UN Human Rights office: Trump's remarks are racist

The United Nation's human rights office on Friday said that derogatory remarks made by the United States president regarding the nations of El Salvador and Haiti were racist.

L'interdiction d'entrée des musulmans sur le territoire de retour sur le site de Trump

L'interdiction d'entrée des musulmans sur le territoire américain, l'une des propositions les plus critiquées de Donald Trump, le président élu américain, est réapparu jeudi sur le site internet du républicain, après avoir disparu quelques heures, officiellement pour une raison technique.

L'interdiction de l'immigration des musulmans ne figure plus sur le site de Trump

La proposition de Donald Trump émise lors de la campagne d'interdire l'accès au territoire américain à tous les musulmans a été retirée du site web de son équipe de campagne, rapporte jeudi la chaîne télévisée américaine ABC.

UK apologizes to Italy for 'racist' form

Britain's Foreign Office has said it was sorry for an online form that asks Italians resident in the UK if they are "Italian, Neapolitan or Sicilian" - 155 years after the unification of Italy.

Les Etats-Unis devraient dédommager les descendants d'esclaves

Les Etats-Unis devraient dédommager les descendants d'esclaves noirs américains, estiment des experts de l'ONU qui déplorent que le pays n'ait pas encore réglé son passé marqué par le "terrorisme racial".

State of emergency declared in Charlotte as unrest continues

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, said Thursday that a person who earlier had been declared dead from the impact of bullets during racial protests in the city was in still alife, on life support and in critical condition.

Tuerie de Dallas: Micah Johnson, un tireur isolé avec du matériel pour fabriquer des bombes chez lui

La police américaine a retrouvé vendredi du matériel servant à fabriquer des bombes au domicile du principal suspect de la tuerie de Dallas qui a entraîné la mort de cinq policiers, et confirmé l'identité de Micah Johnson, un ancien soldat de 25 ans.

Greek Deputy Infrastructure Minister quits 12 hours after sworn in over controversial tweets

Greek Right-wing lawmaker Dimitris Kammenos submitted his resignation from the post of the Deputy Infrastructure Minister on Wednesday night, just 12 hours after the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet that was formed following Sunday's snap national polls.

Ethiopian Protests Expose 'Wound' (Israeli President)

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said Monday that protests against racism and police brutality by Ethiopian Jews have exposed an "open wound" that must be addressed.

Netanyahu calls for calm after Tel Aviv anti-racism protest turns violent (Ethiopian Israelis clash with police in rally)

Some two hours after a Tel Aviv anti-police brutality protest turned violent, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement calling for calm.

Waning immunity to radical ideologies in OSCE states major challenge. (Russian Ambassador, Andrei Kelin )

Waning immunity to radical ideologies in many OSCE countries is a common challenge the world is facing, Andrei Kelin, Russian Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said on Monday.
“The strengthening of dangerous tendencies, such as rewriting history and glorifying the Nazis and their accomplices, are very alarming,” Kelin said at the Warsaw Human Dimension Session of the 2014 OSCE Review Conference.

Greek PM to Jewish leaders: This is not the Weimar Republic. -Arye Mekel: “We’ve seen a dramatic change in Greek public opinion"

By Raphael Ahren
Antonis Samaras honored for his fight against neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, but worries remain that after upcoming elections ‘things will deteriorate for Jews in Greece’

ATHENS — Acknowledging that right-wing extremism is increasing in his country, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowed on Monday to continue fighting racism and anti-Semitism with all the tools available to a democratic state. 

Samaras recently initiated several steps intended to crack down on the ascendant neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, but local Jews still worry it could make gains in the upcoming municipal and European Parliament elections, in which case, a community leader warned, “things will deteriorate for the Jews in Greece. 

«Go home !», ordonne la Grande-Bretagne aux clandestins (Video YT-liberation.fr)

La campagne officielle destinée à effrayer les sans-papiers divise la coalition au pouvoir. Les associations ripostent.

Par GUILLAUME GENDRON
«Rentrez chez vous». Le graffiti xénophobe qui couvrait les murs des quartiers populaires outre-Manche dans les années 1980 et 1990 est devenu le dernier slogan du gouvernement britannique à l’intention des sans-papiers. La dernière campagne anti-immigration clandestine orchestrée par le gouvernement tory fait polémique, au point de diviser la coalition au pouvoir. 
«Racist vans»

Toute la semaine dernière, les habitants de six arrondissements du nord de Londres ont pu voir des camions publicitaires circuler avec le message suivant : «In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest.» («Au Royaume-Uni illégalement? Rentrez chez vous, ou attendez-vous à être arrêtés»).

Thousands march in Athens protesting racist attacks in Greece (PHOTOS)

About 3,000 immigrants and human rights activists marched in Athens in an anti-racism rally, protesting the death of a 27-year-old Pakistani, who was stabbed in an alleged ‘racially-motivated’ attack earlier this week.
­Participants of the anti-racism rally marched in the city’s central Omonia square, with the demonstrators holding banners reading: “Neo-Nazis out” and “Punishment for the fascist murderers of Shehzad Luqman.”
Earlier on Saturday morning about 300 Pakistani immigrants gathered outside city hall bearing the coffin with the body of Pakistani immigrant Shehzad Luqman, who died Wednesday.