Struggle against antisemitism
18-05-2009 / Austria
Austria - Austrian leader slams extreme-right's anti-Israel posters
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has condemned the extreme-right Freedom Party for using antisemitic rhetoric ahead of the European parliamentary elections in June.
In a new campaign ad published in the tabloid Kronen Zeitung, the Freedom Party (FPOe) pasted in large red letters: "FPOe veto for Turkey and Israel in the EU."
While the party has long campaigned...13-05-2009 / Australia
Australia - Man accused of anti-Jew YouTube posts
A 39-year-old Perth man has been charged under Western Australia's racial vilification laws in relation to a series of videos posted on the internet website YouTube.
It is alleged
Maylands
resident Brendon O'Connell shot video while making antisemitic comments in front of Perth's Bell Tower and a South Perth supermarket.
O'Connell has been charged with...13-05-2009 / Australia
Australia - Gerald Frederick Toben jailed for antisemitic publications
A Holocaust revisionist was sentenced to three months in prison in Australia for defying court orders to stop publishing antisemitic material on the Internet
.
Gerald Frederick Toben, 65, who is wanted in Germany on charges of Holocaust denial, was jailed on 24 counts of criminal contempt of court, but the sentence was delayed for 14 days pending an appeal.
"Evidence...12-05-2009 / Austria
Austria - Neo-Nazis that disrupt death camp memorial arrested
Police in Austria have arrested five teenagers after commemorations at a former concentration camp were disrupted . Witnesses said the group gave Nazi salutes and shouted "Heil Hitler" at the Mauthausen concentration camp near Salzburg. They also shot pellets at French visitors, police said. Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter said she was taking the incident "very...12-05-2009 / United States
USA - Clifton residents protest antisemite firefighter's promotion
Residents of
Clifton, N.J
., protested outside the promotion ceremony of a fire officer accused of posting offensive comments online. The protesters say that Norman Tahan, now a deputy chief, is an antisemite. They objected to his promotion because of his comments on an online forum in 2006.
According to a NorthJersey.com report, Tahan questioned the practice of Orthodox...11-05-2009 / Vatican
The Vatican – The Pope: Vows to stem antisemitism
In his first speech at the airport, Benedict said he would honor the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust and fight antisemitism today around the world.
"I will have the opportunity to honour the memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Shoah," said the German pope, "Antisemitism continues to rear its ugly head in many parts of the world. This is totally unacceptable....08-05-2009 / United States
USA - Police: Suspect in Conneticut college killing arrested
A man who Connecticut police say sparked two fearful days on a university campus by killing a student and threatening a campus shooting spree surrendered Thursday night after seeing his photo in a newspaper.
Stephen P. Morgan, 29, was taken into custody about 9:15 pm after stopping at a Cumberland Farms convenience store in Meriden, about 10 miles from the Wesleyan University...05-05-2009 / Germany
Germany - Meeting centre against antisemitism opened in Brandenburg
A youth meeting centre dedicated to fighting antisemitism was opened at Gollwitz Castle (state of Brandenburg). The goal of the new institution is to combat the spread of racism, xenophobia, and antisemitism by organizing educational and cultural projects involving Jewish and non-Jewish youths. The opening ceremony was attended by Brandenburg’s Prime Minister, Matthias Platzeck...01-05-2009 / United States
USA - Professor probed after comparing Israel to Nazis
A Jewish professor at University of California, Santa Barbara is under academic investigation and has been accused of being antisemitic for sending students an e-mail comparing Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip with the Holocaust.
Sociology professor William I. Robinson denied the claims and portrayed the furor as a threat by Israel's supporters to academic freedom. ...28-04-2009 / Russia
Russia - Court sentences librarian to community service for showing antisemitic film
A court in
Cherepovets
(Vologda region) sentenced a librarian to six months of community service and a fine after finding her guilty of inciting ethnic hatred.
