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We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.
"OXFORD, Miss. — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice after posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmett Till. One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till's body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. The 14-year-old black youth was tortured and murdered in August 1955. An all-white, all-male jury acquitted two white men accused of the slaying."
ProPublica, July 25, 2019

Four teenagers charged over homophobic attack on London bus
"Four teenage boys have been charged with an aggravated hate crime after a suspected homophobic attack on two women on a London bus. Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend, Chris, 29, were left needing hospital treatment after the attack – in which a phone and a bag were stolen – in the early hours of 30 May. A photograph of the couple's bloodied faces went viral in the days after. The boys have been charged with an aggravated hate crime under the Public Order Act. They will appear at Highbury Corner youth court on 21 August. Geymonat and Chris had been travelling on a night bus in Camden when a group of boys allegedly began demanding that they kiss and called them "lesbians" after realising they were a couple. The women were subsequently assaulted, leaving them with facial injuries."
The Guardian, July 25, 2019

Far-right arsonist sets himself on fire as he attempts to burn down synagogue
"London (CNN)A far-right extremist has been locked up in a UK hospital indefinitely after setting fire to a synagogue in the city of Exeter, Press Association (PA) reports. Tristan Morgan, whom one prosecutor described as having "deep-rooted anti-Semitic belief," was sectioned under the Mental Health Act at London's Old Bailey on Friday, after the court heard that he was having a psychotic episode during the time of the attack. According to PA, Morgan admitted to arson, to having a white supremacist handbook and to encouraging terrorism by publishing a song titled, 'White Man,' to Soundcloud. CCTV footage recovered at the scene was shared by local police. It showed Morgan using a small ax to break a window of the Exeter Synagogue, and pouring a liquid inside on July 21, 2018—on a day commemorating the Holocaust."
CNN (London), July 5, 2019

Indiana man sentenced to federal prison for vandalism at Carmel synagogue
"An Indiana man whose beliefs in Nazism and white supremacy motivated him to paint swastikas at a Carmel synagogue last year was sentenced to three years in prison for the hate crime, federal authorities said. Nolan Brewer, 21, of Eminence, Indiana, was sentenced Monday for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, a Jewish synagogue, in the July 28, 2018, defacement. Brewer pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime, U.S Attorney Josh J. Minkler said in a news release Tuesday. Prosecutors said evidence showed the vandalism was not a "spur-of-the-moment childhood prank," but rather an attack fueled by Brewer's beliefs in Nazism. He told investigators that he and his wife, a minor, targeted the synagogue because it was "full of ethnic Jews," authorities said. "
Indianapolis Star, May 21, 2019

Jack Renshaw: Neo-Nazi who said homosexuality was 'unnatural' revealed as paedophile who groomed young boys
"A neo-Nazi who plotted to murder a Labour MP with a machete is a convicted paedophile who groomed underage boys, it can be revealed. Jack Renshaw's past offences could not be reported during his trial for alleged membership of the terrorist group National Action, which was banned over its "racist, antisemitic and homophobic" ideology in 2016. But restrictions lifted when the jury failed to reach a verdict on charges that Renshaw and two other defendants remained members of the group after it was proscribed. Renshaw previously admitted plotting to murder Rosie Cooper, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, and a police officer who investigated him for child sex offences."
The Guardian (UK), April 2, 2019

Feds looking into bias motivation after suspect arrested in Louisiana church fires
"Authorities investigating a white suspect accused of burning down three historically black churches in Louisiana said they must determine if racial bias was a motivation and if he was influenced by a subgenre of music linked to white nationalist ideology. Holden Matthews, 21, is being charged with three counts of simple arson on religious buildings, and faces up to 15 years in prison per charge, State Fire Marshall Butch Browning said at a news conference. He added that Matthews, who was taken into custody late Wednesday without incident, has a possible connection with "black metal" music and "its associated history with church burnings in other parts of the world.""
NBC News, April 11, 2019

Iran: Shocking 33-year prison term and 148 lashes for women's rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh
"The sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women's rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes in a new case against her is an outrageous injustice, said Amnesty International today. The sentence, reported on her husband Reza Khandan's Facebook page on 11 March, brings her total sentence after two grossly unfair trials to 38 years in prison. In September 2016, she had been sentenced in her absence to five years in prison in a separate case. "
Amnesty International, March 11, 2019

