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WhatsApp, Grindr and Facebook were once a place where gay, bisexual and trans Arabs could find freedom. Now their digital footprints could land them behind bars…

In what appears to be a reaction to political, economic and social rights activist Ken Msonda's statement accusing people of Asian descent of posing as Malawians because they hold dual nationality, the Ministry of National Unity…

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Tunisian President Kais Saied this week faced mounting pressure from judges, the United Nations and world powers after he removed a key judicial watchdog, sparking fresh accusations that he was heading for authoritarian rule. . Saied…

Breadcrumb Links News Local News "It's an ugly and disturbing trend," says BC Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender. Publication date : February 02, 2022 • 21 minutes ago • 3 minute read • Join…

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Some clergy, a group that advocates for LGBTQ rights, and a group that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities are calling on Mississippi lawmakers to expand the state's hate crimes law to cover offenses…

Several Supreme Court verdicts underline the damage caused to social harmony by such remarks The apparent delay in bringing criminal charges against perpetrators of hate speech in Haridwar and Delhi is despite Supreme Court rulings…

The United Nations has expressed concern about the rise of hate speech and the glorification of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, amid concerns about the former. Bosnian Serbs celebrated their banned…

As part of its campaign to defame transgender athletes in order to slander the trans community as a whole, Fox News obsessively covered University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas. From December 3 to January 12, the network aired 32…

A the man receives a call from a policeman. He is told that although he did nothing criminal his social media posts offended someone, so the police recorded them as a non-criminal hate incident that can show up on criminal record…

Far from reducing anti-Muslim hate crimes, the pandemic has accelerated some of the worst narratives against Islam and Muslims, according to a new study.…

New York, December 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has called on the Iranian government to end its discrimination against minorities in Iran, including the Baha'i community, the largest Iranian…

Closing argument on December 9 in the Chinese Association (TCA) hate speech case ended a crucial part of a long legal challenge to resolve harm, hatred, freedoms and consequences in a racially divided South Africa. The case began in the…

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The independent board that oversees Facebook's parent company Meta is once again urging the social media giant to be more transparent about its content moderation decisions. the Facebook Supervisory…

Tendayi Achiume is a half-Zambian, half-Zimbabwean professor of human rights at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and occupies a key independent role within the United Nations human rights system, in as special rapporteur on…

Facebook's neglect facilitated the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar after algorithms on the social media network amplified hate speech and the platform failed to suppress the inflammatory posts, a lawsuit launched in the United…

A former member of the Calgary Police Hate Crimes Unit posted a now-viral video comparing the city's vaccination policy to the Holocaust. The officer is currently suspended with pay, according to Calgary police. In a 10 minute video, a…

Canadians seem to be on the same wavelength when it comes to tackling issues of discrimination and they want Parliament to take action, according to a national poll released Tuesday. The poll, conducted by Nanos Research for the Canadian…

DAVID ROBIE also blogs on Pacific coffee IN RESPONSE to the escalation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in mid-February 2020 came a warning from the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom, who said…

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, the European Commission and the High Representative / Vice-President, Josep Borrell, issued the following statement:…

GENEVA (November 22, 2021) - A UN human rights expert today urged the United States of America to revise its legislation to prevent the increase in exclusion, discrimination, hate speech and crimes against minorities, arguing that…

Breadcrumb Links Winnipeg New Manitoba Author of the article: James snell In this file photo from February 27, 2013, hands are typing on a computer keyboard Photo by Damian Dovarganes /PA Content…

"There is good and bad in our community just like in any other community. We shouldn't all be painted with the same brush." They have been in Southwark for years and are the number one target of…

On February 4, 2019, a Facebook researcher created a new user account to see what it was like to discover the social media site as a person living in Kerala, India.For the next three weeks, the account operated under one simple rule:…

October 15, 2021ON 26 SEPTEMBER Residents of the state of Rajasthan in northwest India discovered that their cell phones could no longer connect to the internet. For several hours, services such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Google Maps were…

County Durham Commissioners Council this week joined North Carolina LGBTQ lawmakers, State Democrats, religious leaders and activists who condemned Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's characterization of homosexuality as "filth." The…

Facebook will expand its harassment policies to remove the most harmful content, the company said in its latest change on Wednesday following testimony in Congress from a whistleblower who criticized the social media giant for not doing…

