Just four weeks after announcing his resignation in the wake of a Hitler selfie scandal, the founder of the anti-Islam movement Pegida has been voted back into leadership. 23/2/2015- A secret vote held in recent days named Lutz Bachmann back … Continue reading
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Spanish politician wears SS uniform to carnival.
But one Basque Country councillor has landed himself in hot water after attending Tenerife’s famous carnival in full Nazi uniform. A photograph showing Juanjo Gastaña-zatorre, councillor in the Basque town of Durango, saluting at the camera has been published on … Continue reading
In Lithuania, Yiddish teacher becomes unlikely bulwark against far-right.
Dovid Katz isn’t typically a hard man to miss. With his bushy charcoal beard, heavy physique and trademark all-black outfits, Katz, a New York-born scholar of Yiddish, resembles a character from a Harry Potter film. But at one of Europe’s … Continue reading
Steaua Bucharest punished by Uefa for racist behaviour by fans.
UEFA has punished Steaua Bucharest for racist behaviour by the Romanian champions’ fans for the third time this season. UEFA announced that Steaua must play their next two home matches in the Champions League or Europa League in an empty … Continue reading
Threats and Swastikas painted on Mosques and Islamic centres in Spain
ISLAMIC communities across Spain have reported threatening graffiti and even Swastikas being painted on their local cultural centres in response to the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the two fatal hijacking incidents in Paris. And the Movement Against Intolerance says Muslims have told them about being threatened with violence and suffering racist insults. … Continue reading
Press release on the terrorist attack at the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo.
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE PLATFORM AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA ON THE TERRORIST ATTACK AT THE FRENCH WEEKLY MAGAZINE ‘CHARLIE HEBDO’ The Spanish Platform against Islamophobia strongly condemns the terrorist attack perpetrated on the morning of January 7 against the French weekly magazine … Continue reading
Gay couple hospitalised after ‘Neo-Nazi’ attack
15/12/2014- Aged 17 and 23, the couple were attacked by nine men and one woman who were all dressed in black Neo-Nazi clothing, reports the Huffington Post Spain. They were sat on a bench in Madrid’s Temple of Debod with … Continue reading
Geert Wilders charged with incitement to hatred over ‘fewer’ immigrants chant
Geert Wilders has been charged with incitement to discrimination and hatred after the Dutch far-Right leader led chants of “fewer Moroccans” at an election rally. It is not the first time the leader of the Freedom Party, famous for his … Continue reading
Geert Wilders defends ‘fewer Moroccans’ chant, quotes ML King
PVV leader Geert Wilders is sticking by his ‘fewer Moroccan’ statements made earlier this year, the anti-Islam campaigner said in a statement on Monday. ‘I am not taking back a single word I said,’ Wilders said in the statement he … Continue reading
Hate crime reporting in 2013 – OSCE
Hate crime reporting in 2013 – ODIHR, OSCE. The information ODIHR gathers is provided by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international organizations. The data demonstrate clearly that hate crimes remained a pervasive and important challenge in 2013. Thirty-six participating States … Continue reading