Italian protests over men cleared of rape because woman was 'too masculine'
"About 200 people protested outside a court of appeal in the Italian city of Ancona after it was revealed that two men were cleared of rape charges partly because the alleged victim looked "too masculine" to be a target of attraction. The reasons behind the 2017 ruling came to light only on Friday, when Italy's highest appeal court scrapped the lower court's verdict and ordered a retrial. The men had been convicted of raping a woman of Peruvian origin, who was 22 at the time of the attack in 2015, by a court of first instance in 2016. Her name was not made public under Italian law. They were then acquitted by the Ancona appeals court, with the judges' reasoning document including a passage that said the woman's story was not credible enough as she resembled a man and was therefore unappealing."
The Guardian, March 11, 2019

Revealed: FBI investigated civil rights group as 'terrorism' threat and viewed KKK as victims
"The FBI opened a "domestic terrorism" investigation into a civil rights group in California, labeling the activists "extremists" after they protested against neo-Nazis in 2016, new documents reveal. Federal authorities ran a surveillance operation on By Any Means Necessary (Bamn), spying on the leftist group's movements in an inquiry that came after one of Bamn's members was stabbed at the white supremacist rally, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. The FBI's Bamn files reveal: The FBI investigated Bamn for potential "conspiracy" against the "rights" of the "Ku Klux Klan" and white supremacists. The FBI considered the KKK as victims and the leftist protesters as potential terror threats, and downplayed the threats of the Klan, writing: "The KKK consisted of members that some perceived to be supportive of a white supremacist agenda." The FBI's monitoring included in-person surveillance, and the agency cited Bamn's advocacy against "rape and sexual assault" and "police brutality" as evidence in the terrorism inquiry. "
The Guardian, February 1, 2019

How a California officer protected neo-Nazis and targeted their victims
"The testimony of a California police officer leading the probe into a series of stabbings at a neo-Nazi rally indicated that he targeted leftwing activists and victims rather than focusing his investigation on armed white supremacists. The officer, Donovan Ayres, 12-year-veteran of the California highway patrol, admitted he pursued information on the political affiliations and online activity of leftwing activists and victims. He testified Tuesday as a key witness in the state's ongoing case against three anti-fascist activists charged with assault and "rioting" during a brawl between neo-Nazis and counter protesters at the state Capitol in June 2016. Ayres was tasked with investigating the violence that erupted at the event, including the stabbing and beating of at least eight anti-fascist protesters. But his testimony in a packed courtroom earlier this week, along with hundreds of pages of reports he wrote, have revealed the officer's acquiescence to the neo-Nazis and the way he repeatedly advocated they not face any criminal consequences."
The Guardian, January 25, 2019

Germany extradites 'laser man' killer John Ausonius to Sweden
"Germany has extradited back to Sweden a convicted killer known as "the laser man" for using a precision-scope rifle to target immigrants. John Ausonius, 65, a Swedish far-right extremist, has been found guilty of murder in both countries, most recently receiving a life term in Germany in February last year that was upheld on appeal in November. He previously received a life sentence in Sweden for a six-month shooting spree in 1991-92. Using the laser-scoped rifle, he killed a 34-year-old Iranian man and wounded 10 other people from countries including Brazil, Greece, Syria and Zimbabwe. In a sign of Ausonius's notoriety, the Norwegian white supremacist mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik mentioned the "laser man" as a figure who shared the same goals during his own trial."
The Guardian, January 25, 2019

Police nab man in Queens E-train hate attack
" First came a friendly kiss from a friend, followed by a savage sucker-punch from a gay-bashing goon. The 20-year-old victim of a brutal Nov. 20 assault aboard an E train in Queens told the Daily News how quickly things morphed from fun-loving to hate-fueled when she and her best friend crossed paths with a madman during a rush-hour subway ride. The victim said her friend "gave me a kiss on the cheek while she was making a Snapchat" — an innocent start to a nightmare that left her with a spinal fracture. Though the peck was platonic, police say suspect Allssheed Allah flew into a rage at the sight. "
NY Daily News, December 13, 2018

A man attacked a Latino father and son outside a Utah tire shop. Because of 'shortcoming' in state code, prosecutors can't consider it a hate crime.
"A man accused of beating a Latino father and son outside their Salt Lake City tire shop while yelling about how he wanted to kill a Mexican was charged Friday — but he does not face any enhancements for a hate crime. "Although we want to pat ourselves on the back and say we have a hate crime statute, it's really not enforceable," said Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, whose office made the determination on how to prosecute the case. Alan Dale Covington, 50, faces two felony counts of aggravated assault, as well as three weapon and drug charges. According to Utah code, only misdemeanor assaults can be enhanced as hate crimes. "It's only applicable to the lower offenses and not the more serious," Gill added. "That's a shortcoming." "
Salt Lake Tribune, December 3, 2018