Update: "White House: NC Lieutenant Governor Robinson's Anti-LGBTQ Comments Are 'Disgusting' and 'Spread Hate'" A state senator has said Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson should step down for calling homosexuality and transgender "filth."…

This column is the opinion of Ilan Kogan, a Canadian JD / MBA student at Yale Law School and Harvard Business School. For more information on CBC Opinion Section, please consult the Faq. The Canadian government is considering new rules…

A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken on January 6, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / IllustrationSeptember 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ordered Facebook (FB.O) to release the tapes of accounts linked to…

A total of 33 countries openly boycotted Wednesday's United Nations conference marking the 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban over anti-Semitism and anti-Israel prejudices during the 2001…

Knezevic was initially reluctant to be interviewed, citing his distrust of "global media," a category in which he has included BIRN. Before accepting to speak, he stressed that the popular patrols were "anti-regime", or opposed to the…

No Western state applied to have its leader deliver a speech or lead a roundtable at Wednesday's event marking the 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, which was marked by…

Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif) is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations…

Around the same time last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to prioritize dealing with a pandemic over calling for politically opportunistic elections to strengthen his party's power. in Parliament. "I!-->!-->…

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila said that combating hate speech and disinformation has become the responsibility of all major stakeholders, especially parliaments around the world, as the negative consequences of…

The Quora space "Holocaust Forensics", criticized by some Jewish users of the platform. Photo: Screenshot As social media companies increasingly come under public scrutiny for their moderation of hateful content, a group of Jewish writers…

The US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran noted in its fact sheet released Tuesday that “Iranian government officials engage in hate speech against the LGBTQ community, which encourages the state and…

Palestine Media Watch lodged a complaint on August 15 with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for disciplinary action against the President of the Palestinian Olympic Committee Jibril Rajoub for congratulating…

"When I was a kid I was shy." - Ira Glasser, longtime president of the American Civil Liberties Union, to…

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A Muslim group says it is "disheartening" and "insensitive" that he did not have enough time to make a submission on proposed changes to the hate speech law. The government announced on June 25 proposals to amend the Human Rights Act…

BEIJING (AP) - Popular Chinese-Canadian singer Kris Wu has lost approval and other deals with at least 10 brands, including Porsche and Bulgari, after a teenager accused him of having sex with her while she was drunk.The former member of…

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“Each year on Nelson Mandela's birthday, we pay tribute to this extraordinary man who embodied the highest aspirations of the United Nations and of the human family,” Secretary-General…

“Incitement to violence” should not be the only threshold to define hate speech in New Zealand, writes Eddie Clark.The regulation of hate speech is difficult to master. As media law scholar Steven!--break-->…

The meeting room of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: AFP On behalf of more than 50 countries, China has expressed serious concerns about systemic racism, racial discrimination and hate crimes against minorities,…

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo / George HeardThe article was first published by the Democracy ProjectNOTICE:During last year's election campaign, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern raised her eyebrows when she blithely told reporters she…

An amateur fisherman of Asian origin feels he has been subjected to racial profiling as a "overfisher". Someone took pictures of Kevin Huang's car on a chartered fishing trip to Whangamatā. The photos were then posted online and…

Breadcrumb Links NP Comment The Jewish community in particular (but certainly not exclusively) has been victimized online beyond measure Author of the article: Avi Benlolo Release date : Jul 02, 2021…

People attend a rally against racism and violence against Asian Americans in Flushing, New York, United States on March 27, 2021 (Photo: Xinhua)Editor's Note:Since the start of the pandemic, discrimination against Asian Americans has…

It has been five years since Japan's hate speech law was enacted. In it, national and municipal governments are called upon to take action to put an end to discriminatory acts and words based on a person's country of!-->…

Mayor Tim Mahoney and City Commissioners Arlette Preston and John Strand voted in favor of the hate crimes law, while Commissioners Tony Gehrig and Dave Piepkorn voted against the ordinance.…

YouTube said on Monday it had reinstated a channel run by Right Wing Watch that listed some of the most extreme statements by prominent conservatives, hours after the Google-owned video platform banned the channel for violating its rules.…

I remember being happy in 1971 when the government passed the Race Relations Act and appointed the first Race Relations Conciliator. It seemed that there would finally be some redress for the wicked racism!-->!-->…