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Police investigate 'hate crime' in attack on Sikh man in Seattle

US police are investigating a possible hate crime, after a Sikh man was allegedly shot in the arm by a man who told him ‘go back to your country’.

USA

Jewish cemetery attack investigated by US hate crime experts

A hate crime task force in New York is investigating the vandalism of more than a dozen headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Rochester. The FBI is investigating reports of a wave of hoax bomb threats.

USA

US shooting investigated as potential hate crime

A 51-year-old man from Kansas has been charged with killing an Indian engineer and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a bar.

USA

Trump denounces anti-Semitic threats in the US

Donald Trump has denounced a recent spate of anti-Semitism in the United States.

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United Kingdom

Post-Brexit hate crimes in England and Wales reach record levels

Hate crimes in England and Wales have risen to record numbers in the three months immediately following the UK's vote to leave the European Union

United Kingdom

Watch: Woman films racist abuse from solicitor on train

Video taken on December 29, 2016, shows Alexander MacKinnon calling out racist abuse directed at Sanaa Shahid and her four-year-old son on a train from London to…

USA

Oscars respond to “so white” criticism

Last year the Academy were lambasted for ignoring black and ethnic minority talent. So how does 2017 compare?

Cinema

Marcelo Cake-Baly makes acting debut in 'The Citizen'

Hungarian film “The Citizen” tells of the compelling journey undertaken by an African who yearns to fit into Hungarian society.

USA

Panic at a MLK memorial march after shots are fired

A Martin Luther King memorial march in Miami was disrupted as thousands ran for cover after gun fire rang out.

USA

Tensions grow between Trump and black leaders

January 16 in the United States is Martin Luther King Day in honour of the civil rights hero.

USA

Damning US Justice Dept report finds Chicago PD 'routinely violated people's rights'

A damning US Justice Department report finds Chicago Police have routinely violated people's rights.

USA

Dylann Roof is sentenced to death for South Carolina church attack

White supremacist Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killing of nine black parishioners in a South Carolina church Last month Roof was found guilty of 33 federal charge

USA

"Great service, but we don't tip black people"

Support has poured in for a black waitress who said she was the victim of a racist note from a customer.

USA

Obama condemns 'terrible toll' of racism after Facebook-streamed attack

Four young black people are due in court in Chicago on Friday over the torture of a mentally ill white man which was broadcast live on social media.

USA

Chicago assailants named after live-streaming attack

Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, and Brittany and Tanisha Covington have been charged with hate crime and aggravated kidnap, amongst other offences

USA

Mass murderer Charles Manson 'seriously ill' in hospital

Mass murderer Charles Manson is reportedly seriously ill in hospital.

France

Chelsea football fans convicted of racist violence on Paris metro

Four Chelsea football followers have been convicted of racist violence in Paris after a black commuter was abused on the metro two years ago.

Poland

Poland: anti-foreigner protests turn violent after fatal stabbing

Riot police have clashed with protesters in Poland amid anti-foreigner sentiment in a northeastern town, after a young local man was stabbed to death on New Year’s Eve following a row at a kebab…

Germany

Cologne police: New Year arrests of North Africans 'not racial profiling'

The chief of police in the German city of Cologne has dismissed claims of racial profiling after hundreds of North African men were detained during New Year…

France

Racist property advert creates political outrage in France

Public outrage and potential legal action has been triggered by a flat to let advert on the outskirts of Paris warning non-French or black tenants need not apply.