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Anti-Muslim Internet Hate: Interim Report to mark International Human Rights Day
To mark the International Human Rights Day today, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), Australia’s national charity dedicated to combating all forms of online hate, has released an interim report into anti-Muslim hate in social media. The report is evidence based and draws on a sample of over 1100 items reported by the public between September 24…
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OHPI on SBS Urdu
Zain Nabi, Fight against online hatred against Muslims, SBS, 3 October 2015 On October 3, 2015, OHPI’s communications officer did a talk back session on SBS Urdu radio on the subject of growing anti-Muslim hate on social media and how our campaign SAMIH aimed to discourage it. You can hear the radio interview here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/urdu/en/content/fight-against-online-hatred-against-muslims
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OHPI featured in SBS News
Luke Waters, Charity takes aim at anti-Muslim sentiment on social media, SBS News, 24 September 2015 On September 24, 2015, OHPI was featured in the evening SBS News. The feature looked at the growing anti-Muslim hate speech on social media, and how our campaign SAMIH hoped to monitor and discourage the trend. You can read…
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OHPI on SBS Hindi
Mosiqi Acharya, Campaign to stop Online Hate against Islam, SBS, 17 September 2015 On September 17, OHPI’s communications officer Chetna Prakash was interviewed on SBS Hindi about its campaign Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate. The radio clip can be heard here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/hi/content/campaign-stop-online-hate-against-islam?language=hi.
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Presentation in the UN (New York)
Presentation by Dr Andre Oboler at the UN in New York for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) conference “Tracking Hatred: An International Dialogue on Hate Speech in the Media”. The presentation was part of a panel on Monitoring, Regulating and Limiting Hate Speech. Panel description: “The anonymity, immediacy and global nature of the…
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OHPI at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s AGM
On Nov 29, 2015, the Online Hate Prevention Institute attended the AGM of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Among the speakers were Detective Superintendent Stanford of the Australian Federal Police and Penny Wong. Detective Superintendent Stanford of the Australian Federal Police gave a keynote about the Joint Counter Terrorism Taskforce and Australia’s response to terrorism. OHPI…
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OHPI at the JCCV Award Night
On November 16, OHPI attended the Jewish Community Council of Victoria Awards Night. Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner is spoke at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria Awards Night. He said our diversity gives us strength as we face challenges to national security. The St Kilda Shule Choir sang a medley of songs from World War One. The award…
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OHPI attends the JCCV AGM
At the AGM of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria tonight. Keynote speakers are Commissioner Kate Jenkins of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and Commissioner Helen Kapalos, Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission. Both spoke about Victoria’s promotion of social cohesion. Commissioner Kapalos quoted extensively from the writing of former Chief Rabbi…
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OHPI at FWD 2015
On November 19 & 20, OHPI participated in FWD 2015, a conference on online campaigning. It brought together different community organisations across Australia to discuss to get the best results possible from our online campaigns. OHPI conducted an open session at the conference, discussing the work that we do and soliciting suggestions from the audience on how…
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OHPI featured in an ABC Radio National documentary
The ABC interviews our CEO Andre Oboler about anti-Muslim extremism in Australia.