Discrimination and Xenophobia
Greece: Protests in Athens against police treatment of immigrants
Hundreds of people protested in central Athens regarding the treatment of immigrants by Greek police, following the recent deaths of two South-Asians near a police office. Protest organizers said that a 24-year old Bangladeshi man died when he fell in a ravine after a scuffle near an immigrant police station on January 3rd. His death…
Photographers targeted under anti-terror laws
Police are stopping more London photographers from taking photographs under the anti-terror laws than ever before, it was reported this week. Among the victims is Reuben Powell, a white, middle-aged, middle-class artist, who has been photographing and drawing life around the capital’s Elephant & Castle for 25 years, was arrested last week. Photographing the old…
Headscarved woman leads Amsterdam district council
35-year old Fatima Elatik was appointed leader of Amsterdam’s district council of Zeeberg, and is the first political administrator to wear a headscarf at her job. Elatik, born in Amsterdam, of a Moroccan family background, is a member of the Labor party. Elatik however, has stated that she does not wanted to be identified as…
JetBlue, TSA employees settle Arabic T-shirt case for $240,000
An air passenger on JetBlue who was forced to cover his t-shirt because it displayed Arabic script, has been awarded a payout of $240,000. Two TSA officials and JetBlue will be forced to pay the sum to Raed Jarrar, a US resident, who had accused them of illegally discriminating against him based on his ethnicity…
9 Muslim passengers removed from AirTran flight
Nine Muslim passengers were removed from an AirTran flight flying out of Ronald Reagan airport in Washington DC, after some of the removed passengers were discussing where the safest place to sit on a plane might be. The passenger were on their wait to Orlando, but were removed from the plane before take-off. The passengers,…