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Police investigate anti-semitic tweets about Miss France contestant

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Miss Provence April Benayoum was subjected to a torrent of antisemitic abuse on social media   –   Copyright  LOIC VENANCE / AFP Police in France are investigating a torrent of anti-semitic tweets about a contestant in the Miss France competition, who revealed her father was of Israeli origin. April Benayoum, representing Provence, came second in the competition, prompting many …

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Why COVID-19 shows that migrants’ integration in Europe is as important as ever ǀ View

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Image added by Ustinov Forum. Source : besthqwallpapers.com   Opinions expressed in View articles are solely those of the authors. Migrants, especially from outside of the EU, have played a vital role in keeping supermarkets, public transport, homecare and healthcare services working during the pandemic – all sectors that already faced labour shortages before the pandemic, …

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Argentina Moves Toward Legal Abortion Amid Push for Women’s Rights

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Abortion-rights activists celebrate outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, as Argentina’s lower house approves a bill that would legalize abortion. Credit…©Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández has made the rights of women and of gay and transgender people central to his government, even through a recession and a pandemic. BUENOS AIRES — …

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Bolivia approves first same-sex union following legal battle

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Guido Montano and David Aruquipa kiss after a news conference where the first same-sex civil union was recognized by the Bolivian Civil Registry in La Paz on Dec. 11, 2020. David Mercado / Reuters LGBTQ activists in the country said this is an “initial step” and hope it will pave the way for an overhaul …

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Home of Civil Rights Icon Evers Named as a National Monument

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FILE – In this Aug. 9, 1955 file photo, Medgar Evers, state secretary for the NAACP poses for a photo in Jackson, Miss. The historic home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument, the U.S. interior secretary and members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation announced Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The designation …

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Gay couple in Devon called ‘abomination’ for holding hands

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IAIN MAHMOOD-BROWN image captionWahaj and Iain Mahmood-Brown were subjected to homphobic abuse while walking together near Plymouth   A gay couple holding hands say they were called “an abomination” while on a walk. Iain and Wahaj Mahmood-Brown were on a cliff top path near Plymouth when they were subjected to homophobic abuse. The man who abused …

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Working from home could lead to more prejudice, report warns

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Widespread working from home could lead to an increase in racism and prejudice, a new report warns. Workplace friendships are key to breaking down misconceptions, the England and Wales study for the Woolf Institute suggests. Institute founder Ed Kessler said as more people work from home they risk going “back into isolated silos”. He called …

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Muslims, atheists more likely to face religious discrimination in US

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A University of Washington-led study found that religious discrimination is more common toward people who identify as Muslim or atheist, rather than Catholic or Protestant. Myriam Zilles   Muslims and atheists in the United States are more likely than those of Christian faiths to experience religious discrimination, according to new research led by the University of …

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‘Trapped in a code’ – the fight over our algorithmic future

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We grudgingly tolerate algorithms that predict our cultural consumption – but applying them to exam results has highlighted our unease about how algorithms override individuality. Written by David Beer, 21 August 2020   Youth protests in front of the Department for Education in London over algorithmic exam grades, August 16   “We ain’t your target …

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