BERLIN (AA): Racism by authorities is a serious problem in Germany, and many people continue to witness racist behavior in their daily life, according to a recent study. Of the 5,000 people surveyed in a nationwide representative study, 65% said they believe there is a problem of racial discrimination by state authorities in Germany, according...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday over Russian Foreign Minister’s remarks that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood.” The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Sergei Lavrov’s comments were “ghastly”. It was stated that after Lavrov’s statements, Russi...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel’s housing policies in East Jerusalem amount to “racial segregation and discrimination” against the Palestinian people and a violation of their human rights, a group of UN experts said Thursday. The experts made their assessment based on reports that Palestinians have been subject to “discriminatory zoning and plannin...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The US city of Minneapolis and its police department have engaged in an illegal “pattern or practice of race discrimination,” according to a report released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The department launched the study just days after then-police officer Derek Chauvin killed Ge...
BERLIN, GERMANY: A Berlin-based refugee rights activist has harshly criticized the German government for what he said was its unequal treatment of refugees from Ukraine as opposed to those from the Middle East on racial grounds. “It’s disgusting because people who are running away from war, who are running away from bombings would be tre...
A New Jersey couple has been convicted of harassing their Muslim neighbor for several years. On Tuesday, seventy-six-year old William Ong and his 73-year-old wife Betty were convicted of bias intimidation in Hudson County Superior Court. Investigators determined the Ongs made threatening and harassing statements to a Muslim neighbor about his ...
A Virginia mosque has been vandalized for the second time in six months. Authorities said the West End Islamic Center in Glen Allen, a northern suburb of the capital Richmond, was targeted by vandals Saturday afternoon. Police said the damage includes a smashed window, overturned tables and chairs, and graffiti. Ibrahim Hooper, national commun...
TORONTO – Former Afghan interpreters for the Canadian army are urging Ottawa to treat their family members fleeing the Taliban the same way as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops. Speaking at a parliamentary committee, the interpreters called on the Canadian government to let their families into the country as easily as Ukrainians, reporte...
LONDON – The British government has announced sanctions against two Bosnian Serb leaders for undermining peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider Balkans region. Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb member of the country’s tripartite Presidency Council, and Zeljka Cvijanovic, the president of the Serb entity Republika ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Rwandans paused Thursday to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group at nationwide remembrance ceremonies to honor 1 million people killed in 100 days. Thousands gathered at memorial sites in the national capital of Kigali and across the country to lay wreaths on graves where [&h...
