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Before masks became ubiquitous as the coronavirus spread, Hong Kong had banned the use of masks among protestors, and privacy activists in London stepped out camouflaging their faces with makeup in geometric patterns to confuse facial recognition technology. (Photo | AFP)

Pandemic masks have an unintended effect on intrusive facial...

Masked protestors at Black Lives Matter protests are tripping face recognition tech used by police, as error rates are...

28 July 2020 6:53 PM IST

A protestor holds an upside-down American flag in front of the Unisphere during a Justice Ride, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. (AFP)

Thousands walk off job in US to protest racial inequality

Dubbed 'Strike for Black Lives', the protest demands sweeping action by corporations and government to confront systemic...

20 July 2020 11:53 AM IST

$Jen Reid poses for photographs in front of the new black resin and steel statue portraying her, entitled \A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020\ by artist Marc Quinn after the statue was put up this morning on the empty plinth of the toppled statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston, which was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England. (AP)$ World

Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader

The statue, titled A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) was erected before dawn on Wednesday without approval from city...

15 July 2020 3:38 PM IST

A Black Lives Matter protester salutes passing traffic while supporters of President Donald Trump rally in the background. (AP)

'More white people': Trump downplays police violence against Black...

What a terrible question to ask,' Trump responded when asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of law...

15 July 2020 11:21 AM IST

Physicians, residents and staff from the facility in Asheville, N.C., take a knee to show support for renewed calls for racial justice after the police killing of George Floyd. (AP)

Virus and racism merge as a brutal blow to Black well-being

Institutional racism is a brutal blow to Black people's well-being and renewed calls for racial justice in all realms...

6 July 2020 11:08 AM IST

People maintain physical distances as thousands gather at a rally supporting the Black Lives Matter and Black Deaths in Custody movements in Sydney. (AP)

Weekend-long protests in Australia to support Black Lives Matter...

An ancient Aboriginal smoking ceremony took place as families of those who have lost relatives while in police custody...

5 July 2020 2:52 PM IST

Zachary Greene wears a face mask while protesting in front of the Lifsey residence where the USF President Steven Currall lives on campus on July 2, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Tampa Bay Students for Democratic Society protest at the University of South Florida demanding an increase in Black student enrollment, employ more Black faculty and staff, more financial aid, and make direct connections with the surrounding community. Black workers account for 3.8% of all U.S. Facebook employees and 1.5% of all U.S. technical workers at the company. Those numbers have barely budged over the past several years, a common pattern across large Silicon Valley firms. (Photo | AFP)

Black lives don't matter at Facebook, only on their posters, staffer...

This isn't the first criticism a Black employee has levelled at Facebook.

3 July 2020 6:22 PM IST

A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it discriminates against Black workers and applicants in hiring, evaluations, promotions and pay. Facebook did not immediately respond to a message for comment Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo)

Black Facebook employee files racial discrimination complaint

Facebook said in a statement it takes discrimination allegations seriously and investigates every case

3 July 2020 10:03 AM IST

Protesters prepare to march against the Sunday police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. (AP)

Calm prevails for second night in Kenosha, latest Black Lives Matter...

Police kept a low profile, and the Wisconsin National Guard troops activated to help restore order remained largely out...

28 Aug 2020 1:05 PM IST

Protestors face off with police outside the County Courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

Gunfire kills one as Wisconsin protests turn to chaos

Crowds chased a man running down the street with a rifle after they believed he had shot another man

26 Aug 2020 3:34 PM IST

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | The politics of erasing Gunga Din

The Black Lives Matter upheaval has resulted in this reappraisal of history

19 Sept 2020 4:41 PM IST

Stephon Clarks death was the most recent in a string of fatal shootings of black men by police that have triggered protests across the United States and fuelled a national debate about bias in the American criminal justice system. (Photo: AP)

Shoot us down, we shut you down: California protests police shooting...

More than 80 police and California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear blocked protesters from marching onto a highway.

31 March 2018 5:53 PM IST