racism

NGO received 12 complaints since March 16, of which 7 are related to security forces

No public health concern, but still noticeable economic and social repercussions

Catalan Labor, Social Affairs and Families minister meets with China's consul general in Barcelona

Unprecedented decision to cancel game brings back long history of unpenalized insults, also involving Catalan clubs

Demonstrators condemn attempted assault on local girl and reject "criminalization" of underage migrants

Unity Against Fascism and Racism brings together representatives from Esquerra, BComú, Socialists, Junts per Catalunya, and CUP

Election rivals agree on moderate language to combat racism

Spanish rail operator has suspended officers filmed at Plaça Catalunya

Rally on Saturday will protest against Vox a week before party holds its own demonstration in Catalan capital

Deputy mayor Jaume Asens announces move on social media, while FACUA urges Catalan government to fine airline following their inaction

Airline says matter is in police hands as video of passenger hurling insults at 77-year-old black woman goes viral

Strasbourg court set to decide on Zeshan Muhammad’s case

In some Catalan towns a white actor in black facepaint interprets Balthasar, one of the Three Kings bringing presents to children

Many MEPs and different entities urged the European Parliament to withdraw the European Citizen 2014 award from 'Societat Civil Catalana', a Spanish unity association which has been repeatedly linked with extreme right organisations. Recent investigations also connected SCC's president, Josep Ramon Bosch, with Francoist Fascism and Nazism and Bosch himself has been called to Court accused of threatening pro-independence Catalan figures via a fake Facebook profile. The associations, organisations and public figures signing the 'Manifesto: Catalan civil society, for dignity' accuse SCC of "appropriating themselves of the common term ['Societat Civil Catalana'] which refers to the host of civic, cultural and social entities in Catalonia characterised not only by their diversity but also by their defence of democratic principles, Catalan culture and society as a whole".

Nowadays, multiple cultures, religions and traditions live side by side in the neighbourhoods of many European cities, and Catalonia is no exception, quite the contrary in fact. According to the Union of Islamic Communities in Spain, overall 1,858,409 Muslims live there. The majority of them are concentrated in Catalonia, a country with a long history of accommodating foreigners, where 509,333 followers of this religion dwell (out of a total population of 7.55 million people). Although acknowledging that individual acts of discrimination do occur, Muslims affirm that here the social climate is not filled with hatred. However, in the past few decades, 'anti-immigration discourses' have entered some isolated Catalan political parties' agendas and those whom we interviewed think that local media present a skewed picture of the Muslim community.