anti-Muslim hate
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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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Anti-Muslim Hate Interim Report
This interim report provides some background and preliminary data from OHPI’s forthcoming “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Report” due to be released in March 2016. It is released for International Human Rights Day (10th of December 2015) and in light of the need to urgently address this growing problem which threatens the inclusivity of our…
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Recap 2015: Je Suis Humain report & paper
In our recap 2015 series, we take a look at some of our major achievements during 2015. OHPI started 2015 by publishing a major report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo murders”. The report, published on January 19, 2015, explored the different approaches to the line between freedom of…
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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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OHPI featured in an ABC Radio National documentary
El Khoury, Christine,”Background Briefing” November 22, 2015, ABC Radio National http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/2015-11-22/6954444 Over the weekend, ABC Radio National broadcast an in-depth documentary “Anti-Muslim Extremists: How far will they go? on the rise in far right, anti-Muslim groups in Australia. OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was extensively interviewed for it. The documentary has been put together by Christine El-Khoury. The documentary speaks…
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OHPI interviewed by SBS Urdu
Online Reactions to Paris Attack Draw Concern In an interview on SBS Urdu Radio, the Communications Officer of OHPI discusses the negative anti-Muslim reactions on social media to the Paris attacks. You can listen to the interview here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/urdu/en/content/online-reactions-paris-attack-draw-concern Or read the translation below: Present with us today is the communications officer of the Online Hate…
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How to identify anti-Muslim hate
Our new campaign Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate (SAMIH) is aimed at getting individuals and community organisations to report anti-Muslim hate on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to the platforms and to OHPI’s online hate reporting tool FightAgainstHate.com. We have called this campaign to throw light on to the rising levels of anti-Muslim hate speech on…
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OHPI featured in SBS News
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 a summary of the feature here: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/24/charity-takes-aim-anti-muslim-sentiment-social-media