Struggle
15-02-2007 / Canada
Canada – Law Suit against a Nazi Propagandist
On 15th February 2007, Attorney Richard Warman and the Human Rights Commission in Canada sued Bobby James Wilkinson and the Canadian Nazi Party for $6,000 for disseminating hate material over the Internet. The attorney and the Commission also demanded that the dissemination of racist material over Internet forums be banned.
Date: 15th February 2007
Posted: 23th April 2007
09-02-2007 / Russia
Russia - court sentenced 5 teens killing Jewish man
A Russian court sentenced five teenagers to between five and 10 years in jail on Friday for beating a Jewish man to death in a cemetery with a metal cross, media reported.
The court said that in 2005 when they were aged from 12 to 17, the five escorted the 21-year-old victim to the cemetery before attacking him
Source:
www.ynetnews.com
Date: 02.09.07
09-02-2007 / France
France - Leader of Black anti-Semitic group arrested in France
Kemi Seba, founder of a French black radical and anti-Semitic group calling itself “Tribu Ka”, has been arrested Thursday night by French police in Chartes, in central France, for making racist comments and rebellion against policemen.
The group was banned in July 2006 by the French government and its website was later shut down after its members descended on a Paris Jewish quarter, wielding baseball bats and shouting anti-Semitic slogans.
More than 20 members of the group walked up and down the crowded Rue des Rosiers, performing Nazi salutes, looking for a fight with the neighbourhood’s Jews, threatening and intimidating them.
Source: www.ejpress.org
Date: 09/Feb/2007
By: By Joseph Byron
Pic.: monsieurf.typepad.com
08-02-2007 / Austria
Austria - Tourist sentenced for anti-Semitic rampage
An Austrian court sentenced a 24-year-old Croatian man to 15 months in jail for
smashing up a Jewish school with a crowbar in an anti-Semitic rampage last year. The man, whose name was not released, told the court "there are two many Jews in this country".
Source:
www.theage.com.au
Date: February 8, 2007
08-02-2007 / Italy
Italy - Two Muslim officials accused of racial hatred against Italian Jews
Two officials of an Islamic organisation in Italy have been accused of inciting racial hatred against Jews.
Following an investigation by anti-terrorist police, Mohamed Nour Dachan, head of the Union of Islamic Communities and Organisations in Italy (UCOII), and Hamza Piccardo, his spokesman and the union’s secretary, have been summoned to a preliminary hearing in Rome.
UCOII published an advertisement in the Italian press last August 19 likening Israeli military operations to Nazi atrocities against the Jews.
The ad, which appeared during the Israeli war on Hezbollah in Lebanon, said: "Yesterday Nazi massacres, today Israeli massacres."
Source: www.ejpress.org
Date: 08/Feb/2007
08-02-2007 / Russia
Russia– The Murderers of a Jew in Yekaterinburg Sentenced
On 8th February 2007, the court in the city of Yekaterinburg convicted five youths of the murder of Andrei Dzjuba on 1st October 2005, in the local cemetery using a metal cross. In the indictment special mention was made of fact that the murder had been an act of antisemitism. The murderers were sentence to between 5 and 10 years in prison. Ten other youths ranging age from 12 to 17 years, who also participated in the murder, were absolved of criminal responsibility because they were minors. Of note is the fact that the punishment was determined by the fact that the legal definition of the crime is "murder based on nationalist, racist or religious motivation.
Date: February 8, 2007
03-02-2007 / Brazil
Brazil - Brazilian President: We must never accept denial of the Holocaust
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joined Jewish leaders to mark the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camps, saying the Holocaust must never be denied and urging the world to prevent it from ever happening again.
"In the 21st century we cannot accept the denial of the Holocaust as a historical fact...nor can we accept those who deny that six million Jews were massacred," Silva told some 500 people at the Sao Paulo Jewish Congregation's synagogue .