Oswalt convicted on hate-crimes charges
"A Corvallis man accused of placing racist stickers on cars outside a meeting of anti-racist activists was convicted of all five charges against him on Thursday. Andrew Oswalt, 28, faced three felony first-degree intimidation charges and two third-degree criminal mischief charges for the June 2017 incident, which occurred as members of the Corvallis chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) met at the south location of First Alternative Co-op. Oswalt, an Oregon State University graduate student, and his attorney had opted for a trial before Circuit Court Judge David B. Connell instead of a jury, and Connell rendered his verdict after testimony in the case ended."
Corvallis (OR) Gazette, November 29, 2018

Militia men convicted of bomb plot try to bar Somali videos
"WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Attorneys for three Kansas militia members convicted of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in a western Kansas meatpacking town have asked the court to bar at sentencing any victim impact statements, arguing no one was actually hurt in the plot. Federal prosecutors have countered that the men are trying to "minimize their actions and de-personalize their crimes." They say that "runs directly afoul" of the Crime Victims' Rights Act. "Despite the overwhelming evidence that led a jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants conspired to commit a hate-motived mass murder, the defendants now make the extraordinary claim that the targets of their plot — the defendants' would-be murder victims — are not in fact 'victims' and should not be heard at sentencing," prosecutors said Tuesday in a filing."
AP, November 15, 2018

Kentucky: white man charged with hate crimes after two black shoppers shot dead
"A federal grand jury in Kentucky has charged a white man with three hate crimes in the shooting deaths of two African Americans last month at a grocery store. The US attorney Russell Coleman announced the indictment on Thursday in Louisville against 51-year-old Gregory Bush. Bush is charged with three hate crimes, one for the two people who were killed and one for attempting to shoot another person based on race or color. He was also charged with three firearms counts. He could face the death penalty if convicted. Bush was indicted previously in state court on two counts of murder and other charges. He pleaded not guilty."
AP, November 15, 2018

Hate crimes rose last year for the third year in a row, FBI report
"Hate crimes in the United States were up 17% in 2017 from the previous year, according to a new report released by the FBI. It marks the third year in a row the number of reported hate crimes has increased. Police reported 7,175 hate crimes last year, compared with 6,121 in 2016, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program's annual Hate Crime Statistics report published Tuesday. The FBI added that approximately 1,000 more law enforcement agencies reported hate crimes in 2017 than in 2016. "
NY Daily News, November 13, 2018

Hate crime suspect wanted in Los Angeles for randomly pulling wigs off the heads of Orthodox Jewish women
"A contemptible creep is wanted in Los Angeles for randomly targeting Orthodox Jewish women and pulling their wigs off in public. LAPD released a photo of the hate crime suspect Wednesday, showing the unidentified white man wearing bright yellow sunglasses in the style of Ray-Ban Wayfarers, a black baseball cap and shorts. "
NY Daily News, November 7, 2018

Long Island man stole LGBT rainbow flags six times from church: cops
"A Long Island man has been arrested over accusations he stole LGBT rainbow flags six times from a church, Suffolk County police said Wednesday. Ronald Tyler Witt, 21, was cuffed at home Tuesday for allegedly swiping the pride flags from Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ earlier in the day and on July 29, Sept. 23, Oct. 7, Oct. 15 and Oct. 20. Witt lives in Sayville a few blocks from the church. He was charged with theft as a hate crime. "
NY Daily News, November 7, 2018

Bigot prisoner allegedly strangled, crushed throat of black inmate
"A white inmate at an upstate prison, who was locked up on assault charges for attacking and threatening to "lynch" an interracial couple in Brooklyn last year, got indicted this week for murdering a fellow prisoner — who was black. Modal Trigger Bernard SzurantBernard Szurant Authorities have reportedly been investigating whether the killing was racially motivated due to the nature of Bernard Szurant's last crime."
NY Post, September 21, 2018

Times Square hate 'killer' told detectives that interracial couples 'were the crux' of his concerns
"The deranged devil who took a sword to a random black man in Times Square as part of a maniacal racial cleansing plan admitted to detectives on video that interracial couples "were the main crux of [his] problem." Jaw-dropping admissions by white supremacist murder suspect James Harris Jackson were played in a confession tape at a pretrial hearing Thursday and depict him matter-of-factly explaining to NYPD detectives why he chose to kill a 66-year-old innocent man Timothy Caughman. Jackson, 30, creepily insisted he was on the hunt for black men seen in public with white women. He said he stalked at least 15 groups of people. "
NY Daily News, September 20, 2018

