#ethnic profiling

Police brutality in Rotterdam !!! 😯

“During one of the arrests, a 23-year-old Dutch-Surinamese woman was arrested violently. That happened after a Dutch-Curaçao girl of 18 with a dark skin color was called "monkey" by the police.

Police brutality in Rotterdam Two reports of disproportionate violence, a racist statement and refusal to report a crime

Unfortunately, we have seen several times in the past year that the police refuse to record reports, including at the Rotterdam police unit. That's not allowed. We also often receive complaints about the use of language by agents towards people of color. In recent days, two arrests were reported to us, which remarkably took place on the same weekend and in the same city: May 30 and 31 in Rotterdam. “

The Koninklijke Marechaussee is guilty of ethnic profiling, the Court of Appeals in The Hague ruled on Tuesday. The policing service can not check people based on external characteristics such as their skin color. “This is a serious form of discrimination,” the appeals court ruled, NU.nl reports. Several human rights organizations accused the Koninklijke Marechaussee - a policing force that works as part of the Dutch military and is responsible for border security - of ethnic profiling in 2021. In September that year, a lower court ruled that the Marechaussee was allowed to check travelers at the borders based on their skin color and other external characteristics.

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Mpanzu Bamenga, a Dutch (black) academic and local politician, arrived in 2018 at the airport of his hometown Eindhoven after having lectured on human rights in Italy.

He was selected at the airport by the Dutch border police for a passport check, because his appearance matched the risk profile of a so-called "Nigerian money smuggler", a profile which had been defined by the border police.

This risk profile contained ethnicity or perceived nationality as an element for the selection of travellers. The three elements were: walking fast, dressed in a suit, and a non-Dutch appearance.

Although black citizens have been a part of Dutch society for the past 300 years, even the chair of the committee to which Bamenga submitted a complaint admitted that Bamenga "did not have a Dutch appearance."

Ethnic-profiling is dangerous for the kind of society we want to live in, where people are treated fairly and equally. It needs to stop.

Buhari Vows To Deal With Bandits, Warns Against Ethnic Profiling

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against ethnic profiling of criminals, assuring Nigerians that his government will continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals who constitute a threat to innocent citizens. The president, who spoke while declaring open a meeting of the 19 Northern Governors and chairmen of the region’s Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emirs in…

OPINION: Scapegoating the Fulani Dehumanises Us All, By Adewale Ajadi

I spent most of my life fighting against racism internationally, as such it is unacceptable to now come to my own country and be part of the lynch mob against one tribe or ethnicity. There are no bystanders or observers in this situation; nobody can watch this pass. Nobody who has any right mind should keep quiet. It is critical to speak out right now. I hope that I speak very clearly, not…

OPINION: Ethnic Profiling and Looming Genocide In Nigeria, By Tofa, Musa, et al.

There is the need to stop profiling others. We are concerned that the criminalisation and the negative profiling of an ethnic group as bandits and kidnappers by both the conventional and social media has now taken a dangerous dimension. Incendiary speeches criminalising the Fulani by some political and religious leaders, and inciting articles by a section of the Nigerian press, have assumed…

Governors decry ethnic profiling of crime

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is against ethnic profiling of crime and criminality in the country. The NGF Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, gave this indication when he briefed State House correspondents after an emergency meeting of the forum at the State House Banquet Hall. The meeting, in which the governors comprehensively reviewed the state of security across the…

Drummers of Hate and the Drunken Dancers, By Reuben Abati

On Sunday, February 14, the Nigerian Presidency, in a statement signed by spokesman Garba Shehu, reportedly affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to ensure the protection of all religious and ethnic groups in the country, whether majority or minority, “in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.” The statement added that the…