A racist attack targets Emanuel AME Church in Charleston

The United Nations gathering adopted an outcome document on implementing Indigenous rights. It emphasized participation and free, prior and informed consent in decisions affecting Indigenous...

A Cleveland police officer shot Tamir Rice, a twelve-year-old Black child playing with a pellet gun. He died the following day. The case became central to demands for accountability and scrutiny of...

Student Chumani Maxwele protested at the Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town, helping initiate the Rhodes Must Fall campaign. Students connected the colonial monument to wider...

The Cecil Rhodes statue was removed from its prominent campus position after a month of mobilization. Rhodes Must Fall supporters treated the removal as part of a larger struggle over institutional...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Calls to Action at its closing event. They addressed residential-school legacies and reforms across education, justice, health and other...

Bree Newsome climbed the flagpole on South Carolina's State House grounds and removed the Confederate flag. The action followed the Charleston church massacre and was organized with fellow...

Following legislative action and mounting public pressure, South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds. The official removal followed activist challenges, including...

Black women gathered in Brasília for the Marcha das Mulheres Negras against racism and violence and for bem viver. Their mobilization connected racial justice with gender, bodily safety and collective...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report on the residential-school system. The Canadian Human Rights Commission honoured survivors and urged implementation of the Calls to...

Lenca organizer Berta Cáceres was killed in her home during the night of 2–3 March. COPINH dates the attack to 2 March. Her opposition to the Agua Zarca project connected Indigenous territorial rights...