Britain unveiled a new definition of extremism on Thursday (14 March) in response to an eruption of hate crimes against Jews and Muslims since the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, although critics said the change risked infringing on freedom of speech. A member ...
After anti-Black incidents, the most common hate crimes were those against white people, with 773 reported incidents, and Jewish people, with 676 incidents, according to the data released Monday. Incidents involving victims who were gay men were the fourth most commonly reported type of hate ...
Laws against hate crimes might conflict with rights under theFirst Amendmentto the U.S. Constitution. Generally, the First Amendment protects a citizen's right to the free expression of thoughts. However, the courts have ruled that First Amendment rights may give way to the greater public good...
Of the total incidents, 1,311 were antisemitic, according to the the report titled “2019 Hate Crime Data.” Get The Jewish News Daily Edition by email and never miss our top storiesFree Sign Up Antisemitism was the category with the second-largest number of incidents after the 2...
Hate crimes against Jews, Blacks, LGBTQ, immigrants and women are on the rise. Why, we ask? Could one possibility be the current spin on free speech that implies anybody can say anything they want to whomever they want, at any time they want, by any means they choose. Spreading hate, ...
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TheAnti-Defamation Leaguesaid hate crimes, especially against Jewish people, are at an all-time high. The congressman blames it on social media disinformation when it comes to the Israel-Hamas war. "The rockets are still being fired into Israel. We s...
Nearly a third of all religious health crime involveanti-Jewish bias, while 21% involve anti-Sikh violence, according to the FBI. The bureau defines a hate crime as a "committed criminal offense which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias(es) against a race, religion...
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Hate crimes against Jewish people, African Americans and LGBT individuals also increased. Overall, reported hate crimes spiked 6%, but the number could be higher because many incidents go unreported, Lynch said. Here’s what some Americans are dealing with across the country: INTIMIDATION, ...