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Regulating Internet Speech in France: A Broken Policy of Enforced Silence [comment]
February 6, 2013 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Félix Tréguer, Policy and Legal Analyst at La Quadrature du Net says that waging a "judicial guerilla war" in France on "hateful" Internet content unduly stifles free speech...The ghost of Yahoo v. LICRA has come back to haunt us. In 2000, after a criminal lawsuit wa....... [more]
Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in Canada: report
February 25, 2010 by Jonathan Cohen
Incidents of anti-Semitism in Canada have risen 11.4 percent since 2008, according to a Wednesday report by B'nai Brith Canada. The group found that there were 1,264 incidents of anti-Semitic harassment, violence, and vandalism in Canada during 2009. It also said that anti-Semitic incidents inc....... [more]
French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter [this day at law]
January 13, 2010 by JURIST Staff
On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel....... [more]
Dreyfus convicted of treason [this day at law]
December 22, 2009 by JURIST Staff
On December 22, 1894, Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial trial that prompted worldwide allegations of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was later cleared. Learn more about the case of Alfred Dreyfus and read an English translation of the famous public letter.... [more]
International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [this day at law]
November 9, 2009 by JURIST Staff
November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism .On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of.... [more]
EU report finds European anti-Semitism incidents up since December
March 2, 2009 by Matt Glenn
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said in a report released Monday that incidents of anti-Semitism have increased in the EU since December 2008 after declining in 2007 and 2008. The report found an increase in anti-Semitic activity between 2001 and 2002, between 2003 and 2004 and agai....... [more]
German lawmakers pass anti-Semitism resolution on eve of Nazi anniversary
November 5, 2008 by Steve Czajkowski
Members from all parties of the German parliament passed a resolution Wednesday seeking to counter anti-Semitism in the country. The measure requires the government to develop a report on anti-Semitic behavior and feelings in the country, and to provide funding for school programs designed to.... [more]
Council of Europe report urges nations to make human rights domestic policy issue
July 21, 2008 by Andrew Gilmore
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg released a report on Monday emphasizing the need for European governments to critically examine their human rights records and patterns of discrimination. The report, entitled Human Rights in Europe: no grounds for complacency....... [more]
Turkey urges EU states to extend defamation laws to protect Islam
March 13, 2006 by Lisl Brunner
Turkey has urged European countries to reexamine their religious defamation laws and ensure that they protect Muslims in the wake of the Muhammad cartoons controversy. At a weekend conference of EU foreign ministers in Austria, Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul echoed Muslim claims that.... [more]
Ivory Coast president approves extradition of Paris race murder suspect
March 3, 2006 by Jeannie Shawl
Ivory Coast President Lauren Gbagbo has signed an extradition order authorizing Youssef Fofana to be transferred to France where he is wanted in connection with the kidnapping, torture and killing of a Jewish man outside Paris. Ivory Coast Justice Minister Mamadou Kone said Friday that Gbagbo.... [more]
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