Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Thousands of sub-Saharan African students in Tunisia are still fearful after a surge of racist attacks following comments by President Kais Saied against illegal immigration, and are seeking concrete steps to protect them. The violence erupted after Saied blamed “hordes of illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s top diplomat sought to “reassure” sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview with AFP days after comments by President Kais Saied drew accusations of racism. Last week, Saied called for “urgent measures” against “hordes” of sub-Saharan migrants, whom he accu...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied called Thursday for his government to take care of “legal” migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while doubling down on controversial remarks that illegal immigration was causing “demographic” change. “People who are legally in Tunisia should be reassured,” Saie...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) has called for law enforcement reform at all levels to stop dehumanization of Black people. The Council released a statement on Tuesday, saying that they welcomed the Memphis police department and local prosecutors’ relatively quick action to dismiss and charge the perpetrating...
ANKARA (AA) -The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), a neo-Nazi organization, is among those who have benefited from Sweden’s broad description of freedom of expression that makes the burning of Islamic religious scriptures “legal from a Swedish point of view.” Rasmus Paludan, an extremist Islamophobic Swedish-Danish politician...
NICE, France (AA) – A restaurant in Paris has been accused of segregating non-white guests from white ones, local media reported. The CoCo restaurant seated a young customer of Asian origin at a table on the upper floor, as shown by a video the customer made earlier this month and posted on TikTok. When the […]
GENEVA (AA) – The German Teachers’ Association head has called for quotas for students with an immigrant background in German schools. “We have an integration problem in Germany,” Heinz-Peter Meidinger told the German daily Bild. If integration is to be successful, “mandatory preschool support, nationwide language...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Despite the zero-tolerance principle against all forms of discrimination at the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar, a lot of hate speech was used both on and off the field and on social media. According to a report by the US-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published on Nov. 21, […]
ANKARA (AA) – France footballers Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni were target of racist abuse following their World Cup final defeat to Argentina on Sunday. Attacker Coman and midfielder Tchouameni both made missteps in the final. Both found themselves the target of online racist abuse after the game. German powerhouse Bayern Munic...
PARIS (AA) – More than 120 people were arrested on Wednesday night for what lawmakers denounced as “racist violence” in Paris and other French cities after France’s World Cup semifinal win over Morocco. Some 10,000 police officers were mobilized across France over fears of possible riots, including 5,000 for Paris and the surrounding are...