This Man Has Such A "Dim View" Of Women Drivers That He Shoots Them, Police Say
"A 29-year-old from Texas thought women drivers were "incompetent," so he shot at them from the window of his green Ford Explorer, officials say. Authorities in Harris County arrested Nicholas D'Agostino on Thursday for the second time in connection with two recent shootings in Katy, Texas, near Houston. Two women have told police they were each shot in the arm while driving near his home. In total, D'Agostino admitted to five separate road rage incidents over the past few months, according to court filings. Officials had previously arrested D'Agostino in July and charged him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly shot a woman in her left arm while she was driving near a gas station by his house."
BuzzFeed News, August 26, 2018

4 teens charged with hate crimes after racist graffiti, swastikas found at high school
"Four Maryland teenagers were charged with hate crimes after racist graffiti, homophobic slurs and swastikas were discovered spray-painted on a high school campus. The graffiti was found at Glenelg High School on Thursday morning just before an awards ceremony for seniors, the Baltimore Sun reported. Following an investigation, which included reviewing surveillance video, police arrested four senior students: Seth Taylor, 18, of Ellicott City; Tyler Curtiss, 18, of Brookeville; Joshua Shaffer, 18, of Mt. Airy; and Matthew Lipp, 18, of Woodbine, FOX 5 DC reported. The four students face "multiple counts of destruction of property based on race, color, religious belief, sexual orientation, or national origin," officials told FOX 5 DC. Three of the students were taken into custody from school and officials picked up the other at his home."
The Baltimore Sun, May 27, 2018

Fascist gunman targets six African migrants in drive-by shootings in Italy
"Luca Traini, who ran in a local election as a member of a far-right nativist party last year, has already admitted to cops that he was the shooter, according to local reports. (AP) A gunman targeted six African migrants in a series of drive-by shootings Saturday in a small central Italian city. At least one of the victims remained in serious condition after the shooting spree — which appeared to be racially motivated — in the town of Macerata. A 28-year-old suspect with ties to anti-migrant groups was wearing an Italian flag around his neck and made a fascist salute when he was arrested. Luca Traini, who ran in a local election as a member of a far-right nativist party last year, has already admitted to cops that he was the shooter, according to local reports."
NY Daily News, February 3, 2018

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/closer-md-man-visited-nyc-kill-black-men-article-1.3006182
"James Jackson, 28, rode a bus from Baltimore to New York Friday with the sole purpose of stalking and killing black men for a statement-making media spectacle, police said. He's accused of fatally stabbing Timothy Caughman, 66, in Midtown on Monday night."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 23, 2017

Long Island man charge with hate-filled beating of two transgender women outside Queens McDonald's
" Patrick O'Meara, 38, yelled anti-gay slurs at the pair as they walked into the fast food joint on 82nd St. near Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday. He approached the two women, threw one of them to the ground and punched and kicked her, police said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 18, 2017

Kentucky family court judge refuses to hear gay adoption cases, says 'a practicing homosexual' can't help children
" Judge W. Mitchell Nance sent the order Thursday to all lawyers who practice in his two counties, warning them of his decision — which goes against the state's adoption laws. Nance wrote that, "as a matter of conscious," he thinks that "under no circumstance" could the "best interest of the child be promoted by the adoption by a practicing homosexual." He said he will no longer hear adoption cases involving "homosexual parties.""
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, April 30, 2017

Latin Kings member sentenced for killing transgender girlfriend after friend found out her gender identity
"Joshua Vallum was previously pleaded guilty to the death of 17-year-old Mercedes Williamson in 2015, when he was soliciting sex from her before shocking her with a stun gun, stabbing her and beating her with a hammer."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, May 15, 2017

Queens teen busted after he spits on Muslim classmate, tries to yank off her hijab
"The boy was riding an elevator with the 16-year-old victim inside the High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety in Jamaica when he called her a "Muslim b---h!" and spit on her about 11:15 a.m. Thursday, cops said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, May 19, 2017

Bronx teacher allegedly pulls off Muslim second-grader's hijab as punishment
" The revelation came as a judge ordered Oghenetega Edah released without bail following a brief arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court. Edah, 31, was hit with hate crime charges for the May 2 incident in which he ordered 8-year-old Safa Alzockary to remove her hijab after she was misbehaving in class at Public School 76 in Allerton."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, May 25, 2017

What we know about the MAX train double murder suspect, Jeremy Joseph Christian
"Witness accounts detail the moments leading up to the stabbing as hateful and rage-filled, as Christian allegedly hurled insults at two young Muslim women sitting on the train. When two men came to the defense of the young women, police say Christian slashed their throats - killing them."
http://katu.com, May 27th 2017

Chechnya's president denies persecution of gay men, says there aren't any in his country
""We don't have those kinds of people here," Chechen President and MMA fighter Ramzan Kadyrov told HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" in an interview set to air Tuesday. "We don't have any gays.""
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 15, 2017

