Canadian human rights executive posts antisemitic meme of ‘Jewish’ octopus with tentacles wrapped around Congress
A Director of a Canadian human rights group has posted a virulently antisemitic meme and antisemitic text on Facebook and Twitter, according to a report. Aliya Hasan, also known as Aliyawa Jamal Hasan, a Director of Canadian Defenders for Human Rights (CD4HR), uploaded a post to Facebook on 14th October featuring an octopus with a […]
Police in Germany accused of calling a fast food proprietor “Jew” for years
Local police in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany have been accused of calling a fast food proprietor “Jew” for years. The claim was reportedly made in an anonymous email, which claimed that the entire police department was aware that the takeaway manager was being referred to in this way since the 1990s but nobody had taken any action. It […]
Hatred has “no place” on our platform, TikTok director tells Knesset committee
A director at TikTok has told a Knesset Committee that hatred had “no place” on the video-sharing platform and that they would increase their efforts to remove antisemitic content. The meeting with Elizabeth Kanter, TikTok’s Director for Government Relations in Israel, was the fourth meeting that the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs held […]
German town forms human chain in solidarity with Jews in Hesse
Officials, clergy and residents of a German town formed a human chain around the local synagogue on Friday night in an act of solidarity with the local Jewish community. Around 80 people from Bad Nauheim in Wetterau, Hesse, participated in the event. The chain circled the synagogue as Jews worshiping inside marked the Sabbath and […]
Outrage as antisemitism is not among the charges faced by suspected Paris swastika vandal
The Parisian prosecutor’s office has failed to include a hate charge in the upcoming trial of the suspect who spray-painted twenty large red swastikas across the Plate de la Concorde and Rue de Rivoli on 11th October. The 31 year-old male, from the Republic of Georgia, was arrested near to the scene following the incident […]
White supremacists are “most persistent threat” says report on second anniversary of deadly antisemitic Pittsburgh attack, as hero police officer who defended Synagogue congregants returns to duty
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a report warning that white supremacists are the primary threat facing the United States. The report was released on 6th October just ahead of the two-year anniversary of the white-supremacist, antisemitic terrorist attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue in which eleven people were killed. The alleged assailant, Robert Bowers, […]
Google, Facebook and YouTube are “reducing hate speech”, according to Latin American report
Antisemitic content in Spanish is being significantly reduced by Google, Facebook and YouTube, according to a Latin American antisemitism watchdog. A report on online antisemitism in Spanish by the Buenos Aires-based Observatorio Web (Web Observatory) stated that since 2016, antisemitic content resulting from a Spanish-language search for “Judio” (Jew), had dropped from nearly one third […]
NY Governor brings in State’s Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate antisemitism on Long Island and Hofstra University campus
The Hate Crimes Task Force for New York State is assisting in an investigation following a spate of antisemitic incidents on Long Island. A swastika was carved into the driveway of a home in the suburb of Merrick on 9th October, and antisemitic graffiti was twice spray-painted at student residences belonging to the nearby Hofstra […]
Slovakia’s far-right leader sentenced to four years in prison
The leader of the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia, has been convicted of using neo-Nazi symbols, which is illegal in the country. He has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison. Marian Kotleba stood trial after presenting three disadvantaged families with cheques for €1,488 on 14th March 2017. The number is numerically […]
CAA concerned by some of the nominees for the 2020 Ethnicity Awards
The Ethnicity Awards has announced its nominees for its 2020 prizes. Many have done laudable work and set tremendous examples for the advancement of minorities and racial harmony in our society. However, a small proportion of the nominees are troubling in respect to their past comments or conduct in relation to the Jewish community. In the Inspirational […]