Struggle against antisemitism
06-01-2008 / France
France - UNESCO to organize major event on International Holocaust Day
For the first time, UNESCO, the Paris-based UN agency for education and culture, will co-organize at the end of this month a major event in the framework of the annual commemoration of International Holocaust Day.
The event, on January 27, will be coordinated with the Israeli delegation to UNESCO.
The ceremony, under the patronage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and...03-01-2008 / Chile
Chile – The Chilean Senate joins the operation to find Nazi War Criminals in Chile
The Chiliean Senate has unanimously decided to join the operation “Last Chance”, initiated by the Wiesenthal Center, to locate Nazi War Criminals who found refuge in Chile and other Latin American countries. The text of the parliamentary initiative calls for all citizens of Chile to volunteer any information in their possession that is likely to lead to the arrest of Nazi War Criminals...02-01-2008 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Odessa Rabbi condemns inaction of authorities in face of antisemitic hate speech
Avraam Wolf, the chief rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine, sharply criticized Ukrainian officials for not doing enough to combat antisemitic propaganda. In a statement sent to the press after leaflets calling for the murder of Jews were distributed around the city of Odessa, Rabbi Wolf wrote that:
"The antisemitic rhetoric of several Ukrainian politicians and programs shown on Odessa...31-12-2007 / Australia
‘The New World Order is the Same Old Order for Jews’
Co-authors: Manny Waks & Geoffrey Winn Presenter: Manny Waks Antisemitic motifs after 9/11 ‘Since September 2001 we’ve been told over and over again that the world has changed. But some of the trends of the past two years are depressingly, frighteningly familiar. ’ These are the words of Abraham Foxman, the United States’ Anti-Defamation League’s...24-12-2007 / United States
USA - 5 Kendall hate crime suspects arrested
Miami-Dade police have arrested five young men in connection with a hate crime reported about a week ago in which anti-Semitic slurs and symbols were scribbled on a Falls area home.
According to arrest warrants released Monday morning, Mao Joa, 16; Victor Morris, 16; Jorge Leyva, 18; Jose Montero, 18; and Olenka Gayoso, 18, all of Kendall, were arrested last week on criminal...19-12-2007 / Britain
Scotland - Hate books removed
Tesco removed a range of anti-semitic book from sale on its website.
The “Totally Jewish” Website alerted Tesco to the fact that their online facilities were peddling a number of publications alleging that Jews were plotting to take over the world and were responsible for all society’s ills. Among the books pulled from sale were the infamous Protocols of the Elders of...19-12-2007 / United States
USA - ADL Honors Hanukkah Subway Hero Hassan Askari
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today recognized a Muslim student who came to the aid of several young adults physically assaulted in an anti-Semitic attack while riding the New York City subway. In recognition of Hassan Askari's courage in standing up to the hate, bigotry and violence he witnessed, ADL established the Stand-Up New Yorker Award, and made Mr. Askari its inaugural...19-12-2007 / Russia
Russia - Suspect Detained in Vandalism of Izhevsk Jewish Center
Police detained a 19-year-old resident of Izhevsk, Russia (Republic of Udmurtiya) in connection with last month's vandalism of the city's Jewish center. The suspect reportedly confessed to the crime after being caught on a security camera spray painting "death to the kikes" on the building's walls. He now faces hate crimes charges. Source: www.fsumonitor.com Date: December...17-12-2007 / Spain
Spain - Spanish court to probe speech by David Irving
A Spanish court will analyze a police recording of a speech delivered in Barcelona by British Holocaust denier David Irving to see if he violated any law during the event.
Under Spanish law justifying genocide or inciting racism and xenophobia are crimes which can carry a prison sentence of up to three years.
During his speech at a Barcelona bookstore, Irving, a historian...17-12-2007 / Russia
Russia - Neo-Nazis arrested in connection with Attacks on Jewish School
Police in Bryansk arrested one college student and three teenagers in connection with five separate attacks on a Jewish school. Over the course of a month, starting at the end of October, the youths, who admit to membership in a neo-Nazi gang, shattered eight out of the Or Avner school's nine windows while screaming neo-Nazi slogans at the students. The extremists face charges of...17-12-2007 / Hungary
Hungary - Prosecutor calls for disbanding extreme-right Hungarian group
Budapest’s prosecutor filed a request to disband a recently formed Hungarian extreme-right group, accusing it of having a racist stance.
