Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegations at the Vatican

The presidents of France and Benin oversaw the signing of the ownership-transfer document for twenty-six works from Abomey. This completed a specific restitution process enabled by earlier...

A jury acquitted four defendants charged with criminal damage following the toppling of Edward Colston's statue. The trial brought arguments about racist public commemoration into court. The verdict...

Ecuador's Constitutional Court issued its ruling in the A'i Cofán community of Sinangoe's case; the decision was publicized on 4 February. Community monitoring and collective litigation challenged...

Three men were convicted of federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping in connection with the pursuit and killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The verdict addressed racial motivation separately from their...

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act was signed into law, adding specific federal hate-crime provisions for conspiracies resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Naming the measure for Till...

A gunman attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, killing ten people and injuring three. Federal authorities investigated the attack as a hate crime and later brought charges. The targeting of a Black...

The California task force published an interim report documenting harms from slavery and continuing systemic discrimination. It connected housing, education, political participation and other...

Francia Márquez was elected Colombia's first Black woman vice-president on the ticket with Gustavo Petro. An environmental and community organizer, she brought Afro-Colombian territorial struggles...

The National Windrush Monument was unveiled at London Waterloo station in the presence of members of the Windrush generation. Designed by Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson, it recognized Caribbean...

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued its reparations judgment concerning Kenya's Ogiek community. The decision followed the community's long struggle for ancestral land in the Mau...