Hate Crimes

Hate crime in US increased by 12% in 2021, 64.5% targeted over race: FBI

Hate crimes in the US increased by about 12 per cent in 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said, highlighting that 64.5 per cent of victims were targeted because of race or ancestry bias. In an update of its annual report issued on Monday, the FBI also said that 43.2 per cent of the total crimes recorded were related to intimidation. "Nationally, reported hate crime incidents increased 11.6 per cent from 8,120 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021," the FBI said, adding that the updated dataset for 2021 includes all law enforcement agency hate crime incident reporting. The updated hate crime dataset reports involve 10,840 incidents and 12,411 related offences. Over 10,500 single-bias incidents involved 12,411 victims, the report said. A per cent distribution of victims by bias type shows that 64.5 per cent of victims were targeted because of the offenders' race/ethnicity/ancestry bias, 15.9 per cent were targeted because of offenders' sexual-orientation bias and 14.1 per cent

British Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill seeks 'urgent action' on rising hate crimes

Preet Kaur Gill, an Indian-origin British Sikh MP, in a letter to Home Secretary Suella Braverman, has sought protection and urgent action against rising crimes against the community in the UK.

India seeks action against 'hate crime' at Canada's Bhagavad Gita Park

Condemning strongly the "hate crime" at a park named after the Bhagavad Gita in Canada, India urged authorities to take prompt action

MEA issues advisory for Indians in Canada amid rising hate crimes

MEA issued an advisory for Indian nationals in Canada in the wake of a "sharp increase in incidents of hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities in Canada"

White supremacy, hate-fuelled violence has no place in America: Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden has asserted that white supremacy, all forms of hate-fuelled by violence have no place in America, amidst a spurt in hate-related incidents across the country, including those against the Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. Regardless of our backgrounds, our beliefs, we have to stand united against hate-fuelled violence, which you know than anyone, that forever an attack on one group of us is literally an attack on all of us, Biden said in his address to the United We Stand summit organised by the White House on Thursday. Addressing the participants who had gathered from across the country in the East Room of the White House, Biden said he decided to run for president after such incidents. I had no intention of running. I give you my word. I was teaching and I thought that was the best thing for me to do, as Chris knows, my colleague from Delaware. But Charlottesville changed everything because I believed our story is to unite as people of one nation and one America, h

Grand jury indicts US Buffalo shooter on hate crimes, firearms charges

The indictment alleges that on or about May 14, Gendron opened fire with a Bushmaster XM rifle and shot multiple individuals in and around a Tops grocery store

BTS to meet US Prez Biden to discuss diversity, anti-Asian hate crimes

'As we are visiting as artists representing South Korea, we look forward to discussing various topics including inclusion, diversity, anti-Asian hate crimes, culture and art'

Cong starts social media campaign against hate amid cases of violence

As many states reported violence recently, the Congress has started a social media campaign to counter the atmosphere, with a hashtag #IndiaAgainstHate.

'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya Muslims

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority

Joe Biden signs bill to address hate crimes against Asian-Americans

US President Joe Biden has signed a legislation to address the sudden increase in hate crime against Asian-Americans in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic

US House passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill to counter rise in incidents

The US House on Tuesday passed the legislation to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic

US Senate passes bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Congress leader urges US to take steps against hate crimes against Sikhs

Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari has written to US President Joe Biden expressing concern over increase in hate crimes against Sikhs in America

'It's un-American and must stop': Biden addresses attacks on Asian American

US President Joe Biden has said that the "vicious" hate crimes against Asian Americans in the country amidst the pandemic was "un-American" and it must stop

Nearly 150% surge in anti-Asian hate crimes across major US cities: Report

New York City saw the highest jump, rising from 3 to 28, Boston and Los Angeles followed, with increases from 6 to 14, and 7 to 15 respectively

Facebook ad boycott organisers see 'no commitment to action' in CEO meeting

More than 900 advertisers have signed on to the "Stop Hate for Profit" campaign, organized by social justice groups including the Anti-Defamation League and Free Press

London Mayor launches new fund with Google to fight extremism, hate crimes

Organisations such as registered charities and community groups have until March 22 to pitch for funds as part of the new initiative.

Sikhs most targeted religious group after Jews, Muslims in US: Report

The crimes are being motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity

Sikh mayoral candidate called terrorist in slanderous flyers in New Jersey

The flyers targeting Ravinder Bhalla, the first Sikh to hold elected office in New Jersey, were placed on car windshields on Friday night, reports media

Europe urges Google, Facebook, Twitter to remove hateful content

The companies proposed some ways to resolve the issues