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...
ISTANBUL (AA) – High level officials from the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have agreed to take concrete steps to combat rising anti-Muslim racism in Europe. Daniel Holtgen, CoE’s special representative on antisemitic, anti-Muslim and other forms of religious intolerance...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will expand the size of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Colorado, which commemorates the Native American victims of an 1864 attack by US soldiers, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has said. Haaland, the first Indigenous Cabinet member in US history, and National Park Service Director Chuck Sams at...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A court in South Africa has convicted a white supremacist leader and pastor to two life sentences for plotting attacks against Black people in the country. The high court in the eastern Mpumalanga province sentenced Harry Johannes Knoesen, 63. He was accused of planning biological weapons attacks between December 2018...
Paris, France (AFP): Facebook must pay reparations to the Muslim Rohingya who were forced from their homes in Myanmar after a brutal genocide by the Myanmar military. In a damning report by Amnesty International, it has been brought to light that the onslaught against the Muslim Rohingyas was fired by intense hate, exacerbated by rampant [&hel...
Sydney, Australia – (AFP): Hundreds of activists have rallied in Australia to decry colonial Britain’s destructive impact on Indigenous peoples, as the country held a public holiday to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. “Abolish the Monarchy” demonstrators gathered in cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, ...
Lagos, Nigeria – (AFP): From Kenya and Nigeria to South Africa and Uganda, Queen Elizabeth’s death has met with an outpouring of official condolences, mourning and memories of her frequent visits to Africa during her seven decades on the throne. However, the British monarch’s passing also revived a sensitive debate over Afric...
