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Xenophobia

Xenophobia is the fear of everything that which is perceived to be foreign or strange. It affects the relations and perceptions of group of people towards another one.

It includes a fear of losing identity, suspicion of the other group's activities, aggression towards the other group, and desire to eliminate its presence to secure a presumed purity.

Indien Republic TV | Chefredakteur Arnab Goswami

Indian news channel fined for hate speech against Pakistan 24.12.2020

The UK media regulator accused Republic TV's prime time show Poochta Hai Bharat of hate speech against Pakistanis. The show is now banned in the country.
Deutschland Halle 2020 | Gedenken Anschlag auf Synagoge 2019

A year after synagogue attack, Halle residents struggle against racism 20.12.2020

Over a year after a far-right terrorist killed two people outside a synagogue in Halle, residents report that racist and anti-Semitic attacks are common. Critics have called on police and prosecutors to take action.
Omas gegen Rechts

Neo-Nazis face an old enemy in Grannies Against the Right 14.11.2020

The organization Grannies Against the Right has been mobilizing against right-wing extremism and xenophobia in Austria since 2017. Two years ago, Anna Ohnweiler introduced the initiative to Germany.
Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier

German President Steinmeier cautions against 'hate and xenophobia' after Nice attack 30.10.2020

After the deadly attack at a church in Nice, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told DW France and Europe must stand up to acts of brutality. He also said hate should not dictate the response to the attack.
Frankreich | Prozess Aktivist Mwazulu Diyabanza

AfricaLink on Air 30 September 2020 30.09.2020

Congolese activist in court over French museum protest +++ WHO to investigate allegations in Congo of sex abuse by staff +++ East African Court of Justice to determine Museveni's 2021 canditature +++ PutSouthAfricaFirst could ignite a new wave of xenophobia
Südafrika, Johannesburg: Ausschreitungen in Malvern

South Africa: Hatred of migrants reaches new heights 29.09.2020

South Africa often makes the headlines for violent attacks against immigrants. Xenophobia has now reached a new level with the creation of a group calling itself Put South Africa First.

Ruanda Paul Rusesabagina

AfricaLink on Air - 17 September 2020 17.09.2020

Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina denied bail +++ Uganda prison break +++Xenophobia in South Africa +++ 13-year-old sentenced for blasphemy in Nigeria
Frankfurt Gemälde erinnert an Opfer von Hanau

Groups stand up to far-right in eastern Germany 04.09.2020

As the German government's special committee on far-right extremism meets, civil society groups hope to receive help and funding to cope with — and fight — the neo-Nazis they confront every day.

Deutschland Holocaust Gedenktag 75. Jahrestag Befreiung Auschwitz

My Europe: Xenophobia, nationalism can only be defeated together 02.08.2020

Sunday marks European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. But remembering isn't enough — we must decisively combat racism and nationalism, writes Romani Rose of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma.
Deutschland Demonstration der rechtspopulistischen Bewegung Pro Chemnitz

Germany: Afghan boy shot with plastic round in Chemnitz 03.07.2020

After a 10-year-old Afghan boy was hit with a plastic round, police in Chemnitz are probing whether there was a "xenophobic motive." The city made headlines in 2018 when far-right mobs chased down refugees in the city.
Beina Xu, DW-Videojournalistin in Berlin

Racism in Germany: A Chinese-American reckoning 13.06.2020

In a personal essay, DW's Beina Xu reflects on a coronavirus-related racist attack and confronts Germany's — and Europe's — deeply problematic idea of race.

Deutschland Stephan E. in Karlsruhe

Neo-Nazi suspect charged with murder of German politician  29.04.2020

Prosecutors said "racism and xenophobia" were decisive in the suspect's motive to kill German CDU politician Walter Lübcke. Authorities also charged a man for helping train the suspected murderer to use guns. 
Xi Jinping besucht Südafrika

African expats accuse China of xenophobic response to COVID-19 resurgence fears 14.04.2020

Africans in Guangzhou say they were forcibly evicted from their homes and refused new accommodation. After initially denying the claims, Beijing is now scrambling to mend diplomatic relations with the continent.
Symbolbild | Antimuslimischen Rassismus

Germany 'must do more' to fight racism: Council of Europe 17.03.2020

A European anti-racism commission has detected "high levels of Islamophobia" and said that public discourse in Germany is increasingly xenophobic. "Blatant" racism from certain quarters has impacted mainstream politics.
BG Flüchtlingskrise Griechenland/Türkei

Opinion: In Greece, refugees are painted as the enemy 11.03.2020

The mood has changed: Though many people in Greece were eager to help displaced people five years ago, today mobs are chasing refugees away. It is clear who is responsible for this, DW's Spiros Moskovou writes.
Deutschland Gedenkbänke für NSU-Opfer in Zwickau

Does Germany do too little to remember victims of racist terror? 11.03.2020

People who have lost loved ones in racist attacks say Germany and German society show too little sympathy for victims and their families. The annual European Remembrance Day of Victims of Terrorism isn't enough for them.
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