Big rise in hate crimes in Canada last year

Credit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:17:17 +0000

Police-reported hate crimes increase, with almost half motivated by race or ethnicity Although hate crime in Canada has been on a slow rise since 2014, last year it saw a sharp increase — Statistics Canada says police-reported hate crime in Canada in 2017 was up 47 per cent over 2016. In terms of actual incidents, police reported 2,073 hate […]

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Philippine Muslims hope BOL to bring ‘dream of peace’

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members secure Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on the southern island of Mindanao on July 29, 2018. Nearly 100,000 members of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group gathered on July 29 to discuss a landmark law BOL granting them autonomy, expressing hope it would make their "dream of peace" a reality. / AFP PHOTO / FERDINANDH CABRERA

Members or supporters of the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group gathered in their tens of thousands on Sunday to discuss a landmark law granting them autonomy, with one expressing hope it would make their “dream of peace” a reality.

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