Topic: racism
Teenager who recorded video of George Floyd’s death, speaks on 1st anniversary
A year after she recorded George Floyd’s murder on her cellphone, Darnella Frazier, now 18, released a public statement about her lasting grief over Floyd’s death, and how the trauma has affected her and her nine-year-old cousin, who both witnessed the police killing on 25 May 2020.
UN experts condemn UK’s racism report
A group of UN human rights experts on Monda strongly rejected a UK government-backed report on racism and ethnic disparities in the country, saying...
‘Racist lie’ must end, UN chief warns on Remembrance Day for enslaved people
Although the transatlantic slave trade ended more than two centuries ago, “the ideas of white supremacy that underpinned it remain alive”, the UN chief said on Thursday, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
UN chief ‘profoundly concerned’ over rise in violence against Asians
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a statement expressing his profound concern over the rise in violence against Asians, and people of Asian descent, during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism in USA
Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to end police violence and...
Players walk of the pitch, UCL match suspended after racist remark by official
UEFA Champions League match between PSG vs Istanbul Basaksehir suspended following alleged instance of racism on the part of the fourth official towards the...
