Twitter Develops Multiple Reporting of Tweets to Provide Context

April 28, 2016 Article

Much has been said about social media platforms though we have seen some significant and positive changes in Twitter and Facebook over the last year. We have seen a real desire to reach out and to listen to organisations working with communities and in areas such as tackling hate incidents and crimes. Both organisations are

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Romania to speed up Holocaust-era property restitution

April 26, 2016 Article

Auschwitz

Romania is to fast-track claims from Holocaust survivors under an amended law on property restitution which is expected to be passed by parliament next week, [...]

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The Banality of Hate – Boycotts Because of a Wrong Strand of Religion

April 26, 2016 Article

In 1961, Hannah Arendt coined the term ‘the banality of evil‘ whilst covering the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem who repeatedly stated that he was “only following orders.” It was this inability to think beyond orders and directives that led to the mass genocide of people which led her to coin the term. Yet

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5-Suspected Islamists kill Bangladeshi gay activist working for US embassy

April 25, 2016 Article

Gay Rights Activist - Bangladesh

Suspected Islamist militants hacked to death a leading Bangladeshi gay rights activist employed by the U.S. embassy and a friend in an apartment in Bangladesh’s [...]

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Damascus celebrates Palm Sunday for 1st time in 5 years

April 25, 2016 Article

Syrias Christians

It was a sight that hasn’t been seen in this suburb of Damascus in five years-Orthodox Christians celebrating Palm Sunday. The day is part of [...]

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In the last weeks of the Mayoral Campaign, let’s tone down the heated rhetoric

April 24, 2016 Article

The London mayoral campaign has been a heated set of campaigns that have focussed on the backgrounds of individuals and on the associations that candidates have had with people whose views have been regarded as ‘repulsive’ and ‘extreme.’ Newspapers have led headlines on associations with extremists and social media activity has suggested that one of

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Pope hears confessions from teens in surprise visit

April 23, 2016 Article

Pope Francis arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Pope Francis surprises youngsters and teenagers who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square to confess their sins to priests, and personally hears the confessions of [...]

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New Jersey school board member quits over anti-Muslim comments

April 23, 2016 Article

A New Jersey school board member resigned on Friday after drawing fire for anti-Muslim Facebook posts, including one saying, “America needs to get rid of people like you,” the school district said. Elmwood Park Board of Education member Gladys Gryskiewicz had come under pressure to resign after attention was drawn to the posts on her

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Attack on Sikh Gurdwara May Indicate the Fusion of Criminality with Extremism

April 21, 2016 Article

Destruction caused to the Essen Sikh temple on Saturday April 16th. Photo: DPA, PhotoCredit. www.delocal.de

News that the Sikh Gurdwara in the western German city of Essen may have been attacked by young people linked to a local fundamentalist extremist [...]

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Meet Cllr Dr Teck Khong, Conservative Councillor and General Practitioner

April 20, 2016 Article

It has been brought to our attention that the Conservative Councillor, Cllr Dr Teck Khong, has an interesting network of friends on social media. Of particular interest has been the fact that he is a serving councillor on Oadby and Wigston Borough Council in Leicestershire. He also lists his profession as a General Practitioner in

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