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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses YouTube of discriminating against African American video makers and viewers by factoring in race when it comes to filtering or monetizing content. The suit filed in a courthouse in the Silicon Valley city of San Jose on Tuesday seeks class action status and names as defendants the leading video sharing platform and its parent companies Google and Alphabet. “Under […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest anyone who will harm and discriminate against health care workers amid the current COVID-19 crisis. Duterte said that those who will harass health care workers will face jail time. He also gave strict instructions to the police not to release such individuals until he says so. “I’d like to order the police. If there’s a report of somebody harassing or […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has expressed support for the passage of measures at the local government unit level to prevent discrimination against frontliners and coronavirus disease 2019 patients. “Whether in the form of an ordinance or an executive order, local government issuances presumably have a deterrent effect on the commission of discriminatory acts in their respective jurisdiction,” Guevarra said. Guevarra made the statement after the Department of the Interior and Local Government urged LGUs […]
(Eagle News) – The Interagency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease again warned those who are committing acts of harassment and discrimination due to fears about COVID-19, saying that they will be charged and penalized in accordance with the Bayanihan to Heal as One Law. Cabinet Secretary and IATF spokesperson Karlo Nograles repeated the warning on Monday, April 6, after receiving reports that the family of a patient who died due to coronavirus in […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Saturday, April 4, urged local government units to pass ordinances against the discrimination of medical workers and other frontliners. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire cited in particular Manila City’s Ordinance No. 8624 or the Anti-COVID-19 Discrimination Ordinance of 2020, which also bans the discrimination against COVID-19 patients, patients under probe and patients under monitoring. Under the ordinance, violators will be fined P5,000 fine or be meted out a maximum […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Harvard University went on trial Monday over an opaque admissions selection process that critics say discriminates against Asian students. A lawsuit has challenged the use of race as a factor in Harvard admissions — a decades-old push to boost minority enrollments at America’s oldest and perhaps most prestigious university. Federal Judge Allison Dale Burroughs heard opening arguments in the non-jury civil trial in Boston expected to last three weeks. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan Friday launched an unprecedented probe into gender discrimination at all the nation’s medical universities after a Tokyo medical school admitted altering the entrance test results of female applicants to exclude them. The education ministry has asked all 81 private and public medical schools to check their admission procedures for possible discrimination against female applicants. Authorities said they would also check the gender ratio of successful applicants for the past six […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump sniped back at NBA great LeBron James late Friday, days after the basketball player and philanthropist accused him of fueling racial divides in the United States. “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, (CNN presenter) Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do,” the president tweeted of the Los Angeles Lakers player. In an interview on Tuesday […]
by Cyril Julien Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “Permit Patty” and “Pool Patrol Paula” have been unlikely — and somewhat infamous — stars of the Twitter age: they are white Americans who have called the police to report alleged problems with black people. Instead, social media users have quickly accused them of racial profiling — and turned their “problems” into national teachable moments thanks to the power of the hashtag. Incidents of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –Donald Trump hailed Monday’s Supreme Court ruling which partially reinstates the United States president’s travel ban targeting citizens from six mainly Muslim countries as a victory for national security. “Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security,” Trump said in a White House statement. “It allows the travel suspension for the six terror-prone countries and the refugee suspension to become largely effective. As president, I cannot allow […]
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AFP) — Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Tuesday vetoed a law he called “discriminatory”, which would have made it even harder for Muslims and other religious minorities in the EU member to receive state subsidies. “This law infringes fundamental rights,” Kiska said in a statement, a couple of weeks after Slovak lawmakers adopted the legislation tabled by the right-wing Slovak National Party (SNS), a governing coalition member. The bill would have required a […]
