Religious hate crimes hit record high in England and Wales, data shows
Offences against Jewish people more than double in year to March while number of incidents against Muslims also rises
Offences against Jewish people more than double in year to March while number of incidents against Muslims also rises
Aid groups have warned of the risks of the crackdown on Georgia’s LGBTQ+ community.
Recent provocations from government hardliners Ben Gvir and Smotrich have sparked international outcry.
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 รng…
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…
Khelif hit back against high-profile personalities over gender claims.
Asma Mohammed, one of 30 โuncommittedโ delegates for the Democratic National Convention, thinks the new ticket needs a cease-fire deal and an arms embargo to win.
What has happened, who is behind the violence and how the UK government has responded.
A scene interpreted as a re-enactment of ‘The Last Supper’ prompted a series of hateful online messages.
The island democracy off the coast of China has wooed friends in every U.S. faction and region โ and thatโs its greatest source of strength and protection.
Russian security services were previously tied to another act of vandalism with antisemitic undertones.
Three-quarters of LGBTQ+ people in the EU think that their governments arenโt doing enough to fight discrimination and intolerance.
A legal shake-up aimed at protecting minorities angers high-profile opponents on freedom of speech grounds.
Country grappled with Oct. 7 and a resurgent far right.
Racist, xenophobic and religion-based hate crimes surged 32 percent in France last year, government figures showed Wednesday, with a spike following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Britain unveiled a new definition of extremism on Thursday (14 March) in response to an eruption of hate crimes against Jews and Muslims since the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, although critics said the change risked infringing on freedom of speech.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal
Holloway University of London
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Blachรฉ, via Wikicommons
*This blog post draws upon and
updates research for the 5th edition of EU
Justice and Home Affairs Law (OUP,
2023)
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State responses tend to emphasise the criminal justice system, which is largely reactive, has a less-than-perfect record in addressing antisemitic hate crimes, and has generally failed to build the confidence among Jewish citizens needed for victims to…
The war between Israel and Hamas continues to poison the atmosphere in our societies, with the number of hate crimes rising to alarming levels.
Anti-Muslim hate surges in Europe after terror incidents. Yet for too long, officials have treated tackling it as an afterthoughtLike others who track Europe-wide racism, in the early days of the Israel-Hamas war I started asking why the EU was not doi…
The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (6 December) a set of measures and recommendations across policy areas to tackle hate crimes across Europe, especially against Jewish and Muslim communities – but some say it may fall short.ย
An estimated 50,000 demonstrators against antisemitism marched in London on Sunday (26 November) to protest against a rise in hate crimes against Jews since the attack by Hamas militants on Israel in October and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of Gaza.
Incidents of antisemitism have surged globally since the attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel on 7 October and the subsequent war on the Islamist group launched by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
France is not the only European country on full alert regarding mounting violence targeting Jewish communities … In recent weeks, Germany, which is home to Europeโs third largest Jewish community, is seeing an uptick in anti-Semitic attacks, with so…
A rise in both antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks comes amid fear Middle East conflict will strain Britain’s multi-faith democracy.
Slovak will vote on 30 September, the first to take place since the EU’s DSA enforcement which obliges social media platforms to combat electoral manipulation.