Human Rights

Asian Americans share the Whites' view of African Americans though they were also subjected to discrimination

June 14 (Reuters) - Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police as he tried to escape arrest, an incident likely to fuel more nationwide tensions over race and police tactics. The restaurant was in flames for more than 45 minutes before fire...

Inebriated Rayshard Brooks (27) had grabbed a taser gun from a policeman and ran

Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Bennie Thompson on Thursday introduced a bill that would remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol.

June 13 (Evening Standard) - AC Milan and Juventus joined together to take a stand against racism by wearing customised shirts before their Coppa Italia semi-final second-leg tie on Friday evening. The Serie A clubs each warmed up in tops displaying anti-racism messages and support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Star names such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala...

A protest against police brutality in the U.S. is met with police brutality in Colombo

Saint Paul, Minn, June 11 (Reuters) - A group of protesters pulled down a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday, the latest U.S. monument to be torn down amid nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and racial inequalities. The 10-foot bronze statue was pulled from its granite base by several dozen people led by a...

Reasons are ineffective implementation, absence of a holistic approach and entrenched biases against the Blacks

Houston, June 10 (Reuters) - George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white police officer roused worldwide protests against racial injustice, was memorialized at his funeral on Tuesday as “an ordinary brother” transformed by fate into the “cornerstone of a movement.” During a four-hour service broadcast live on every major U.S. television network from a...

London, June 10 (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe, who played the young wizarding hero in the Harry Potter films, has said “transgender women are women” after an outcry over tweets by author J.K. Rowling criticizing the use of the phrase “people who menstruate”. Rowling, 54, said women menstruated, prompting some people to respond that being a woman should not be defined...