The lower house of Swiss parliament on Wednesday followed in the footsteps of the Senate, or upper house, in approving a measure that would ban the use of, public wearing or display of Nazi and racist symbols that could foment extremist hate or violence. The proposal — years in the making — goes beyond a simple ban on Nazi memorabilia, …
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Antisemitic incidents across the U.S. last year broke all previous records, fueled by the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel, numbers released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday show. The total number of antisemitic incidents in the form of assaults, harassment and vandalism tallied in 2023 is 8,873, according to ADL data. The organization says this 140% increase …
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Dozens of bags containing anti-Semitic flyers and what may have been “rat poison” were found scattered around Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood Monday morning. 43rd Ward Alderman Timmy Knudsen said his office was alerted that the flyers had been spread in central Lincoln Park, near Geneva Terrace and Belden. Knudsen said police had been notified as well as the Anti-Defamation League …
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More than six years after University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein was killed, the Southern California man charged with stabbing him to death in an act of hate is expected to stand trial. Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the murder case against now-26-year-old Samuel Woodward from Newport Beach, California. He has pleaded not guilty. Woodward is charged with …
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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf blasted Harry Potter author and gender ideology critic J.K. Rowling for her scorching thread challenging the country’s new hate speech law. Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act was activated on April 1. The text of the bill, originally introduced years before, warns against acts that “stir up hatred” against various groups based on …
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After Scotland’s Hate Crime Act took effect Monday, “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, dared Scottish police to arrest her for calling “a man a man.” According to the Scottish Parliment’s website, the “Hate Crime and Public Order Bill” adds “a new crime of stirring up hatred against any of the protected groups covered by the Bill,” one of which is …
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Attorneys are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out the hate crime convictions of three white men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through the streets of a Georgia subdivision before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun. A panel of judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta was …
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A school bus company will terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools a year early, bringing an end to a relationship strained after a noose was found near the workstation of a Black mechanic and an ensuing driver walkout that snarled bus service for one of Missouri’s largest school systems. Missouri Central School Bus Co. notified Mayor Tishaura Jones …
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Three middle schoolers from southern Maryland have been charged with hate crimes after they displayed swastikas, performed Nazi salutes and made derogatory remarks about a classmate’s religion, according to county prosecutors. Officials with the Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office said the harassment began in December and the students refused to stop despite repeated requests. The victim ultimately reported the behavior …
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A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men in an hourslong attack that included beatings, repeated uses of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one …
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