May
Two years after George Floyd’s murder, nearly 8 in 10 Black Americans say there has been little or no improvement in how police treat Black people, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll. Three-quarters of Black Americans are worried that they or someone they love will be attacked because of their race, according to a nationwide […]
May
A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed. Lane and former Officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have […]
May
A Pentagon investigation has determined that US troops did not commit war crimes or deliberately kill civilians in 2019 airstrikes in Syria that killed dozens of people, including women and children. The strikes on Baghuz, where desperate ISIS fighters were holed up and making their final stand, killed at least four civilians, but were kept […]
May
In France, Bilal Mosque was closed in December 2021 by the order of Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin, on the grounds that ‘sermons with radical content material’ got by the imam. In the authorized battle since the closing of the mosque, the determination of the Beauvais Administrative Court docket was to open the mosque ‘instantly’. Evaluating […]
May
A total of 1,675 children were placed out of their parents’ homes as a result of the childcare allowance scandal, NU.nl reported based on figures Statistics Netherlands (CBS) released on Wednesday. In that scandal, the Tax Authority wrongly accused thousands of parents of fraud, reclaimed their childcare allowances, and left them in financial difficulties. This […]
May
The Mannheim public prosecutor’s office is investigating two police officers for possible bodily harm resulting in death while on duty. Hundreds of protesters rallied in two cities in western Germany on Tuesday, after a man died during a police operation. The cause of the 47-year-old’s death on Monday is not yet known, and people took […]
May
A recent report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate has found that social media companies are endangering Muslim communities by normalising abusive behavior online. Social media companies are failing to act on 89 percent of posts containing anti-Muslim content reported to them, according to a recent report. “This report exposed that social media companies, […]
May
Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 45, pleaded guilty in July 2021 to two counts of sexual abuse, in which the victims were incapable of consent, and one count of transporting obscene material. The investigation into Raymond began on May 31, 2020, when a naked woman was seen screaming for help from the balcony of Raymond’s residence in […]
May
The Catalan government is calling for answers “from the highest level” after the head of Spain’s National Intelligence Centre (CNI) reportedly confirmed that 18 members of the regional independence movement were spied on with judicial approval. The apparent admission – to a congressional committee – came two weeks after cybersecurity experts said at least 63 […]
May
Globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high. In 2021, they surpassed all previous records as reported by the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according to the findings of the GRFC 2022. This represents an increase of […]
