In 'Carnet des droits de l’homme' published on Tuesday 25 July, Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, says Europe must fight afrophobia (dislike of black people) that goes back to the days of colonialism and the slave trade.
After making an alarming report on his visits to the Council of Europe’s 47 member states which documents - a rise in hate speech even among some political leaders, implications for social cohesion and under-representation of black...