "British police force" as traitors.
In Syria President Bashar Assad's Alawite minority sect, regarded as an offshoot of Shia Islam, dominates the government and is propped up by Iran and is Lebanese proxy, Hizbullah.
There is a vociferous minority who regard it as an inseparable part of Spain's identity, starting with King Juan Carlos, who once said: "The day the EU bans bullfighting is the day Spain leaves the EU".
Some believe that she has made a political calculation not to risk domestic popularity for the sake of a hated and powerless minority; others regard her as lacking political skills.
It was a stark reminder of the far-right's antagonism towards any minority they regard as a threat to their vision of an ultra-nationalist Catholic Poland.The far right's march was one of 11 marches in the capital that day, which was another illustration of just how clannish and fragmented Independence Day has become in recent years.
