brussels bureau Politics have entered the football pitch. Was it inevitable? The Euro 2020 tournament has been characterised by unusually explicit conversations on politics, race and LGBTQ+ rights. 11/07/2021
USA Controversial confederate statue is removed in Charlottesville Saturday’s removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee and another of Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will come nearly four years after violence erupted at the infamous “Unite the Right” rally. 10/07/2021
Europe Nine out of ten hate crimes going unreported, EU report claims Many hate crime victims do not report attacks because they find the process too bureaucratic or do not trust the police, a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights found. 07/07/2021
Good Morning Europe Sister of black man who died in police custody acquitted of defamation 02/07/2021
World UN human rights chief says reparations needed for people facing racism The report from Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, offers a sweeping look at the roots of centuries of mistreatment faced by Africans and people of African descent, notably from the transatlantic slave trade. 28/06/2021
USA Tulsa massacre: Biden decries 'horrific' injustice in centenary speech The US President said he had "come to fill the silence" about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence. 02/06/2021
World George Floyd: A year on, did Europe’s race protests change anything? A wave of protests hit Europe following the murder of George Floyd in the US - but one year on, has anything changed? 24/05/2021
United Kingdom Eight men arrested in UK for racist abuse aimed at top football player The probe was launched after the April 11 Premier League clash between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur during which one of the players from the London side was targeted with "a series of highly offensive and racist remarks," police said. 21/05/2021
USA Joe Biden signs bill to counter US spike in anti-Asian hate crime Vice President Kamala Harris reports of stabbings, shootings and other attacks against Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals and their businesses have increased six-fold since the beginning of the pandemic. 21/05/2021
Cinema The Italian TV series that hopes to break down racial stereotypes ‘Zero’ hopes to break new ground in Italy, a country where racist language and imagery are not uncommon 08/05/2021
