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Racism & Hate Crimes
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UN: AI Has Amplified Hate Narratives
By UN Meetings Coverage an Press Releases (GA/SHC/4455) November 2, 2026 General Assembly/ Third Committee, Eighty-First Session, 37th & 38th Meetings (AM & PM): Racism and xenophobia are resurging worldwide, as artificial intelligence threatens to entrench discrimination and digital platforms amplify hatred, United Nations experts warned the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, calling for urgent action to confront racial injustice and the enduring lega


Arab parties accuse Netanyahu of inciting hatred to scare voters
By Daniel Khalili-Tari 28 October, 2026 In one social media post, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian citizens in Israel of ‘raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections’. An Arab-Israeli woman casts her ballot during Israel's general elections on October 27, 2026 in Umm al-Fahm, Israel [Amir Levy/Getty Images] Prominent politicians from Arab-led lists have accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of inciting hatred against Palestinian citiz


U.S. Voting Rights Threatened
Special Report, October 2026 By Genocide Watch Photo Credit: Voter casts a ballot, PBS NEWS © 1996 - 2026 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved. Genocide Watch writes to alert readers about escalating systemic threats in the United States (US) against voting rights regarding the 2026 Midterm Elections. In combination with growing judicial and extrajudicial repression and violence against immigrants, trans people (particularly trans women), and, indeed, all women in th


Dalit Man Beaten to Death in UP, Caste Abuse Alleged
By MaktoobMedia October 17, 2026 A 35-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death in front of his 10-year-old daughter in Sitapur, with his family alleging casteist slurs during the attack and police citing a family rivalry as the suspected motive; four of the six accused have been arrested. A 35-year-old Dalit man, Manoj Gautam, was beaten to death in front of his 10-year-old daughter in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district. Police have cited a long-standing family rivalry as the sus


Sexual Violence Online are Harming Women and Young Men
By Morgan E. PettyJohn, Jacob Nason, Kyla Cary October 16, 2026 The online forums and sites that make up the manosphere host a common thread: They mobilize sexual violence against women. Denis Novikov/iStock via Getty Images Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist and an online influencer with millions of followers, faces charges in several countries of allegedly causing physical harm, including rape and sex-trafficking women and girls. Tate is a prominent figure in the mano


Anti-Indian racism has been surging in right-wing media
By Sage Hodil & Ben Van Bloem October 9, 2026 Credit: Media Matters Right-wing media’s racist attacks and ethnic slurs directed at Indians, other South Asians, and South Asian Americans have surged over the past year, in part fueled by conservative infighting over the H-1B visa program and a handful of viral posts. Commentators in the conservative media ecosystem have used anti-Indian slurs and characterized the presence of Indian immigrants as “harmful to America.” Some of t


Anti-South Asian ‘hate speech’ on X surges by 240%
By Tamara Khandaker September 26, 2026 Researchers link the rise to immigration politics, economic anxiety and the growing visibility of South Asians in US. Credit: Jenny Kane/AP Photo Hate speech against Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis in the United States has risen sharply online, according to a report that traces the surge to US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and rhetoric, economic anxiety, and the South Asian community’s growing visibility in US life.


White supremacists rally at Danbury,Ct, police HQ
By Richard Chumney October 5, 2026 Credit: Carol Kaliff/Hearst Connecticut Media DANBURY — City leaders roundly condemned a group of masked white supremacists who held a brief protest outside police headquarters this weekend over a recent decision to allow immigrants to join the force. Mayor Roberto Alves, a Democrat who championed the new officer hiring policy, said white supremacy is not welcome in Danbury. He described diversity as one of the city’s greatest strengths. “


On Gab, Pittsburgh synagogue shooter posted hate speech
By Kevin Roose Oct. 28, 2018 Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert Bowers’s anti-Semitic rage finally boiled over as he posted one last message online. But he did not turn to Facebook or Twitter. Instead, the man accused of killing 11 people went to Gab, a two-year-old social network that bills itself as a “free speech” alternative to those platforms, and that has become a haven for white nationalists, neo-


Arab party chiefs barred from Israeli election
By Ariela Karmel September 23, 2026 Sohlberg, attorney general, all opposition parties back disqualification of Joint List party’s No. 3 in unusual consensus; panel also disqualifies Hadash MK Ofer Cassif Balad chair Sami Abou Shahdeh appears on a screen behind the Central Elections Committee during a disqualification hearing at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The Central Elections Committee voted 30-4 Wednesday to disqualify the largely


AI generated ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right
By Derek Scally July 8, 2026 Alternita platform uses Google Gemini, OpenAI and Claude to create provocative social media posts Credit: John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has developed a new software suite, driven by Google Gemini, Open AI and Anthropic’s Claude, that helps party members generate so-called “rage bait” social media postings. Central to the new campaign is the Alternita platform, registered to the AfD’s general secre


Anti-South Asian hate speech on X surges by 240%
By Tamara Khandaker September 28, 2026 Researchers link the rise to immigration politics, economic anxiety and the growing visibility of South Asians in US. The monthly volume of hate towards South Asians in the US on the social media platform X rose 240 percent between January 2024 and June 2026, according to a new report [File: Jenny Kane/AP Photo] Hate speech against Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis in the United States has risen sharply online, according to a report t


How online hate turns into real-life violence
Social media sites have become hubs for the proliferation of white-supremacist propaganda. By Rachel Hatzipanagos November 30, 2018 White-supremacist groups use social media as a tool to distribute their message, where they can incubate their hate online and allow it to spread. But when their rhetoric reaches certain people, the online messages can turn into real-life violence. Several incidents in recent years have shown that when online hate goes offline, it can be deadly.


Amnesty International USA: Abolish ICE
ABOLISH ICE. Our extensive investigation into ICE operations in cities across the country concludes that reform isn’t an option — the entire agency HAS TO GO. And we must demand it right now. Here are the most important highlights of our report: Human rights violations were repeatedly committed across enforcement operations in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C, including ICE and federal agents unlawfully using lethal force. The consistency of the


Why do AI models struggle with online hate speech detection?
By Hanna Duggal and Mohammed Haddad June 18, 2026 As the United Nations marks the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, Al Jazeera examines how AI handles it – and where it falls short. A man uses a smartphone as various social media apps are displayed on screen on June 12, 2026 [AFP] Hate speech that once circulated in person now travels farther and faster via anonymous online accounts behind a screen. As the United Nations marks the International Day for Countering


Fascist Squads Patrol The Streets In Valencia, Spain
By Joaquín Gil August 29, 2026 The far-right political party España 2000 uses an NGO as cover to monitor neighbourhoods that have large immigrant populations They call themselves the “Angels of the Night.” On paper, they present themselves as a grassroots neighborhood group alarmed by rising crime in Valencia. Dressed in black T-shirts and caps bearing a silver logo of two children holding hands beneath angel wings, the self-styled vigilantes are preparing to patrol the stree
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