"The official letter was presented to Budapest’s municipal court, the competent authority in this case," said spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, Attila Morvai.
The request comes eight days after the group, known as Magyar Garda...16-12-2007 / France
France - Trial begins for Le Pen
France's far-right leader went on trial for calling the Nazi occupation of his country "not especially inhumane."
Jean-Marie Le Pen, 79, whose trial began Friday, made the remarks in an interview with the far-right magazine Rivarol in 2005.
The prosecutor is calling for Le Pen, the head of the National Front party, to pay a $14,500 fine and to receive a five-month suspended...16-12-2007 / United States
USA - NY subway ‘heroes’ honored
New Yorkers Hassan Askari and Walter Adler honored by Foundation for Ethic Understanding for their role in preventing anti-Semitic attack on subway.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” said Edmund Burke. He would surely laud Hassan Askari and Walter Adler, as these two brave New Yorkers were honored by the Foundation for Ethic...14-12-2007 / Russia
Russia - Moscow hate publisher gets jail time
Alexander Aratov, editor-in-chief of the radically right-wing Russkaya Pravda, was sentenced to three years in prison for violating Russia’s anti-hate speech laws. According to a statement by the Moscow procurator’s office, the Moscow Zyuzino District Court found him guilty of “incitement to racially and religiously motivated hatred, the humiliation of a group of...12-12-2007 / United States
USA - Muslim helps Jews attacked on New York subway
A Muslim man jumped to the aid of three Jewish subway riders after they were attacked by a group of young people who objected to one of the Jews saying "Happy Hanukkah," a spokeswoman for the three said Wednesday.
Friday's altercation on the Q train began when somebody yelled out "Merry Christmas," to which rider Walter Adler responded, "Happy Hanukkah," said Toba...10-12-2007 / Australia
Australia - A Jewish group asks Australia to ban band
The B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission asked the federal government to ban the Croatian rock band Thompson that plays anti-Semitic lyrics.
The rock group's anti-Semitic lyrics have attracted fans of the Ustashi, Croatia's Nazi-era nationalist party, as well as neo-Nazis who shout "Heil Hitler" and make the Nazi salute at live performances.
The group, which has been...09-12-2007 / Poland
Poland - Radio Maryja attempts to rid itself of anti-Semitic image
Radio Maryja, the influential nationalist Polish conglomerate that operates radio and television stations, a daily newspaper and a Web site, is trying to rid itself of the anti-Semitic image that has dogged it in recent years. A letter from one of the heads of the media empire claims Radio Maryja is carrying on the tradition of Polish priests who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
The...04-12-2007 / United States
USA - Manhattan high school students get lesson on impact of hate symbols
Students of a Manhattan high school that was a target of a hate crime this fall had a lesson with representatives of the Anti-Defamation League.
School officials say they still do not know who scrawled 22 swastikas around Murray Bergtraum High School in October. The principal says the walls at the school are nearly always graffiti-free so the incident raised important questions....03-12-2007 / Austria
Austria - Austrian court rejects appeal by Holocaust-denier Honsik
An Austrian court ordered Gerd Honsik, who denies the Holocaust, to sit out his 18-month jail sentence, rejecting his appeal for leniency on the grounds of his advanced age and ill health.
Honsik, 67, had been convicted in 1992 for his book "Acquittal for Hitler".
Denying the Holocaust is a crime in Austria.
But after his conviction, Honsik fled to Spain, where...02-12-2007 / France
France - Founder of black radical and anti-Semitic group sentenced to one month in prison
Kemi Seba, founder of a French black radical and anti-Semitic outlawed group calling itself "Tribu Ka", was sentenced to one month firm prison by a Paris court.
He was convicted for having posted anti-Semitic comments on his internet website in August 2006.
The 25-yar-old Seba, whose real name is Stellio Capochichi, announced his intention to appeal the sentence.
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