Two men attack and hurl gay slurs at transgender woman on Staten Island
" Tapharia Jones, 24, and Yaqwa Jones, 20, confronted the 29-year-old victim near Bay and Prospect Streets about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to cops. "You're a f----t!" the two men screamed as they punched her repeatedly in the face, police said. After they ran off, the victim was treated at the scene by EMS workers for minor injuries."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 3, 2017

Far-right 'Laser Man' killer faces trial for death of Auschwitz survivor
" The Swedish serial shooter known as "Laser Man" will finally face a court for the alleged murder of a Holocaust survivor. John Ausonius appeared Wednesday in court in Frankfurt, Germany, where cloakroom attendant Blanka Zmigrod, 68, was found dead the day after an argument with him. Ausonius, tied to far-right extremists in his home country of Sweden, has already become internationally notorious for a string of shootings there in the early 1990s that targeted people with darker skin color and killed one Iranian student."
NY Daily News, December 13, 2017

Homophobic super stabbed Bronx tenant in the eye but still isn't fired
"A homophobic super from hell stabbed a Bronx dad defending his gay stepson in the eye — yet still works in their apartment building, a new lawsuit charges. Joey Brown alleges in a suit filed in Bronx Supreme Court that Jose Adorno, the super of his building at E. 176th St., bombarded him with gay-bashing slurs for months before becoming violent. What set Adorno off, according to Brown's stepdad, was a jab that Adorno might be gay himself."
BY Daily News, November 19, 2017

Charlottesville driver James Fields held on murder charge as details emerge showing he abused his disabled mom
"Six years before police say he rammed his car into protesters in Charlottesville, Va., a Nazi-obsessed white nationalist threatened his own mother with a knife, according to 911 calls released Monday. James Fields, accused of killing Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others on Saturday, menaced his mom, Samantha Bloom, when they lived in Florence, Ky."
NY Daily News, August 14, 2017

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"A man named a person of interest in two recent Baton Rouge homicides was arrested in the possibly racially motivated killings, Baton Rouge police announced on Tuesday. He was also connected to a third shooting where authorities say he shot at the home of a black family, but no one was injured. Kenneth Gleason, 23, was booked Tuesday on two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Bruce Cofield, 59, on Sept. 12 in the 3400 block of Florida Street; and Donald Smart, 49, on Thursday in the 3000 block of Alaska Street. He was also booked on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated criminal damage to property and illegal use of weapon, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. "
Baton Rouge Advocate, September 19, 2017

Sex offender arrested for racist threats against Howard University students
"WASHINGTON, D.C. — A sex offender registered as living in Alexandria has been charged with threatening to murder African-American students who attend Howard University. John Edgar Rust, 26, could receive up to five years in prison if he's convicted for the threats, which were made online in 2015. He appeared in court today in Alexandria. The Department of Justice stated that court documents accuse Rust of using the in-store WiFi of a restaurant in Alexandria to post statements online threatening to murder African-Americans at Howard University. The official crime is "transmission in interstate commerce of a communication containing threats to injure the person of another.""
CBS-6, October 5, 2017

Murder trial begins in Palmdale 8-year-old's torture-beating death
"LOS ANGELES >> An attorney acknowledged Monday that a Palmdale man committed "unspeakable acts of abuse" against his girlfriend's 8-year-son before "exploding into a rage of anger" that the defense maintains resulted in the boy's unintentional death, but a prosecutor said the youngster was systematically tortured because the defendant believed the child was gay. Isauro Aguirre, 37, is charged with capital murder in the May 22, 2013, beating death of Gabriel Fernandez, as is the boy's 34-year-old mother, who will be tried separately."
LA Daily News, October 16, 2017

Flyers Encouraging LGBTQ Suicides Cause Uproar on College Campus
"Students at Cleveland State University (CSU) in Ohio were shocked to find flyers urging LGBTQ people to commit suicide posted to bulletin boards on their campus. The flyers depicted a man's silhouette hanging by a noose with the text, "Follow Your Fellow F****ts" in rainbow colors. It also included statistics on transgender, bisexual and general LGBTQ-related suicide rates. William Dube, a spokesman for the university, told NBC News on Wednesday the flyers have since been taken down. It is not yet publicly known who created and disseminated them."
NBC News, October 18, 2017

Chechen Pop Singer Feared Kidnapped, Victim of 'Anti-Gay Purge'
"Pop singer Zelimkhan Bakaev left Moscow, where he lives, on Aug. 6 to attend his sister's wedding in his native Chechnya. But according to human rights advocates, he never made it to the celebration. Two days after his departure, Bakaev was kidnapped in the Chechen provincial capital of Grozny, according to Tanya Lokshina, the Russia program director at Human Rights Watch. Who abducted him is still a matter of speculation, but Lokshina told NBC News that the most likely culprits are Chechen security officials. "There were quite a few witnesses," Lokshina, who is based in Moscow, said. "He was dragged into a car, and he disappeared. It's been about three months.""
NBC News, November 9, 2017

