Confrontations have broken out in the Netherlands between supporters and opponents of the divisive Christmas character known as Black Pete. White people there often daub their faces with dark paint when they dress up to play the character who is a helper of the Dutch version of Santa Claus – but opponents say the traditional practice promotes racist stereotypes. …
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A Greek prosecutor is investigating the display of a Nazi symbol by home fans during Greece’s match against Estonia in Athens in the UEFA Nations League. The investigation by a prosecutor for racist violence was ordered on Tuesday following a complaint by Greece’s Sports Minister Giorgos Vassiliadis. Photos from Sunday’s match at the Athens Olympic …
France’s “yellow vest” protests over the last three days have been marred by demonstrators being killed and injured, but also by incidents at road blocks that saw some drivers targeted by racist or homophobic abuse. In some cases protesters fought among themselves. The movement has been under fire after videos were broadcast showing protesters shouting …
Staff at a US-owned hotel in Japan refused services to a Cuban ambassador in October, the Asahi Shimbun reported on November 14. The Cuban Embassy booked rooms for Cuban ambassador to Japan Carlos Pereira and another official via Tokyo-based Tonichi Travel Service Co., who informed the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk of the envoy’s nationality in advance. The hotel replied it was looking …
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The FBI says hate crimes reports were up about 17% in 2017, marking a rise for the third year in a row, even though violent crime in America fell slightly overall. Crimes of antisemitism led the spike. An annual report from the US federal government released on November 13 shows there were more than 7,100 reported hate …
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A couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler have been found guilty of being members of a banned terrorist group. Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, from Banbury, along with Daniel Bogunovic, 27, from Leicester, were convicted of being in National Action. Birmingham Crown Court heard the couple gave their child the middle …
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A photo showing a group of male, mostly white Wisconsin high school students with their arms raised in what appear to be Nazi salutes has sparked a district investigation and criticism from a Holocaust memorial group. The image of students in the Baraboo School District in Wisconsin was originally posted on the @GoBaraboo parody account …
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France has the largest Jewish community in Europe – around 550,000 people. Increasingly, however, many say they no longer feel safe in their country. The Pinto family chose to move away from Seine-Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb. Last year, three men locked them up for several hours in their home. They were “targeted” because of their …
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The extent of racial bias faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic citizens in 21st-century Britain has been laid bare in an unprecedented study showing a gulf in how people of different ethnicities are treated in their daily lives. A survey for the Guardian of 1,000 people from minority ethnic backgrounds found they were consistently …
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German officers shut down a far-right music concert after members of the audience began chanting a Nazi slogan, police have said. The gig in Ostritz, a town in the eastern state of Saxony, attracted several hundred people on Saturday evening, according to German newspaper Deutsche Welle. “Two far-right bands played in front of several hundred participants,” Saxony police …
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