Georgian activists fear rise in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime after trans model murdered
Kesaria Abramidze was murdered inside her apartment last Wednesday, a day after the government passed a sweeping measure severely restricting LGBTQ+ rights.
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Telegram is a bigger headache than Elon Musk’s X for the EU
France’s arrest of tech prodigy spotlights messaging service that shelters those who want to avoid government attention.
Spanish judge calls for end to social media anonymity in hate crime cases
Comments come after wave of false claims online about suspect in killing of 11-year-old boyA Spanish judge has called for an end to social media anonymity in the wake of a wave of online disinformation after the killing of an 11-year-old boy.Miguel Áng…
Spanish prosecutors step up hate crime probe after far right used child murder to falsely blame migrants
Spanish prosecutors are stepping up investigations into hate crimes on social media after the country’s two main far-right parties – SALF and VOX – stepped up their bashing of African migrants following the murder of an 11-year-old boy over the weekend…
An ‘uncommitted’ delegate finds hope in Tim Walz
Asma Mohammed, one of 30 “uncommitted” delegates for the Democratic National Convention, thinks the new ticket needs a cease-fire deal and an arms embargo to win.
Danish far-right extremist charged over Quran burnings
Rasmus Paludan was charged with hate crime and insult by the Swedish prosecutor’s office.
British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots
Musk has spent days beefing with politicians over the far-right unrest sweeping the UK.
UK far-right riots: everything we know
What has happened, who is behind the violence and how the UK government has responded.
Germany’s Robert Habeck files 730 hate crime charges
Threats to lawmakers highlight raw political climate ahead of state races in September.
Labour’s top policy priorities
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
Labour’s election policy positions, tracked
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
Violence against LGBTQ+ people on the rise in Europe — report
Three-quarters of LGBTQ+ people in the EU think that their governments aren’t doing enough to fight discrimination and intolerance.
Suspect detained after Berlin senator attacked – Europe live
Franziska Giffey was injured when a man struck her from behind with a heavy object in a local libraryA 74-year-old has been detained in Germany, after Franziska Giffey, a Berlin senator and former city mayor, was injured when a man struck her from behi…
German member of the European Parliament ‘seriously injured’ in Dresden assault
A leading Socialist candidate in June’s European Parliament election, Matthias Ecke was hospitalized after being attacked while putting up campaign posters.
Macron salutes French ‘heroes’ who intervened in Sydney stabbings
Attacker fatally stabbed six people before he was shot dead by police.
How Scotland’s controversial hate crime law triggered JK Rowling, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk
A legal shake-up aimed at protecting minorities angers high-profile opponents on freedom of speech grounds.
College of Europe launches probe after student’s door daubed with swastika
“Promoting hate is not and will never be tolerated within our walls,” said College Rector Federica Mogherini.
Hate crimes spike in France
Country grappled with Oct. 7 and a resurgent far right.
Is the Las Meninas painting being cancelled for being a hate crime?
The Cube takes a closer look at claims that Las Meninas will be withdrawn from the Prado Museum in Madrid for supposedly being a hate crime.
Press release – Time to criminalise hate speech and hate crime under EU law
MEPs call on the Council to finally make progress on legislation to ensure an adequate level of protection from hate for everyone in Europe.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
‘Beyond crazy’: The liberal jew mugged by a post-10/7 world
French rabbi Delphine Horvilleur says the antisemitism in the U.S. following Hamas’ attack on Israel is not so surprising — and all too familiar.
EU pledges €30bn to protect mosques and synagogues amid hate crime rise
Tensions surrounding Israel-Hamas war has provoked rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in EuropeThe European Commission has promised a €30bn (£26bn) fund to increase security at mosques and synagogues across the continent as it condemned a recent ris…
As antisemitism soars, for many Jews in France nowhere feels safe | Paul Taylor
Macron is calling for unity, but the Israel-Hamas war has sparked a rise in hate crime that threatens a fragile social peaceFrench Jews were only partly reassured when more than 100,000 people, including the prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, and two for…
Far-right thugs, football hooligans blamed for violence at London march
Violent acts by football hooligans and far-right English Defence League overshadowed problems at pro-Palestinian event, London police say.
Germany’s never-ending migration crisis
A new plan to curb the influx of asylum seekers shows how Germany’s chancellor and his allies are grasping at straws.
France sees rise of anti-Semitism amid Israel-Hamas war
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday vowed a “merciless fight” against surging anti-Semitism after residents of the French capital discovered anti-Jewish graffiti on buildings in several districts. Paris prosecutors have launched a probe i…
Biden is worried about wider war in the Middle East. Here’s how it could happen.
From Yemen’s rebels launching missiles to alleged Israeli settler killings of Palestinians in the West Bank, the entire region faces chaos.
An unsanctioned coterie of pro-Israel quasi-lobbyists has descended on D.C.
Winning over lawmakers can take on several different forms.
German antidiscrimination body ditches X
The federal agency cited hate speech and disinformation among the reasons it’s leaving Elon Musk’s platform.