Danny Rose opens up about racist treatment when he returns home
England defender Danny Rose has opened up about his experiences of racism in every day life, revealing he was stopped by police in Doncaster last...
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Slavery, history and the past being another country
By Gwynne Dyer “Assessing the people of America’s past by today’s standards would compel us to cast the majority of our heroes as villains.” That seemed...
Village leader says migrants welcome but others taking advantage
The picturesque village of Palaichori, tucked away in the foothills of the Troodos mountains, has welcomed migrants, refugees and political asylum seekers for years, and...
The world’s largest Confederate Monument faces renewed calls for removal
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, a nine-story-high bas-relief sculpture carved into a sprawling rock face northeast of Atlanta, is perhaps the South’s most audacious monument to...
Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid labelled “racist fish”
Denmark woke up on Friday to the words “racist fish” scrawled across the base of the “Little Mermaid”, the bronze statue honouring Hans Christian Andersen’s...
TC newspaper Afrika gives in to pressure and removes ‘racist’ logo from masthead
Student pressure group says it’s a step but that publisher Sener Levent ‘must also recognise his mistake’ By Agnieszka Rakoczy A heated debate between the...
A storm in a coffee cup or really racist branding? (with video)
WITH debate ranging in the West over racist branding from Rice Krispies to Coco Pops to Uncle Ben’s among others, attention has been drawn to...
Demo held in Nicosia to support refugees
Over 100 people attended a demonstration in Nicosia on Friday marking World Refugee Day. Carrying banners saying, ‘Solidarity to refugees’ and ‘We can’t breathe’, scores...
Police warn Chlorakas locals not to take law into their own hands
Recent incidents of mostly young Cypriot men in Chlorakas taking the law into their own hands, apparently against members of the Syrian community, have led...
Widespread condemnation of mosque vandalism (Update 2)
The government, the Turkish Cypriot leader and the island’s religious leaders on Monday all condemned vandalism at the Koprulu mosque in Limassol including graffiti with...
Racism and coronavirus are both enemies that need fighting, Ombudswoman says
The Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottidou urged people on Saturday to remain united in the fight against racism as much as the...
Parking lot abuse pair to face racism charges
Police said Tuesday they intended to charge two Greek Cypriot women in connection with racially abusing a Russian woman in a parking lot in Larnaca...
The ‘easy targets’ for robbery and abuse
Food delivery workers not only have to put up with weather, traffic and abusive customers, but they’re increasingly become the victims of crime By Jonathan...
Call by union to probe verbal abuse of Greek doctors at Paphos A&E
Public servants union Pasydy on Friday called on the health service organisation Okypy to investigate what they called a case of serious racism after a...
Sorry, but you are racist and not a democrat
I refer to the letter from Geoffrey Evans (Peyia) (Sunday Mail, October 6, ‘To describe a realist as a racist is the last resort of...
Privacy concerns after video of verbal racist attack goes viral (Updated)
Police said on Monday they were examining video evidence and CCTV footage of a verbal racist attack by three Greek Cypriot women against a Russian...
Police take statements from women in racist car-park incident
The four women involved in a racist attack in Larnaca which was recorded on a mobile phone and posted on social media were questioned by...
Ex-MP loses long libel battle with newspaper over anti-gay comments
Former Disy MP Andreas Themistocleous on Saturday lost a long-running legal battle against Politis newspaper and journalist Costas Constantinou, who Themisocleous accused of libel in...
Cyprus needs to do more on racism and intolerance, CoE body says
Cyprus has only partially implemented recommendations made by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe body in 2016 the body...
Players should speak out against racism but walking off is not ideal – Sterling
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling said more players need to speak out when they suffer racism if the problem is to be eradicated from the...
