Turkish community in Germany still faces discrimination and institutional racism at every single aspect of life from eduction to justice in Germany. One prominent Harvard-educated lawyer says German judges hand longer prison sentences to defendants just for having Turkish names. Mehmet Daimaguler studied law in prestigious Harvard and Yale in the United States. But he …
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Jerusalem-born actor was due to receive 2018 Genesis prize but cancels saying she ‘cannot in good conscience’ attend ceremony. Natalie Portman has pulled out of a major award ceremony due to take place in Israel, citing her “distress” at recent events in the country. Portman, who was born in Jerusalem and holds dual Israeli and US …
New York City’s Public Design Commission voted unanimously to remove the statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th century surgeon who conducted experimental operations on female slaves, from its place of honor in Central Park. It was the first decision to alter a prominent New York monument since Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a review of “symbols of hate” …
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Starbucks will close all of its over 8,000 U.S. stores for an afternoon dedicated to racial bias training, the coffee company announced amid an uproar. The shutdown of Starbucks’ company-owned retail stores and corporate offices will take place on May 29 in order to train 175,000 employees on how to spot “unconscious bias” after two black …
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Unknown vandals attempted to set a West Bank mosque on fire overnight, in a possible hate crime against Palestinians. The incident took place in the village of Aqraba, north of Nablus, and saw the words “Death” and “Price tag” daubed on the mosque’s external walls. No one was hurt in the incident. Referred to in Israel as “price-tag …
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Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman has found himself once again embroiled in a controversy surrounding his website’s policy on moderation. In a Reddit thread announcing the platform’s 2017 transparency report findings, in which Reddit identified and listed close to 1,000 suspected Russia-linked propaganda accounts that have been banned, Huffman replied to a straightforward question about the company’s rules around hate …
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition won a landslide victory in general elections. Based on 91 percent of the votes counted, the coalition of the Fidesz party and Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) received at least 48 percent of the vote while Hungary’s main opposition Jobbik party received 19 percent and the left-wing Hungarian …
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Supporters of the PYD/PKK terrorist organization in April 6, attacked the Council of Europe’s Agora building in Strasbourg, France. Around 30 people got past a security checkpoint where nearly 600 people were working, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent reporting from the scene. The PYD/PKK sympathizers hung a banner that called for the release of …
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The incident occurred at about 1.30pm on May 28 on a Thameslink network in London. The Bengali woman, who is in her 20s and wears a hijab, was with her mother when she noticed the man staring at her. Speaking to Tell MAMA, an organisation highlighting anti-Muslim abuse, the woman said she felt threatened by …
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Primark has been accused of ‘rewarding’ a racist customer accused of telling a Muslim shop assistant ‘I don’t want to be served by black people’. Do Na Marie was at the Westfield Stratford City branch of Primark in east London with her daughter. She witnessed the alleged incident and is now encouraging people to boycott …
