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Marriage Equality Postal Survey and Online Hate
The #DebateWithoutHate campaign is a campaign to counter the bullying, harassment, vilification, bigotry and hate speech which is being expressed online as a result of the public debate around the same sex marriage postal survey. This is not a campaign for “yes” or “no” on the postal survey itself and we hope people on both…
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Proposed changed to S18C defeated
The Australian Senate last night rejected the government’s proposed changes to water down the Racial Discrimination Act. The defeat came as the Labor, the Greens, the Nick Xenophon team, Jacqui Lambie and others all voted in defense of the current legislation protecting Australians against racial discrimination. The move to seek such changes itself damaged Australia…
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Press Release: A climate of terror and fear
Our condolences go to the victims of the terrorists attack in London. Our admiration goes to the British PM who in the face of a terrorists attack on Parliament still had the conviction to speak out not only against terrorism but also for the values democracy seeks to protect, including both human rights and free…
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The battle against rising antisemitism online
In this week’s Australian Jewish News, OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, looks at the rise in online antisemitism in the first two months of 2017 and the way it has gone mainstream.
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The battle against rising antisemitism online
In this week’s Australian Jewish News, OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, looks at the rise in online antisemitism in the first two months of 2017 and the way it has gone mainstream. Make no mistake, in 2017, antisemitism is not being normalised, it has become normal. We’re living in particularly scary times. The article, reproduced…
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Nazi posters in Melbourne
Australian Jewish News talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Anti-Semitic and racist posters that have been stuck on walls in Melbourne this week by a group claiming to be “Australia’s only National Socialist Youth organisation”.
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Neo-Nazi Group Covers Melbourne In Vile Racist Posters
Our CEO Andre Oboler talks to Huffpost about antisemitic posters recently put up around Melbourne by a Neo-Nazi group.
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Neo-Nazis posters and stickers plaster Melbourne
Our CEO Andre Oboler talks to J-Wire about antisemitic posters and stickers that were recently put up around Melbourne by a Neo-Nazi group.
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How neo-Nazis exploit Instagram to spread antisemitic memes
Religiouseader.org cites our work investigating the ‘antisemitic meme of a Jew’ in the context of Neo-Nazis using Instagram to spread their beliefs.
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OHPI gives evidence to Parliament on S18C and online hate
On January 31, OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, gave evidence at a hearing of the Joint Parliamentry Committee on Human Rights as part of their inquiry into Freedom of Speech and S18C. Dr Oboler appeared as part of the Victorian Multicultural, Multi-Faith and Community Coalition which OHPI is proud to be apart of. A full transcript of…