A protest, held in front of the Greek Embassy in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre committed by Greece against Cham Muslim Albanians. Protesters, carrying Cham symbols and Albanian flags, denounced the massacre and human rights violations that occurred during and after World War II. The Cham re...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the office of one of Israel’s most recognizable Palestinian politicians, framed pictures show him posing with famous figures like Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In front of Ahmad Tibi’s desk is the Arabic slogan, “The more beautiful days are tho...
Four Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle have been awarded approximately $700,000 by a federal court jury. The court ruled their civil rights were violated when they were arrested for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk during the Black Lives Matter protests four years ago. Those were sparked by the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, [&h...
Ninety-seven year old Opal Lee, famed for her advocacy to make Juneteenth a national holiday, accepted the keys to her new Fort Worth home Friday. The house stands on the same lot from which her family was driven by a racist mob when she was 12. The house has been constructed in less than three […]
HOUSTON, US (AA) – About 90% of Americans are now aware of the Juneteenth holiday compared to 74% in 2022, according to a survey by YouGov. Juneteenth marks a significant day in US history when a quarter of a million enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned on June 19, 1865, that they had been […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has welcomed the federal indictment of an Arizona man accused of planning a mass shooting at an Atlanta rap concert. He faces a number of charges. These include firearms trafficking and possession related to a hate crime aimed at African Americans, Jews, or Muslims. A number of reports say [&he...
The Justice Department has revealed that police in Phoenix violated the Constitution and federal law by discriminating against Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and others. Following a three-year investigation into allegations of brutality and discrimination, the department concluded that Phoenix police engaged in unlawful practice. These ...
Five students backed by the NAACP have filed a lawsuit against the Shenandoah County School Board for restoring Confederate names to several schools. On May 9, the school board voted to rename Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School back to Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School, respectively. The lawsu...
Berlin, Germany — AFP German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that serious criminals should be deported, even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan, after an Afghan asylum seeker allegedly stabbed a police officer to death. He also said that glorifying or celebrating acts of violence was “against all our values”, and could in...
A father was arrested for disorderly conduct after preventing his daughter from shaking hands with Black Superintendent Rainey Briggs in Wisconsin. The incident at Baraboo High school was captured on video. It shows Matt Eddy jumping on stage, forcibly dragging Briggs away, and shouting, “I don’t want her touching him!” His ...
