[ad_1]
ANKARA
Since the new coronavirus outbreak emerged in China, Asians have become targets of hate speech, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, urging governments to take immediate action.
“Asians and people of Asian descent have been the target of derogatory language in media reports and statements by politicians, as well as on social media platforms, where hate speech related to Covid-19 also appears to have been widely spread, “said the US-based rights group. he said in a statement.
He said that governments, from the USA. USA Even Europe, Africa, and some Asian countries have directly or indirectly encouraged hate crime, racism, or xenophobia through the use of anti-Chinese rhetoric and the advanced anti-immigration and white supremacist.
“Governments should act to expand public outreach, promote tolerance, and counter hate speech while aggressively investigating and prosecuting hate crimes,” said John Sifton, HRW’s director of human resources defense.
According to the report, the use of the term “Chinese virus” by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, may have encouraged the use of hate speech in the United States, although he stopped using the term and later published a tweet in Support from the Asian-American community, saying it’s not their fault.
A coalition of Asian-American groups called Stop AAPI Hate said it received nearly 1,500 reports of incidents of racism against Asians and Asian-Americans in late April.
The governor of the Italian region of Veneto, one of the first epicenters of the pandemic, told reporters in February that “unlike Italians, the Chinese did not have good hygiene standards” and “eat mice live”. Luca Zaia later apologized for his comments.
Italian civil society group Lunaria has compiled more than 50 reports and media accounts of assaults, verbal harassment against people of Asian roots since February, HRW said.
Citing the early May Sky News report, HRW said UK police forces showed at least 267 hate crimes against Asia recorded across the country.
The watchdog added that it also received similar reports from France, Australia, Spain, Russia, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia.
Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia, Muslim minorities have been the target of hate speech and responsible for the spread of the virus.
Extending to at least 187 countries worldwide, the virus infected more than 4.28 million people and killed more than 292,300, while recoveries exceeded 1.5 million, according to data compiled by Johns University. Hopkins, based in the United States.
Last week, the UN expressed concern about “a tsunami of hatred and xenophobia” sparked by the pandemic and urged governments to act to strengthen their societies’ immunity against the hate virus.
The Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news that is offered to subscribers in the AA News Transmission System (HAS), and in summary form. Please contact us for subscription options.
[ad_2]