Chechen Pop Singer Feared Kidnapped, Victim of 'Anti-Gay Purge'
"Pop singer Zelimkhan Bakaev left Moscow, where he lives, on Aug. 6 to attend his sister's wedding in his native Chechnya. But according to human rights advocates, he never made it to the celebration. Two days after his departure, Bakaev was kidnapped in the Chechen provincial capital of Grozny, according to Tanya Lokshina, the Russia program director at Human Rights Watch. Who abducted him is still a matter of speculation, but Lokshina told NBC News that the most likely culprits are Chechen security officials."
NBC News, November 9, 2017

Philadelphia police arrest homeless man in transgender woman attack
"Ryannah Quigley, 23, of Seattle, was walking with two friends when an unknown man approached them on the 1300 block of Filbert St. at 4:40 p.m. on Friday, police said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, January 22, 2017.

Four charged with hate crimes for torturing mentally disabled teen on Facebook Live
"Four suspects are facing hate crime charges after an 18-year-old mentally disabled man was bound, beaten, taunted with racial slurs and forced to drink from a toilet in a video broadcast live on Facebook, prosecutors said Thursday."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, January 6, 2017.

Group of creeps in costume attack man after hurling anti-gay insult at him in West Village hotel elevator
"Cops released a surveillance video showing the suspects waiting in a hallway of the Jane Hotel on Jane St. and West St. around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, moments before the attack. They can be seen wearing Halloween costumes."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, November 3, 2016.

In the past week, four transgender black women have been murdered in the United States — a trend that's alarming civil rights and anti-violence advocates.
"The New York City Anti-Violence Project, which tracks transgender crimes, says there have been seven murders of transgender people so far this year, well above the corresponding number last year."
https://www.splcenter.org, March 01, 2017.

Homophobic in-laws charged with stealing ashes of S.I. woman's dead wife, trying to take custody of her stepdaughter
" A Staten Island widow, reeling from her wife's death, watched helplessly as her homophobic in-laws stole her bride's ashes — and her stepdaughter.
The widow's cruel kin then took their 12-year-old granddaughter and the ash-filled urn to The Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, secretly burying Elina Cataldo's remains on Monday."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 18, 2016.

Texas pastor says he prays those wounded in Orlando massacre die
" Instead of standing with Orlando, a Texas pastor is standing with a California clergyman who said that the massacre's victims were perverts who deserved death.
Sacramento's Roger Jimenez was widely criticized for a sermon in the hours after the attack at Pulse night club last Sunday that killed 49 people, in which he wished death on the LGBT community."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 22, 2016.

California teen faces hate crime charges for gay club paintball shooting at same time as Orlando attack
" A California teenager faces hate crime charges for shooting paintballs at a crowd outside a gay club at exactly the same time as the Orlando massacre.
Branden Staples is accusing of opening fire at Stockton's Paradise nightclub on June 12 around 1:45 a.m. on the West Coast, hitting at least two people."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 25, 2016.

Missouri men threw eggs, shouted racial slurs at black woman waiting for bus
"Jesse Reed and David Ragain, who are white, drove up to the south St. Louis bus stop around 11 p.m. and "began yelling offensive, hateful language motivated by race towards her," said Metropolitan Police Chief Sam Dotson, according to KTVI-TV."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 27, 2016.

Man beats transgender victim after Seattle benefit for Orlando nightclub victims
" Cops in Seattle are looking for a brutish man who beat a transgender person unconscious after a benefit for victims from the Pulse gay nightclub attack.
The attacker confronted Michael Volz after the Capitol Hill fundraiser last week at Neumos where concertgoers raised funds for survivors and loved ones of those killed during the horrific terror attack in Orlando."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 27, 2016.

Homophobic attackers slash, hurl gay slurs at Bronx man; incident follows anti-LGBT attack at Midtown McDonald's
"A Bronx man slashed in the arm by two brutes who hurled gay slurs at him — the second time in less than five years he was knifed in a bias attack."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 13, 2016.

Georgia man sentenced to 40 years for pouring boiling water on sleeping gay couple
" On Feb. 12, Martin Blackwell found his girlfriend's son and a friend sleeping together after the couple worked an overnight shift.
Furious at the same-sex couple, he filled up a pot with boiling water, soaking the two in bed and yelling, "get out of my house with all that gay.""
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 24, 2016.

