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U.S. human rights ills laid bare in pandemic

Disregarding citizens' lives, discriminating minority racial groups and damaging international cooperation, Washington's behavior amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare its true color on h

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UN human rights chief says Floyd's killing emblematic of excessive force against color people

United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that George Floyd's killing has become emblematic of the excessive use of disproportionate force by law enfo

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South Africa's Zuma accepts resignation of judge over racial comments

President Jacob Zuma has accepted the resignation of Justice Mabel Jansen who has been in hot water for making racial remarks, the presidential spokesperson said on Monday.

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Racially insensitive joke at Oscar show reveals deeper diversity woes

The offensive Asian joke during this year's Oscar show not only sparked outcry from Asian-Americans but also revealed the worsening racial divide in the U.S. society.

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Obama says Hurricane Katrina lays bare structural inequalities in U. S.

​U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Hurricane Katrina that battered New Orleans a decade ago laid bare "a deeper tragedy" of structural inequalities confronting the local African-American community.

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U.S. Justice Department charges Charleston African-American church shooter with federal hate crimes

​The white gunman who allegedly killed nine Charleston African-American churchgoers last month in South Carolina was indicted on 33 counts of federal charges, including hate crimes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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Ferguson incident reveals America's social division

​Persisting protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and a large number of other cities, serve as a sharp reminder of the deep social division in the United States along racial lines.