UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “all-out effort” to end rising racism linked to the Coronavirus pandemic.
“The pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering,” Guterres said on Friday.
“Anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread and COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred.”
Additionally, “journalists, whistleblowers, health professionals, aid workers and human rights defenders are being targeted simply for doing their jobs,” he said.
He appealed for “an all-out effort to end hate speech globally,” and called on “the media, especially social media companies, to do much more to flag and… remove racist, misogynist and other harmful content.”
Source:Â bbc.com