Jewish brothers attacked by goons uttering 'F--king Jews' after attending Yom Kippur services in Brooklyn
"The victims, ages 23 and 19, were walking home from the Flatbush Park Jewish Center in Mill Basin about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. They were wearing yarmulkes and prayer shawls, when they came across their assailants on E. 66th St. by Strickland Ave., sources said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 13, 2016.

Gay Bronx man's attacker arrested, but prosecution stalls as victim eludes lawyers; hate crime charges unlikely in case
" A 25-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing a gay man in the Bronx — but the case is on hold because prosecutors are having trouble getting in touch with the victim, police said Tuesday.
Kareem Ruddock, 25, was arrested for felony assault and weapons possession for allegedly attacking Marquis Devereaux near Sunset Blvd. and Neptune Lane in Clason Point, near both of their homes, on July 10."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 19, 2016.

Florida prosecutor suspended for vile Facebook rant blasting Orlando hours after nightclub massacre: 'The entire city should be leveled'
"A loudmouthed Florida prosecutor who once wished a happy Mother's Day to the state's "crack hoes" was again suspended after he crassly criticized the grief-stricken city of Orlando, calling its residents "3rd world miscreants and ghetto thugs" just hours after the deadly nightclub massacre."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 18, 2016.

Authorities arrest Florida man who allegedly made online Pulse threats against LGBT community
"A man linked to social media posts threatening a Pulse-style attack against the LGBT community in South Florida was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol on an unrelated charge.
Craig Jungwirth, 50, was arrested Saturday for violating bond conditions in an unrelated misdemeanor case, according to the FBI."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, September 5, 2016.

Deadliest shooting in American history leaves at least 50 slain at Orlando gay club; gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS, mentioned Boston bombers in 911 call
" A terrorist who pledged allegiance to ISIS sprayed bullets from an automatic weapon, killing 50 people and wounding 53 others at a popular gay club in Orlando early Sunday — the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.
Omar Mateen, an American citizen whose parents were born in Afghanistan, died in a shootout with police following a three-hour standoff at the Pulse nightclub."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 13, 2016.

Texas man who targeted African-American senior for knockout gets six years for hate crime
" A Houston-area man who targeted an African-American senior for a knockout was sentenced on Friday to almost six years in federal prison, officials said.
Conrad Alvin Barrett, 29, punched a 79-year-old man to the ground in Katy, Texas, in November 2013 in a hate crime he carried out with his cellphone camera rolling, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The vicious blow from the white Texan fractured Roy Coleman's jaw in two places, KPRC-TV reported."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 17, 2015.

Two men who hospitalized gay couple in homophobic beatdown in Philadelphia avoid jail time
" Two men who viciously attacked a gay couple in Philadelphia are getting a slap on the wrist for their homophobic beatdown, critics said.
Philip Williams, 24, Kevin Harrigan, 26, along with a Pennsylvania police chief's daughter, Kathryn Knott, were arrested after a brutal attack on a gay couple in Sept. 2014. The vicious assault on the victims, Zachary Hesse and Andy Haught, in Philadelphia left one victim with a broken face and his jaw wired shut. The two pleaded guilty to assault and conspiracy charges, but denied that it was a hate crime."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 15, 2015.

Anti-gay slurs in assault on mother and daughter on Upper East Side
" A woman and her daughter were assaulted in an Upper East Side eatery after four brutes lobbed a homophobic insult at them, police said.
The victims, 46 and 27, were eating in BarKogi restaurant on Second Ave. between 50th and 51st Sts. at 1:20 a.m. Saturday when the four bigots began throwing paper and cursing at them, police said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, September 14, 2015.

Holocaust survivors brutally beaten and burglarized in their home in suspected anti-Semitic attack
" Two Holocaust survivors were brutally beaten and robbed in their home in what is believed to have been an anti-Semitic attack.
Diana Blog, 86, and her husband Shmuel, 87, were called "dirty Jews" by two masked men who posed as police officers to get into their Amsterdam home."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, September 8, 2015.

Shotgun-toting Texan calls for violence against activists to avenge cop's death in racist rant: 'A thug's life don't matter'
"A hate-spewing former prison worker encouraged his fellow Texans to avenge a cop's murder by brutally attacking civil rights activists — and warned that he would shoot the "black bastards" who threaten white people."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, September 3, 2015.

12-year-old Calif. boy cited for hate crime, battery against black classmate
" A 12-year-old boy in California was cited for a hate crime and battery after he allegedly hit an African-American classmate and claimed he was with the Ku Klux Klan, police said.
Eighth-grade student NuPhaeya Hassen said she was waiting for the school bus when a boy holding sticks approached her. He began shouting that he was with the KKK and held the sticks in the shape of a cross, she said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, September 3, 2015.

