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Nice but Naive? Australian Jewish leaders condemn “Islamophobia”
18 December, 2013: Daphne Anson, Nice But Naive? Australian Jewish leaders condemn “Islamophobia”, Blog: http://daphneanson.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/nice-but-naive-australian-jewish.html
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Freedom Commissioner’s Appointment
PRESS RELEASE Last night the Australian government appointed a new commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission. The new brief is for the protection of freedom of expression. The creation of this role is to welcomed as freedom of expression is an important human rights. Past statements by the new commissioners (before taking up the…
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Satire or smear? Islam-themes cartoons
December 11, 2013: Sarah AB, Satire or smear? Islam-themed cartoons, BobFromBrockley (Blog), http://brockley.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/this-is-guest-post-by-sarah-ab-recently.html
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Muslims Trolled, OHPI on ABC Radio
December 10, 2013: “Muslims Trolled”, Interview with Andre Oboler on ABC Radio National A major new report has been released to coincide with International Human Rights Day which looks at the growing problem of online hate targeting the Muslim community. The full report, is called ‘Islamophobia on the Internet: The growth of online hate targeting’…
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Facebook criticized for not stopping racism
December 10, 2013: Daniel Vergara, Facebook kritiseras för att inte stoppa rasism, Expo.se (Swedish media) (Translation: Facebook criticized for not stopping racism ), http://expo.se/2013/facebook-kritiseras-for-att-inte-stoppa-rasism_6298.html Racism directed against minority groups abound on Facebook. A report from the Online Hate Prevention Institute of Australia has mapped Islamophobia on Facebook. The report notes that the company is not acting against the…
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Islamophobia and Social Media
December 9, 2013: Islamophobia and Social Media, Soupy One (blog), http://soupyone.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/islamophobia-and-social-media/ There is a new report covering the phenomenon of Islamophobia and social media. It comes from the superb Online Hate Prevention Institute and leading scholar in the field, Dr Andre Oboler. “On International Human Rights Day, December 10th 2013, the Online Hate Prevention Institute…
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Statement from Victorian community organisations
We have read with growing concern that the Federal government has plans to remove or water down the protections against racial vilification which presently extend to Australians of all backgrounds under the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA). This would be a step backwards for Australia. We oppose absolutely any such change. The proposal to change the…
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Racial abuse caught on smartphone, SBS News
November 21, 2013: Andy Park, Racial abuse caught on smartphone, SBS News, http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2012/11/21/racial-abuse-caught-smartphone 10.21AM UPDATE FROM VICTORIA POLICE: Victoria Police takes incidents of this nature seriously and detectives from Transit Crime Investigation Unit are now actively investigating the matter. Anyone with information or who recognises people in the You Tube video is urged to contact Crime Stoppers…
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Proposed changes to Racial Discrimination Act’s S18C re “insult” & “offend”
As reported yesterday in the Australian, the first legislation to be introduced into the Parliament by Australia’s new Attorney-General George Brandis will focus on altering or repealing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. The move, in response to the Bolt Case, is being sold as a move to protect traditional freedoms. It realigns Australia further…
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Spread the word, a new solution is in the pipeline!
Take Action Spread the word, a new solution is in the pipeline! Last week an Israeli student, Ido Daniel, held Facebook to account by challenging a Facebook representative at a conference over Facebook’s rejection of his complaint of outrageous antisemitic content. We can’t all have our rejected reports held up in front of Facebook and…