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This video screen shot taken from the Facebook live streaming of the City of Waukesha, shows a red SUV speeding through the holiday parade crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 21 November, 2021.

Five dead, over 40 injured after vehicle plows through Wisconsin parade

Five people were killed and more than 40 injured after an SUV sped through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, knocking down dozens of people including youngsters waving pompoms and ...

Vandalised puja mandap at Jatra Mohan Sen (JM Sen) Hall in Chattogram on 15 October 2021

Communal violence Citizens demand exemplary punishment for perpetrators

The recent communal attacks were an attempt to destroy the ideology of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the spirit of the Liberation War, said the speakers

People celebrate in the street after hearing the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on 25 June 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Racism US ex-cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder

The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a Minneapolis court, without apologising, before judge Peter Cahill handed down a lesser sentence than the 30 years the ...

People hold flags of the Karen National Union during the "Asian Solidarity March" rally against anti-Asian hate in response to recent anti-Asian crime on 18 March 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Racism, or misogyny? How the Atlanta shootings can be both

A white man kills eight people in the US city of Atlanta, including six Asian women. Police say he told them he was not driven by race, but was eliminating “temptation” for a “sex addiction.” So what ...

Flowers, placards and images of George Floyd are seen during a rally the day before jury selection is scheduled to begin for the trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on 7 March 2021

Hate Crimes Asian-Americans organise against hate

Documented incidents range from looting Asian-owned businesses, to vandalising homes and cars with slurs, to violent and sometimes fatal attacks in the street

Mizanur Rahman Khan

Eulogy for Mizan

Ever-the-probing journalist, Mizan bhai asked pointed legal questions during interviews with scholars and experts, with his signature disarming smile and genuine modesty

An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, on 11 September 2017

New report reveals extreme traumatic stress among Rohingya genocide survivors

The trauma symptoms experienced by a majority of Rohingya are indicative of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a serious mental-health condition that can interfere with leading a constructive life

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine

Rohingya crisis: Canada ready to intervene jointly with Netherlands

Canada has played a key role in the passing of several resolutions before the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, and worked to establish the Independent Investigative ...

Tear gas floats in the air as a protestor attends a demonstration against a bill that would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer's face, in Nantes, France, on 27 November 2020

Images of police beating Black man shameful for France: Macron

The beating inside the entrance of a building was captured on closed circuit television and mobile phone footage, which has circulated widely online and has made headlines around Europe

A 3D printed Facebook logo

Victims lament real-world violence fuelled by social media

Facebook and other social platforms, which are also often used to organise peaceful events and pro-democracy movements, have been condemned for failing to stop a range of abusive and hateful content ...

Aerial view of a burnt Rohingya village near Maungdaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar, 20 September 2018

Myanmar continues committing genocide against Rohingyas: Activists

Human rights lawyers and activists said on Monday that Myanmar is continuing to commit genocide against Rohingya Muslims in breach of orders by the UN’s top court

Shakib Al Hasan

Shakib apologises after Islamist threats

Star Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has been forced to make a public apology after receiving Islamist threats for attending a Hindu ceremony in neighbouring India

Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken on 27 November 2019

TikTok cracks down on hate of religions, races

Expanded rules against promoting hateful ideologies at TikTok include barring “misinformation and hurtful stereotypes” about Jewish, Muslim and other communities, the company said in a blog post

A police officer stands in a house that was burnt down during the days of violence in Maungdaw, Myanmar, on 30 August 2017

Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages, UN map makers follow suit

The satellite images show the base built on the site of Kan Kya doubled in size in the past year and two helipads were added. A new road has been built over the site of another razed village nearby ...

Rohingyas flee Rakhine state in Myanmar due to military atrocities to neighbouring Bangladesh

Facebook shares ‘first data set’ on Myanmar with UN investigators

Myanmar denies genocide and says its forces were conducting legitimate operations against militants who attacked police posts

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