Racism

FIFA intensifies its battle against homophobia and racism

FIFA, world football's governing body, is doubling its minimum ban for racist incidents to 10 games, and will start inviting players to make victim statements at disciplinary hearings, according to…

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L-Oriżżont Headlines – 21st May 2019

L-Orizzont quotes Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Schembri who said that the financial services sector remained stable despite ‘months of attacks.’ Schembri said that there are 51 licensed institutions in the sector.…

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Malta: Two soldiers identified and arrested for the racial motivated murder 42 year-old Lassane Cisse (UPDATED)

Update: Two soldiers in the Armed Forces of Malta have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Ivorian national Lassana Cisse Souleyman, 42, and attempted murder of two…

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Racial-motivated random-shooting not excluded in the case of the murder of Lassine Cisse in Birzebbuga – reports

Media reports say that the police are investigating the possibility that the drive-by murder of the Ivorian person near the Ħal Far open centre was a racially motivated killing. TVM reports…

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200,000 attend Milan anti-racism protest

Italian media headlines, amongst them Corriere della Sera, are dominated by the huge crowds that on Saturday gathered in Milan to protest against racism and spurned by what the organisers…

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Man who racially abused elderly woman on Ryanair flight identified

A man who was filmed racially abusing an elderly woman on a Ryanair flight has been identified, police have said. Footage posted on social media appeared to show a…

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Insight: Politics of fear and hate

Long read. Article prepared and researched by Nathanael Muscat for Corporate Dispatch. Boris Johnson invited a deluge of complaints this week when he compared women wearing the burqa to letter boxes.…

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Daisy Osakue will compete for Italy in European final, days after drive-by attack that left her with black eye

Discus-thrower Daisy Osakue will compete in the finals of the European Athletics Championships in Berlin tomorrow, days after she was targeted in a drive-by attack that left her with a…

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Italian athlete Osakue in danger of missing European Championships after eye injury

Ansa reports that Italian athlete Daisy Osakue is in serious danger of missing the European championships after injuring her eye when assailants threw an egg at her near Turin earlier…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning With every news cycle, a number of events take place. Your media briefing is intended to present you a snapshot of the main events of the past 24 hours…

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Italian athlete ends up with injured cornea after being attacked “because she’s black”

ANSA: Italian athlete Daisy Osakue said Monday she was attacked at Moncalieri, near Turin, overnight because she is black. Osakue, who holds the Italian under-23 record for the discus and…

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Britain’s policy on austerity, immigration and tackling terrorism are racist – UN Envoy

Britain's policies on austerity, immigration and tackling terrorism are racist, a United Nations watchdog has found. The Telegraph reports that UN Envoy and Law Professor Tendayi Achiume, a Special Rapporteur for…

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