We found 343 results for “Hate Crimes”.
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Scorecard on Hate Crime Response in the OSCE Region: Gaps in Data Collection and Responses
July 9, 2018
Hate crimes undermine social cohesion, basic guarantees of security, and the democratic ideals of equality and non-discrimination. When a Muslim woman is attacked for…
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120 Members of Bipartisan Taskforce Urge Pompeo to Fill Anti-Semitism Special Envoy Position
May 31, 2018
By Susan Corke and Mazarine Lestienne Over the past 16 months, members of Congress, civil society, former senior government officials, Jewish and other religious leaders,…
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Last Day of Yom HaShoah: A Dangerous Rise in Antisemitic Hate Among Youth as we Remember the Holocaust
April 19, 2018
By Mazarine Lestienne On January 29, 2018, an eight-year-old schoolboy wearing a kippah and a prayer shawl was attacked by two teenagers in Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise,…
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Yom HaShoah—”To Truly Honor the Past we Must Understand the Present and Preserve the Future”
April 12, 2018
On March 23, 2018—one week before Passover and three weeks before Yom HaShoah—Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old French Holocaust survivor, was brutally stabbed to death and…
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Congress Showed that Combating Antisemitism is a Priority. Will the Administration?
March 27, 2018
By Susan Corke and Zahava Moerdler Antisemitic incidents are increasing at home and abroad. In response, Human Rights First and our partners in the Jewish community…
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Trump Administration
January 26, 2018
New York City—To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Human Rights First urges the U.S. government to deepen its efforts to combat antisemitism and other forms of bigotry at home and…
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The Story Behind the FBI’s Hate Crime Data
November 21, 2017
By Erika Asgeirsson Reported hate crimes increased in the United States for the second consecutive year, according to data released last week by the FBI. The FBI’s…
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In Greece, the Golden Dawn Trial Resumes as Charlottesville Reverberates
September 15, 2017
By Teresa Eder Four years ago, the murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas prompted the government to prosecute the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. The trial…
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Joint Resolution Condemning Hate Groups Receives Unanimous Support in Senate
September 12, 2017
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First applauds yesterday’s unanimous passage of a joint resolution in the Senate condemning white nationalists, white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and similar hate…
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Voices for Equality: Nvard Margaryan, Armenia
August 8, 2017
By Charlotte Parker Gliserman In early July, the Armenian Ministry of Justice announced that it would recognize same-sex marriages performed abroad, making Armenia the second formerly-Soviet…
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The German Neo-Nazi Case Concludes: Four Years Later and Still No Justice for Victims
August 8, 2017
By Chelsea Wilson Miller After more than four years, the case against the Nationalist Socialist Underground—a German neo-Nazi group—will finally come to an end this year. Closing arguments began…
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The House of Representatives Should Defeat the Anti-Asylum Bill
August 4, 2017
By Olga Byrne Last week, the House Judiciary Committee marked up the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 391), a severely anti-asylum law that…