Hate crimes against the Romani people by Ukrainian nationalist groups are worsening the existing humanitarian crises for the ethnic minority, human rights activists told the Helsinki Commission Wednesday.
Read moreA South Texas man who derisively called Muslims “towelheads” faces up to 40 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him Monday for setting a mosque on fire.
Read moreAn Ohio man pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges in a deadly car attack on a crowd of protesters opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
Read moreA 27-year-old Ohio man has been charged with numerous hate crimes after a grand jury linked white supremacists language he used on social media to the vehicular murder of a Charlottesville woman during last summer’s Unite the Right rally.
Read moreFederal hate crime charges were filed Wednesday against a man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring dozens more.
Read moreCalifornia law enforcement agencies fall short in identifying and reporting hate crimes, according to a state audit released Thursday.
Read moreThe man who confessed to shooting and killing an Indian national in an alleged hate crime at a Kansas bar last year will likely spend the rest of his life of prison.
Read moreThe Olathe, Kansas man who pleaded guilty to state charges of killing an Indian national and wounding two others last year may possibly plead guilty to a federal hate crime.
Read moreThe attorney for neo-Nazi web publisher Andrew Anglin said Tuesday that although he abhors the comments his client launched last year against a Jewish real estate agent in Montana, defending the ability to make such racist comments is a cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution.
Read moreOne teenager was killed and two women were injured in a series of explosions Monday morning that police say could be linked to a third bombing in Austin earlier this month.
Read moreThe man accused of shooting three people and killing one in a Kansas bar last year pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree attempted murder in a Johnson County courtroom Tuesday.
Read moreThe man accused of shooting three people in a bar, killing one, a year ago may change his not guilty plea next week.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit on Thursday rejected claims of poor legal representation by a white man on death row for the gruesome 1998 truck-dragging murder of a black man in Texas.
Read moreWhile the rise of hate groups is a national issue, the underlying factors that fuel the formation of these factions vary by region, according to a new study.
Read moreAdam Purinton, the suspect accused of killing an Indian national and injuring two others at a Kansas bar, pleaded not guilty in a brief court appearance Thursday.
Read moreNearly 60 percent of U.S. hate crimes committed in 2016 targeted the victim’s race, ethnicity or ancestry, the FBI said Monday in its annual report, which found more than twice as many reports of anti-Semitic hate crimes than anti-Muslim ones.
Read moreFederal hate-crime charges unveiled Wednesday against a recently retired New Jersey police chief recount a litany of abuses, many of them recorded by a rank-and-file officer who says the behavior alarmed him.
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WASHINGTON (CN) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced indictments against 19 people with ties to Turkey’s government who are accused
Read moreBritish authorities are promising to prosecute hate crimes committed online as vigorously as those that take place face-to-face, recognizing the growth of hate speech on social media and the potential for such crimes to affect large numbers of people.
Read moreThe number of hate crimes committed in California jumped 11 percent in 2016, including increases in attacks against black people and members of the LGTBQ community, state officials reported Monday.
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