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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.

Sport

Austria's Marko Arnautovic banned for one game for insulting opponent

The North Macedonian football federation had asked UEFA to punish Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic for a nationalist outburst after he scored at the European Championships on Sunday.

Lithuania

Watch: Painting over of LGBT crossing in Vilnius prompts police probe

The incident took place on May 31. In a video posted on Facebook, four people can be seen spray painting over the rainbow-coloured crossing and disrupting traffic.

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.

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Spain

Backlash for Spain's postal service anti-racist campaign

Spain's postal service is feeling a backlash from its attempt to highlight racial inequality after releasing four stamps of different skin colour and different values

Canada

Remains of 215 children found at Canadian Indigenous school

The school was one of 139 such institutions set up in the country in the late 19th century in which First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were forcibly conscripted.

USA

George Floyd's family meets Biden as US Congress weighs police bill

The meeting came as the world marked one year since George Floyd's death.

Europe News

Europe's ethnic minorities 'more likely' to be stopped by police

The report, from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), was published a year after the murder of George Floyd.

World News

Euroviews. George Floyd's death lifted veil on racism in Europe's policing | View

"George Floyd’s murder was a turning point in Europe’s history by lifting the veil on racism within policing."

USA

US has 'a long way to go' on systemic racism, expert says

Family members and activists rallied in Minnesota to mark the day George Floyd was killed by police.

My Europe Series

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?

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.

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.

Tech News

Twitter's photo crop algorithm is biased toward white faces and women

A team of researchers found the social media giant’s auto-cropping tool most strongly discriminated in favour of white women.

World

Election candidate's headscarf sows division within Macron's party

The head of La République En Marche! has criticised one of its own candidates, Sara Zemmahi, after she was pictured wearing a headscarf in a campaign poster.

Travel News

Why the #VanLife trend is hurting Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities

While there are over 555,000 caravans in use in the UK, an estimated 23,000 of these belong to Travellers.

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

Travel News

London's Asian foodie community unite with recipes against racism

For Claire Sachiko Fourel and Lex Shu Chan, cooking is a form of activism.

United Kingdom

English football leads social media racism boycott

For the next few days, there will be no goal clips, lineup announcements, or even title celebrations. This means that if Manchester City clinches the Premier League trophy on Sunday it will not celebrate the title on social media.

United Kingdom

UK professional football to boycott social media over online racism

Eleven UK football organizations will take part in the four-day boycott over what they see as a lack of action taken on online racial abuse.