Turkey's foreign minister says EU defense of Netherlands fuels xenophobia

The ongoing diplomatic spat between Turkey and some European Union member states further soured on Tuesday when the Turkish foreign minister said an EU statement calling for calm merely fueled xenophobia and anti-Turkish sentiments.

Rise of right-wing politics harming Australia's reputation in Asia

The rise of right-wing political parties in Australia has damaged the nation's reputation in Asia, a prominent politician has warned.

Council of Europe cautions France over increase in xenophobic, hateful rhetoric

Experts from the Council of Europe (CoE) published a report Tuesday expressing concern over increasing hate speech, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in France.

S. African president cancels visit to Indonesia due to violence

South African President Jacob Zuma has cancelled his visit to Indonesia in order to attend to matters at home relating to the attacks on foreign nationals, the Presidency said on Saturday.

UN rights chief warns against xenophobic reaction

The UN's rights chief slammed Wednesday's massacre at a Paris weekly that killed at least 12 people but warned that a xenophobic backlash would only play into the hands of extremists.

Gauck has questions on Turkish democracy

Visiting German President Joachim Gauck’s strong criticisms against the Turkish government’s recent moves to block Twitter and YouTube and its increasing control over the judiciary has not gone unanswered by his host, Abdullah Gül, who recalled the killings of immigrants in Germany at the hands of extreme rightist groups.

“Friends may be able to tell each other about unpleasant things that the other does not want to hear. We are not asking questions that have never been asked,” Gauck said at a joint press conference with Gül on April 28 as part of a four-day official trip to Turkey.

Gennady Gatilov: Racism and xenophobia in Ukraine have been fueled for years. --"Now these people are marching around in squads, they have weapons and even enroll in the so-called national guards"

Racism and xenophobia have been fueled in Ukraine, especially in its western regions, for years, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Itar-Tass on Friday.

“We raised the problem of systemic incitement of racism and xenophobia in that country, especially in its western regions, back in the past century,” he said. “Calls for murders by ethnicity are nothing else but incitement to genocide, to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansings, which are qualified as gravest crimes not only by national legislations but also by international law.”