Natalya Yuganovaya screened the film "Russia With a Knife in its Back: Jewish Fascism and the Genocide of the Russian People" at a library affiliated with the local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, and...28-04-2009 / France
France - Ilan Halimi suspects going on trial in Paris
The French gang accused of kidnapping and torturing Ilan Halimi to death because he was Jewish will go on trial in Paris.
Twenty-seven suspects, including the leader of a gang called the Barbarians, will be tried starting for kidnapping, torturing and murdering the 23-year-old French Jew in 2006 because of his religion or ethnicity.
Paris...28-04-2009 / United States
USA - Antisemitic term removed from state law
A Florida law that dealt with illegal money lending used the term "shylock" when it was passed during the 1969 legislative session. No more.
Governor Charlie Crist signed Senate Bill 813, removing the terms "shylock" and "shylocking" from the old law.
"Harmful terms that communicate hate have no place in our society - and especially not in our laws - and the removal of this...28-04-2009 /
New group to fight anti-Israel boycotts
A new movement to unite trade unions and other NGOs working against boycotts of Israel began operation last week.
Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine (TULIP)
is led by labor officials from three continents -
Paul Howes
, national secretary of the Australian Workers Union;
Stuart Appelbaum
, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union...28-04-2009 / Australia
Australia - Written apology over holocaust denial
A man who breached Federal Court orders to remove website material which denied the holocaust has issued a written apology.
Fredrick Toben, 65, was found guilty of 24 charges of contempt for breaching orders not to publish material vilifying Jewish people on his Adelaide Institute website.
At a hearing in Adelaide on the penalty he should receive, Toben said he would submit...28-04-2009 / Austria
Austria - Holocaust denier jailed for 5 years
A right-wing Austrian author was found guilty of glorifying the Nazi era and sentenced to five years in prison.
Appeals were lodged both by the defense lawyer of Gerd Honsik and by the public prosecutor, who found the sentence too mild.
Honsik, 67, was found guilty of "Wiederbetaetigung" - which means "re-engaging" in Nazi era beliefs. The crime is punishable by up to 20...26-04-2009 / Czech
Czech Republic – Antisemitic exhibition shut down
A controversial art show that depicted Nazis wearing the Star of David instead of swastikas
was shut down in Prague within half an hour of it opening after protests from Jewish leaders.
A giant poster and eight large-format photos showing Nazis involved in the anti-Jewish pogroms in Poland, but with the logos on their armbands changed, dominated the exhibition, by a...25-04-2009 / Czech
Czech Republic - Czech police arrest former Ku Klux Klan leader Duke
The Czech police arrested
David Duke
, former leader of the Ku Klux Klan racist movement, in Prague on suspicion of promotion of movements seeking suppression of human rights.
Arriving in the Czech Republic at the invitation of local neo-Nazis, Duke was to give lectures in Prague and Brno.
Duke, a U.S. citizen, is suspected of Holocaust denyel and other Nazi crimes....24-04-2009 / United States
USA - president Obama vows to battle Holocaust denial
US President Barack Obama spoke at a Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the US Capitol Thursday, and said he was committed to battling those who deny the atrocities of World War II.
The annual ceremony was held by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
"To this day, there are those who insist the Holocaust never happened, who perpetrate every form of intolerance," the...23-04-2009 / Argentina
Argentina - 36 skinheads arrested at Hitler birthday event
Argentine police arrested 36 skinheads at an event celebrating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Police broke into the Central Argentine Club, in the town of San Martin, in Buenos Aires province, while a recital was being held by the local chapter of the neo-Nazi group "Blood and Honour." Police found Nazi-related material, including flags with...21-04-2009 / Switzerland
Switzerland - Following the President of Switzerland and Ahmadinejad meeting, a teacher wrote the President: I am ashamed
Jean-Francois Bussy, a local high school history teacher send Hans-Rudolf Merz a harsh letter denouncing his actions.
In his letter, history teacher Jean-Francois Bussy expressed his "dismay" over his president's meeting with Ahmadinejad, noting that the "intentions and convictions of that man were already known."
"I thus estimate that your meeting with him was a mistake,...
