TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A Canadian man who perpetrated a “racially motivated” attack on a Black Muslim woman and her daughter was sentenced Friday to 16 months in prison and probation for two years. Richard Bradley Stevens, 43, accosted the pair Dec. 8, 2020, while they were sitting in their car outside a shopping mall [&helli...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – A group of indigenous people from the Embera Katio community took over one of the most emblematic buildings in Colombia’s capital. They blocked the entrances and exits of the Avianca Building in downtown Bogota, leaving more than 200 people held inside against their will for hours. The protesters took the building...
BERLIN (AA) – A shelter for Ukrainian refugees in northern Germany has been razed to the ground in a blaze. None of the 14 refugees dwelling in the shelter was injured on Wednesday evening as the flames consumed the building. The place had once been used as a hotel in Gross Stromkendorf, in the state […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has violated European Convention on Human Rights by denying independent, effective investigation into racial profiling by police officers, Europe’s top human rights court has ruled. The judgment was delivered after a German national of Indian origin, who became the victim of racial discrimination, brought his ...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday summoned Emil Paulsen, the acting head of the mission at the EU delegation to the UAE, over a recent statement by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. “The Office of the High Representative was asked to provide a written explanation of the High Representative’s hurtful […]...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbian-Canadian director Boris Malagurski’s film ”Republika Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom” has met with strong criticism from the Bosnian diaspora, causing the film’s premiere throughout Europe to be canceled. The first reaction to the film came from the Institute for Research of Genocide Can...
ANKARA (AA) – Facing charges of racism, the EU foreign policy chief on Monday passed up the chance to make amends, instead brushing off the controversy as something normal. Asked how he is holding up after controversial remarks calling Europe a “garden” and the rest of the world a “jungle,” Borrell told reporters that he […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union’s anti-fraud office has issued a damning report that has brought to light the EU border agency’s cover-up of illegal pushbacks of migrants by the Greek Coast Guard into Turkish territorial waters. The report has not yet been made public officially by the EU. However, it has been highlighted by...
BRUSSELS (AA) – A 20-month-old refugee baby has become the latest victim of the racism and mismanagement by Belgian authorities in processing applications for asylum seekers. The baby, who was accompanied by her mother, spent the night on the streets as they waited outside the Belgian Federal Asylum Seeker Reception Agency (Fedasil) to s...
BUENOS AIRES (AA) – Over 2,000 members of Paraguay’s Indigenous communities ended demonstrations in the capital Wednesday, agreeing to return to their areas after reaching an agreement with the government on various demands. Around 2,500 Indigenous people had mobilized in Asuncion since Monday, calling on the government to improve access...
