Ontario Government insists it has adopted the entire International Definition of Antisemitism, including all of the integral examples
Ontario’s Government has insisted that it has adopted the entire International Definition of Antisemitism, including all of the integral examples. There have been claims recently that the Canadian province did not adopt all of the examples in the Definition, which are integral to its meaning and utility, but the Government has rejected these claims. For […]
Antisemitic posters discovered on Florida campus
Antisemitic posters were placed around the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) campus last weekend. The University said that two posters were placed on Edwards Hall and one on Marieb Hall on 7th November. All three have been taken down. According to FGCU President Mike Martin, the perpetrator has been identified. The University police department said […]
Jewish cemetery in Ukraine desecrated by antisemitic vandalism
A number of headstones have been vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in Ukraine. The vandalism in Malyn, a town located some 60 miles north-west of the capital Kyiv, follows similar desecrations last month at Jewish cemeteries in neighbouring Moldova and Hungary. According to a Facebook post by a local fundraiser for cemetery renovations in Malyn, […]
High-achieving neo-Nazi teenager given suspended sentence
An A-star student said to have fallen down “the rabbit hole of the internet” to become a neo-Nazi has been sentenced after pleading guilty to fourteen terror charges and two charges of possessing indecent images of children. Harry Vaughan, who is eighteen, was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years. He was also ordered to attend a rehabilitation […]
CAA to make submissions to Plaid Cymru after it announces review into antisemitism in its own ranks following publication of damning EHRC report into Labour
The Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, has announced that it is holding a review into antisemitism in its Party. The announcement follows the publication of the damning report into antisemitism in the Labour Party by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Campaign Against Antisemitism was the complainant in the EHRC’s investigation, having made the formal referral that prompted the launch of the […]
After years of pressure, conspiracy theorist David Icke is finally banned from Twitter, but not over his antisemitism
After years of pressure from Campaign Against Antisemitism, the conspiracy theorist and antisemitic hate preacher David Icke has finally been banned from Twitter. Twitter’s decision follows similar moves by YouTube and Facebook several months ago. Mr Icke had some 382,000 followers on Twitter. These decisions by the leading social media companies to remove Mr Icke from their platforms come after years […]
Teenager from Rugby linked to neo-Nazi groups jailed for terror offences
A teenager from Rugby linked to neo-Nazi groups has been jailed for terror offences. Paul Dunleavy, who is seventeen, was given a sentence of five years and six months in jail after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism at Birmingham Crown Court. The judge ruled that Mr Dunleavy can be named, and reportedly described his terrorist efforts as […]
Ofcom fines Islam Channel £20,000 for broadcasting “antisemitic hate speech”
Ofcom has fined the Islam Channel £20,000 for broadcasting a programme that included “antisemitic hate speech”. Last year, Ofcom determined that the Islam Channel broadcasted “very harmful and highly offensive antisemitic content” in its programme, The Rightly Guided Khalifas. According to its website, the Islam Channel broadcasts from London and describes itself as providing “alt news, current affairs and entertainment programming from […]