Tag: Hate Crime

Journalism

The Outrageous Case of a Journalist Charged With a Hate Crime for Recording a Gaza Protest Action

In an egregious violation of press freedoms and First Amendment-protected activity, a New York City video journalist was arrested on felony hate crime charges Tuesday for allegedly being present during and documenting a pro-Palestine protest action.

According to the charges, Sam Seligson, a credentialed independent videographer, filmed a small group of people last June graffitiing the homes of the Brooklyn Museum’s director, president, and two other museum officials with pro-Palestine, anti-Zionist slogans.

The Outrageous Case of a Journalist Charged With a Hate Crime for Recording a Gaza Protest Action

Israel

“Antisemitic hate crime”: US and Israel desperate to avoid ICC justice – Pearls and Irritations

Official portrait of Israel's 9th Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has labelled prospective action by the International Criminal Court to hold him accountable for the murder of 14,500 children in Gaza as “an unprecedented antisemitic hate crime”.

Source: “Antisemitic hate crime”: US and Israel desperate to avoid ICC justice – Pearls and Irritations

USA

The Ink On Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Barely Dry And Another Xenophobic Hate Crime Is Being Investigated

As President Donald Trump releases his new Muslim ban, officials are investigating the shooting of a Sikh man in Washington state as a hate crime. The incident underscores the danger of having a government that legitimizes racial and religious profiling, implicitly validates the hatred of extremist groups, and promotes right-wing media myt

Source: The Ink On Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Barely Dry And Another Xenophobic Hate Crime Is Being Investigated