Racism News

Athens - Two suspected members of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison over the fatal stabbing of a Pakistani immigrant last year, a judicial source said.

On Thursday, April 3, 2014, the Governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, signed into law a measure that allows individuals and organizations to sue the government over laws that they feel obstruct their ability to practice religion.

Sydney - Australia moved Tuesday to water down its race discrimination laws, saying hurt feelings were inevitable during robust debate and the government would not legislate to protect them.Attorney-General George Brandis said the government planned to repeal a...

Jerusalem - Suspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.The attack took place in Beit Hanina, a Palestinian n...

Billings - Montana Republicans are distancing themselves from a Tea Party candidate for US Congress who has been accused of spreading "hate and intolerance."

Washington - Black students at Harvard University, appropriating a line from a celebrated African-American poet, are harnessing social media to challenge racial stereotypes -- and inspiring similar blogs across the Atlantic.I, Too, Am Harvard is a Tumblr blog, view...

Tokyo - Japan's professional football league said Monday it was investigating after an apparently racist banner reading "Japanese only" appeared at a weekend match.The large banner, written in English, was hoisted near a gate to the stands of a stadium in the ...

London - Former England footballer Sol Campbell claims he would have been national captain for more than 10 years had he been white, in extracts of his biography published on Sunday.The 39-year-old, who won 73 full international caps for his country, including ...

Geneva - Calling someone a "foreign pig" or "dirty asylum-seeker" is insulting but is not against Switzerland's anti-racism law, the country's top court said in a ruling released Friday.The Federal Tribunal found in favour of a police officer who had used the s...

San Francisco - Tea Party types and other conservatives have long bristled at accusations of racism among their ranks. But a quick scan of recent comments on the popular Daily Caller site turned up horrifying examples of right-wing bigotry.