WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday condemned, but refused to apologize for, a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, which was briefly posted on his social media platform Truth Social. Read More: Trump draws backlash after sharing video using racist imagery of Obama The clip, included at the end of […]
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Thousands protest in Paris over death of Mauritanian migrant in police custody
PARIS: Several thousand people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest the death of 35-year-old Mauritanian migrant El Hacen Diarra while in police custody, raising fresh concerns over allegations of racism and police violence in France. Read More: Parisians protest against Islamophobia amid Gaza war tensions Diarra, who had been living in a shelter […]
Kanye West faces legal threat in Brazil over controversial song
SAO PAULO – Kanye West is under investigation in Brazil after authorities warned he could face charges of racism and morality offenses if he performs a controversial Hitler-themed track during his upcoming concert. The rapper is scheduled to perform in São Paulo on November 29. The São Paulo State Prosecutor’s Office confirmed receiving a formal […]
Justin Bieber said he faced racism but how?
Justin Bieber said he faced racism but how? Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber said his album Justice was made for promoting unity, acceptance and belonging. The Never Say Never singer was in the news when he pushed back his Justice World tour concerts after getting diagnosed for Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. He is back on tour […]
Premier League announces, players will limit taking a knee
Premier League players will stop the pre-match anti-racism gesture of taking the knee before every match. Premiere League Clubs honourably took up the Black Lives Matter cause back in 2020. This was following the brutal and barbarous death of George Floyd at the hands of the policemen in Minneapolis. The Premier League Clubs were seen […]
Blinken voices outrage after swastika etched at State Dept
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday voiced outrage and promised renewed efforts to combat anti-Semitism after a swastika was found etched in an elevator at the State Department. Officials said they had launched an investigation into how the symbol of Nazi Germany was scraped into the wood paneling of an elevator in the […]
US invites UN scrutiny on racism
The United States has invited a United Nations mission to examine its record on racism, in a sharp turnaround by President Joe Biden after his predecessor bristled at UN scrutiny. Secretary of State Antony Blinken saluted a UN Human Rights Council resolution on Tuesday that tasked experts with studying the excessive use of force and […]
UK PM condemns racial abuse of England football stars
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said he was appalled at racial abuse targeting England’s football stars, after they lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy on a penalty shoot-out. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, the three players who missed England’s penalties on Sunday, were the victims of a stream of abuse […]
UN urges immediate dismantling of systemic racism
The UN rights chief called Monday for systemic racism against black people to be immediately dismantled around the world to avoid repeating outrages like the killing of George Floyd. In a report triggered by the death of Floyd, who was murdered by a white US police officer, Michelle Bachelet said the dehumanisation of people of […]
US ex-police officer sentenced to 22.5 years for Floyd murder
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in jail Friday for murdering African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. “The sentence is not based on emotion or sympathy,” said Judge Peter Cahill, handing down the term at a Minneapolis court after […]