London Metropolitan Police (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Institutional racism, misogyny, and homophobia is rampant within the London Metropolitan Police department, a report released this week has found. A year-long review of the Met conducted by Baroness Casey concluded that representation
An activist holds a “Black Lives Matter” sign outside the Minneapolis Police Fourth Precinct building following the officer-involved shooting of Jamar Clark on November 15, 2015 (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Black people in
Uganda President Idi Amin at UN (United Nations, New York) Oct. 01, 1975 (Wikipedia Commons) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – This is the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Indians from Uganda in 1972 by President Idi Amin. On August
(credit: wikipedia / Fibonacci Blue) Minneapolis, Minnesota November 15, 2015, 2015 BLM protest after Jamar Clark was shot by Minneapolis Police. Neighbors said that Jamar was handcuffed while shot and that the police threatened residents to leave the scene immediately after the incident. Protesters met
By Alan MacLeod Award-winning Syrian photographer Ameer Alhalbi lies dazed on the ground. His head is heavily bruised and bandaged, blood covers his face, arms, and much of his body. Lengths of cotton wool have been stuffed up his broken nose, giving him
(md.usembassy.gov) Ambassador to U.S. Embassy in Moldova, Dereck J. Hogan By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ambassador Dereck J. Hogan, an African American, recalls how surprised people were upon seeing a black man for the first time when he served as a U.S. Foreign Service officer
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) lead call for investigation into alleged racial profiling/harassment of U.S. Diplomats of color at border crossings. (credit: menendez.senate.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield , an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the United States Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs from 2013 to 2017, was the moderator of Honoring Dr. Ralph J.
Credit: Linkedin/ Tianna Spears is a former American diplomat who worked at the US consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas USA By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES For Tianna Spears, an African American diplomat, a U.S. Diplomatic Passport
Credit: coe.int/en / Racial profiling constitutes a specific form of racial discrimination and must be expressly prohibited by law – Council of Europe Anti-Racism Commission By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Council of Europe’s 47-member anti-racism commission, ECRI, warned against racial profiling in