US Church Attacker Sentenced To Death
A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church. Dylann Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges,...
Tag: Hate crime
Dylann Roof Guilty of South Carolina Church Killings
A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina in a racially motivated attack. It took the 12 jurors just over two hours to convict 22-year-old...
EU Criticises Tech Firms For Slow Action On Hate Speech
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are falling short of a commitment to tackle hate speech quickly, research suggests. The European Commission looked into whether the tech giants were meeting a pledge to...
Has President Mahama Violated Articles 19 And 20(2) Of ICCPR?
A number of prominent Ghanaians and civil society groups, including the Chairman of Peace Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), have beseeched President...
No Politician Is Worth Dying For – Dele Momodu
Publisher of Ovation International Magazine and Politician, Chief Dele Momodu has urged Ghanaians not to sacrifice themselves for any politician in the name of politics but rather to embrace hate...
List of Post-Election Hate Crimes Gets Longer
US election aftermath: List of post-election hate crimes gets longer Bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for Americans after Donald Trump's presidential win Fears of heightened bigotry...
Hate Crimes Against Muslims In US Surge 67 Percent
Hate crimes against Muslims in the United States shot up 67 percent in 2015 to their highest levels since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to new FBI statistics. Overall, 57...
Hate Speech Seeps Into U.S. Mainstream Amid Bitter Campaign
Hate speech seeps into U. S. mainstream amid bitter campaign The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters’ neatly kept home in the quiet, working...
Kick It Out Data Shows Rise In ‘incidents of Hate’ In Football
An anti-discrimination organisation says it is seeing "incidents of hate" in football every week. Kick It Out says it received 402 reports of discrimination last season, up from 393 in 2014-15. Of...