Washington-Sana
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, emphasized that African Americans remain the most marginalized and most hated in the United States.
These people continue to be at risk of imprisonment, targeted hate speech on social media, disproportionately excluded in a number of areas, and disenfranchised in federal and state elections, de Varennes told AFP at the conclusion of a two-week visit to the United States.
He added that the legislation in the United States on human and minority rights is "incomplete regarding the recognition and protection of these rights," adding: "We see a tapestry of heterogeneous laws that were put in place more than 60 years ago and are beginning to show signs of slack."
De Varennes, who will report on the human rights situation in the United States in a few months, pointed out that manipulating electoral boundaries in certain regions such as Texas will reduce the impact of minority votes, expressing concern about the existence of different levels of citizenship in the United States.
De Varennes called on the United States of America to reform its legislative framework to more explicitly guarantee the rights of minorities.
According to observers, legislative and legal loopholes affect millions of Americans, especially minorities who suffer from increasing inequality, discrimination and even exclusion and face a significant increase in hate speech and crimes.