Source:
www.haaretz.com
Date: 03.02.2007
02-02-2007 / Australia
Australia - Group must remove antisemitic material
The leader of a NSW-based group known as the Bible Believers' Church has been ordered to remove material from his website denying the Holocaust. The Federal Court has found that Anthony Grigor-Scott, whose church is based at Tamworth in NSW, was in breach of the Racial Discrimination Act in posting antisemitic material on a website newsletter. The complaint was brought by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) when the material first appeared in 2005. The judge ordered Grigor-Scott to remove claims Jewish people deliberately exaggerated the number of Jews killed during World War II for improper purposes, including financial gain. He also ordered the removal of material denying the existence of gas chambers in the German concentration camp in Auschwitz and ruled that Grigor-Scott should be restrained from publishing similar material in the future.
Source:
www.theage.com.au
Date: February 2, 2007
31-01-2007 / India
India – Former “Hitler’s Cross” cafe marks Holocaust
The restaurant in India, which changed its name some months ago following complaints from the Jewish community, hosted some 65 Jews and non-Jews at Sunday’s event, which included a screening of a documentary on a Japanese diplomat who saved some 2,000 European Jews in the Holocaust, and recitation of a Holocaust-themed poem and the Mourner’s Kaddish.
Source: www.jta.org
Date: January 30, 2007
29-01-2007 /
Germany– Pro-Israel Demonstration in Berlin
On 29th January 2007, several hundred demonstrators marched through the streets of the German capital, Berlin, ending at the Holocaust Memorial in the city, calling for solidarity with Israel in view of the threats made by Iranian President Muhammad Ahmadinejad. According to police estimates, about 700 demonstrators participated in the event, in heavy rain. Some of the demonstrators carried Israeli flags and posters denouncing the Iranian regime and demanding that the international community "protect Israel". Jewish and German organizations were behind the demonstration commemorating International Holocaust Memorial Day were Jewish. Among other things the demonstration's purpose was to protest against the Iranian President who had in the past said that the Holocaust "a myth" and had called for the annihilation of Israel.
Source:
http://www.ynet.co.il/
By: Amnon Miranda
Date: 29th January 2006
Photo: A.F.P.
28-01-2007 / Estonia
Estonia - Estonian PM: Holocaust must never be forgotten
Nazi Germany’s Holocaust was a "monstrous act" and the crimes of the murderous regime must never be forgotten, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said Saturday to mark international Holocaust Day.
"The mass killing of Jews by the Nazi regime during the Second World War was a monstrous act, which cannot be erased from humanity’s collective memory," Ansip said in a statement to mark the annual International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
"We bow our heads in honour of its innocent victims," Ansip said.
"The understanding that no crime against humanity should ever be forgotten is self-evident to all of us."
Source:
www.ejpress.org
Date: 28.1.2007
27-01-2007 / Argentina
Argentina – Two Youth Arrested on Charges of Spraying Antisemitic Graffiti in the Town of San Cristobal
Two youths, 16 and 18 years of age, were arrested on charges of involvement in spraying antisemitic graffiti in the town of San Cristobal in the Department of Santa-Fe. Police personnel involved in the investigation suspect that the two bought spray paint at a shopping center in the town, and after they had sprayed the graffiti, they kept track of reports of the event on the Internet. The 16-year-old claimed that he was attracted to Nazism and antisemitism after he had studied about World War II at school.
Source: El-Litoral
Date: 27 January 2007
25-01-2007 / Italy
Italy– "No to Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism"
In an address before hundreds of students in Rome on the occasion of Italian Memorial Day, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano also spoke of antisemitism. He said: "No to antisemitism, even when it masquerades as anti-Zionism". Napolitano went on to say, "Antisemitism means the denial of the basis of the inspiration of the Jewish State and the reasons for its establishment and its need for security today, having nothing to do with which government is leading Israel".
"The tragedy of the Holocaust reminds us all of the need to combat every kind of racism and discrimination", Napolitano said. "As Italians, we must retain and feel the weight of the dark years when Fascist and racist laws were enforced and Jews were persecuted", he added. "The light must emanate from the deeds of those who behaved justly, from those who are worthy of being called [just] because of the things they did, often while endangering their lives, acts of solidarity with their Jewish brothers who were persecuted, who were faced with threats exile, torture and extermination camps".
