Cabinet Office confirms to CAA that request to withdraw Wiley’s MBE is now being reviewed, as CAA also launches Parliamentary petition for racists to be stripped of their honours automatically
The Cabinet Office has confirmed to Campaign Against Antisemitism that it is now reviewing Wiley’s MBE, in response to a letter that we wrote to the Honours Forfeiture Committee calling for the antisemitic grime rapper to be stripped of the honour. In a letter from the Cabinet Office, the Honours and Appointments Secretariat has advised that the Honours Forfeiture […]
Power of CPS to shut down private prosecutions must be reformed, CAA says in evidence to House of Commons Justice Committee inquiry
Campaign Against Antisemitism has submitted evidence to the House of Commons Justice Committee in its inquiry into private prosecutions, drawing on our wealth of experience in this area. Although the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) usually undertakes prosecutions of criminal activity, individuals and civil society organisations, like Campaign Against Antisemitism, can launch private prosecutions if the CPS fails to […]
International Olympics Committee apologises for tweet that appeared to celebrate the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games in Nazi Germany
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has apologised for posting a tweet that appeared to celebrate the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games hosted by Nazi Germany. To mark the lighting of the Olympic cauldron a year in advance of the postponed Tokyo Games, the IOC tweeted a film about the conclusion of the first-ever Olympic torch relay, when the […]
Amazon, Google and Wish remove neo-Nazi products
Although racist products are prohibited on Amazon, Google and Wish according to their policies, not only have neo-Nazi items been available for sale, but the platforms’ algorithms have been promoting the white supremacist merchandise. Amazon was selling a flag with a Celtic Cross, a popular white supremacist symbol, while Wish was selling Ku Klux Klan-themed products and […]
Labour tried to have Party whistleblower prosecuted, and now Jeremy Corbyn’s Islington CLP debates rejection of International Definition of Antisemitism
The Labour Party tried to have one of the Panorama whistleblowers prosecuted, according to The Sunday Times. Sam Matthews, a former head of governance and legal, was one of a number of former staffers turned courageous whistleblowers who featured on the BBC Panorama expose of antisemitism in the Labour Party and with whom the Party recently settled a defamation case. It has now […]
Port Vale to appeal FA’s six-match ban and £3,500 fine for footballer Tom Pope over antisemitic Twitter post
The Football Association (FA) has banned Tom Pope for six matches and fined him ÂŁ3,500 over an antisemitic Twitter post. Earlier this year, the Port Vale striker responded to a request online to predict the course of a hypothetical Third World War. Mr Pope tweeted: “We invade Iran then Cuba then North Korea then the Rothchilds [sic] are crowned […]