Hate crime
Facebook Launches Initiative To Fight Online Hate Speech
Facebook is launching a UK initiative to train and fund local organisations to combat extremism and hate speech. It...
Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes
Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...
Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes
Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...
Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...
EU Orders Facebook and Google To Crack Down On Hate Speech
Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top...
Family of Palestinian Toddler Burned Alive Sue Israel
Relatives of a Palestinian family burned alive filed a lawsuit against Israel on Monday demanding it be held...
Social Media Giants ‘shamefully Far’ From Tackling Illegal Content
Social media firms are “shamefully far” from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report....
Film Festival Spotlights Racism In France
Alexandre Amiel was alarmed when his 11-year-old son asked the day after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a...
Social Media Firms Faces Huge Hate Speech Fines In Germany
German ministers have approved plans to fine social media firms up to 50m euros ($53.3m; £42.7m) if they fail to...
Five Charged Over Asylum Teen Attack In Croydon
Five people have been charged over an attack on a teenage asylum seeker in south London, police say. The...
Attackers Are Scum, Says MP
A gang who attacked a teenaged asylum seeker in Croydon on Friday have been called "scum" by the area's MP. The Kurdish...
Indian Police Make Sixth Arrest Over Attack On Nigerians
Police have made a sixth arrest in connection with a brutal mob attack on Nigerian students in northern India that...
US Veteran Gets Terror, Racism Charges Over Black Man’s Murder
A white US Army veteran faced terror and racism charges on Monday as he was indicted for fatally stabbing a 66-year-old...
US Veteran Charged With Terrorism For Killing Black Man
A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old black man has been charged with murder as an act of...
Ablakwa Urges Action Against Politicians Who Incite Violence
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed worry over the rising incidents of hate...
Third Jewish Cemetery Damaged In Surge of US Anti-Semitic Acts
Vandals tumbled and defaced headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Rochester, New York, local officials confirmed Friday,...
Indian Man Killed, Another Wounded In Suspected Kansas Hate Crime
An Indian man was killed and another wounded in a shooting being investigated by US authorities in the midwestern state...
NY Unveils $25 Mn Grant To Combat Anti-Semitism, Hate
New York state took fresh steps Thursday to combat a spike in anti-Semitism and hate crimes, promising a $25 million...
Britain’s Police Treat Amber Rudd’s Foreign Workers Speech As ‘hate Incident’
Home Secretary Amber Rudd's party conference speech about foreign workers is being treated as a "hate incident" by...