Brazilian comedian has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for telling offensive jokes.
Léo Lins was found guilty of inciting intolerance with a 2022 stand-up routine that made fun of black people, indigenous people, fat people, gay people, Jews, evangelicals, disabled people and those with HIV.
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Chelsea FC and FIFA have both launched investigations after midfielder Enzo Fernandez posted a video which his teammate Wesley Fofana described as “uninhibited racism”.
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The first African-born member of parliament in Germany says he will not stand in the next federal election in 2025 after 11 years in Bundestag.
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American Airlines has placed an unspecified number of employees on leave for their involvement in an incident in which Black passengers were removed from a flight in Phoenix, allegedly over a complaint about body odour.
Three passengers filed a lawsuit against the carrier in May, alleging racial discrimination in the 5 January incident.
Three Valencia fans have been sentenced to eight months in prison for hate crimes against Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior, in what La Liga described as the first conviction related to racist abuse at a football match in Spain.
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The Church of England’s £100 million fund set up to address historic links to slavery is too small and should be raised to £1 billion, says an independent oversight group.
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Black Tunisians are experiencing more instances of racism following the country’s president’s openly criticising migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Spanish police have arrested seven people in connection with racist abuse directed at Vinicius Jr, who confronted fans of Valencia football club in the Mestalla stadium who he accused of directing monkey chants at him. After the match, the Brazilian international said the Spanish football league “belongs to racists”.
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A conservative councillor has apologized for a racist tweet she put up about football pundit Ian Wright for showing solidarity for Gary Lineker in the row with BBC.
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Israel’s education minister has apologized following the exposure of teachers from a school in Netivot after their racist WhatsApp group set up to mock their Ethiopian Israeli students on a field trip.
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