Source:
http://www.ynet.co.il/
By: Nir Magal
Date: 25th January 2007
25-01-2007 / Czech
Czech - Czech P.M.: Anti-Semitism behind anti-Israel sentiment
The Czech prime minister blamed anti-Semitism for pervasive hostility to Israel in Europe.
“It is a shame for the old continent that so many of its inhabitants are thinking this way, 60 years after their ancestors allowed the Holocaust,” Mirek Topolanek said at a parliamentary Holocaust commemoration ceremony Friday. He accused Europeans of pandering to Arabs and Muslims. “We try to honor foreign cultures that often are hostile toward us, regardless of the aid we offer to them,” he said. “And we don’t have enough room in our hearts for our brothers whose terrible suffering we allowed.”
Source: www. jta.org
Date: 25.1.2007
25-01-2007 / Italy
Italy – Legislation Against Holocaust Denial
The government of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Thursday unanimously approved new anti-racism legislation that, among other things, makes denial of the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews a crime punishable by up to four years in prison. The bill, which will now be brought before parliament for final approval, brings Italy's official position on Holocaust denial in line with other European powers such as Germany, France, Spain and Austria.
In a Memorial Day speech to students in Rome, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano noted that antisemitism today often takes the form or anti-Zionism or irrational criticism of Israel. "Antisemitism means denying the base on which the Jewish country is built, the reason for its establishment, and its need for security even today, regardless of which government is currently leading Israel," said Napolitano.
source: All Headline News Middle East Correspondent
by: Ryan R. Jones
Date: 25/01/07
24-01-2007 / Canada
Canada - Man sentenced to prison for spreading racism on internet
Jean-Sebastien Presseault, from Montreal, built and managed a website that featured racist and anti-Semitic music, documents, literature and cartoons available for download, including songs with titles such as "Skin is Black, You Make Me Sick".
A judge in Quebec province concluded that the 30- year-old is a racist and violent man, and sentenced him to a six- month prison term. He had pleaded guilty in 2006.
Presseault is the second person in Canada to be convicted and sentenced under an article of the Criminal Code, which deals with online hate propaganda.
Source: Xinhua
Date: January 24, 2007
24-01-2007 / United States
USA - Holocaust denial resolution goes to UN
The United States presented a resolution condemning Holocaust denial to the United Nations General Assembly.
The text, introduced Tuesday in advance of the UN-designated International Day of Commemoration for victims of the Holocaust on Jan. 27, urges member states "to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event" and "condemns without reservation any denial of the Holocaust."
Though it does not mention Iran, the measure is seen as a reaction to last month's Holocaust denial conference hosted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran.
Source: www.jpost.com
Date: Jan. 24, 2007
23-01-2007 / Germany
Germany - German football commemorates liberation of Auschwitz camp
Germany’s professional football clubs will commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on the weekend, the German football league (DFL) said.
The DFL joins the campaign run by the Protestant church for the third straight year, with the 36 first and second-division clubs and the DFL reminding fans of the day in the stadiums, in their magazines and on their websites.
‘The Bundesliga stands for a peaceful life amongst all cultures. There is no place for racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism here. That’s why we want to support this action,’ said DFL president Werner Hackmann.
Source: www.khaleejtimes.com
Date:23 January 2007
22-01-2007 / United States
USA - Man pleads guilty to sending anti-Semitic letters
Elijah Wallace, 23, of Brentwood, admitted in federal court to mailing eight threatening letters, in which he threatened to either kill or hurt the recipients. They included a pastor, the pastor's daughter and daughter-in-law, and a rabbi.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in May and could receive a five-year prison term and up to $250,000 fine for each letter.
Source: http://www.thewmurchannel.com
Date: January 22, 2007
22-01-2007 / Russia
Russia - Editor of Antisemitic Newspaper Sentenced in Novgorod
The editor of an antisemitic newspaper in Novgorod was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for inciting ethnic hatred. Pavel Ivanov, editor of "Russkoe Veche", had beaten similar charges several times in the past, having been found not guilty in 2003 and getting away with only a fine in 2004. No plans for an appeal were mentioned in the report.
ource: www.fsumonitor.com
Date: January 22, 2007