Elderly neo-Nazi, guilty of three Kansas Jewish center killings, gives Nazi salute as he faces death penalty for April 2014 murder spree
" OLATHE, Kan. &mdash The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites gave jurors a Nazi salute Monday after they convicted him of murder and other charges for the shootings, which he said would allow him to "die a martyr."
It took the jury of seven men and five women just over two hours to find Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. guilty of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and assault and weapons charges."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, September 1, 2015.

Neo-Nazi says he had 'good intentions' for Jewish community center killings during start of trial: 'I had good, moral reasons'
" A white supremacist who allegedly gunned down three people at Jewish centers in Kansas last year said he had "good, moral reasons" behind his actions that Passover eve.
Frazier Glenn Miller, who has admitted to the killings at multiple hearings, tried to explain to jurors his motive for the deadly shooting spree on Monday during the first day of testimony in his capital murder trial."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 25, 2015.

She spoke about Jehovah's Witness abuse, and her home was vandalized
"Early this morning, Debbie McDaniel stepped out into her backyard to find her patio, windows, doors and furniture tagged with ominous warnings written in black marker.
McDaniel was just hours away from being the face of a Reveal investigation showing how Jehovah's Witnesses hide sexual abuse from law enforcement agencies and banish those who speak up about it."
www.revealnews.org, July 30, 2015.

Gay couple beaten bloody during Pride celebration in Seattle
"A gay couple was beaten bloody in one of a string of hate-fueled attacks during Pride weekend in Seattle, authorities said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 29, 2015.

Neo–Nazi to plead guilty to Jewish community center killings
"Miller has told the AP and other media outlets that he planned and executed the fatal attacks, and that it was his intent to use the trial as a means to 'put the Jews on trial where they belong'."
Daily News, April 28, 2015.

Confessed N.C. college killer Morgan Stancil says he's a neo–Nazi, hates gays and is a 'murderer'
"Twenty–year–old Morgan Stancil III, who's already confessed in court to killing a North Carolina college employee, proudly says he is a neo–Nazi, a homophobe and a murderer, according to an interview.
Stancil, interviewed by phone from his Florida jail, told WRAL–TV he has no remorse for shooting to death Ron Lane, a print shop worker at Wayne Community College in North Carolina."
Daily News, April 16, 2015.

Four San Francisco police officers investigated for racist, homophobic text messages sent to ex–cop convicted of corruption
"Former Sgt. Ian Furminger frequently referred to black people as 'monkeys' and the n–word while texting his pals about 'white power' and the legality of putting 'an animal down,' the documents show. While the names of who he corresponded with are redacted, four are fellow police officers, identified by a source who identified them to the San Francisco Chronicle as Michael Robison, Noel Schwab, Rain Daughtery and Michael Celis."
Daily News, March 16, 2015.

'Witness 40' for Ferguson grand jury stands by account: 'Am I part of the KKK? No.'
"But McElroy promises the latest major case she witnessed, which happened some 30 miles from her St. Louis home, is the truth, and that investigators just tried to discredit her 'because of my racial slurs.'
McElroy presented the grand jury with copies of her Aug. 9 journal entry about her 'random drive to Florisant (sic)' in her attempt to 'understand the Black race so I can stop calling Blacks N–––––s.'"
Daily News, December 18, 2014.

ISIS militants throw gay man off 3-story building to his death
"'The Islamic court in Wilayat al-Furat decided that a man who has practiced sodomy must be thrown off the highest point in the city, and then stoned to death,' the terrorist group announced Wednesday, according to AFP."
Daily News, December 11, 2014.

Indictment for 5 members of North Carolina's Word of Faith Fellowship for alleged 2013 attack on gay man
"The Word of Faith Fellowship has a dubious history of abuse among its members, but allegations have not resulted in felony charges until this week when a grand jury indicted five people within its Spindale community."
Daily News, December 11, 2014.

Man screaming 'I want to kill the Jews!' shot dead by cops in Brooklyn after stabbing student in the face at Chabad–Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn
"A deranged man screaming 'I want to kill the Jews!' invaded Lubavitcher headquarters in Brooklyn early Tuesday and stabbed a yeshiva student in the head before he was shot to death by police.
Levi Rosenblatt was praying when Calvin Peters barged inside, whipped out a knife with a 5–inch blade and attacked him, witnesses said."
Daily News, December 09, 2014.

Transgender L.A. woman, 21, shot dead pounding on door seeking help while trying to flee killer: police
"While the video shows Sanchez fleeing her attacker in what cops initially deemed a robbery, 'at this point we cannot say it's a hate crime but we have not ruled out that as being a possibility,' Darling told the TV station.
Sanchez is at least the third transgender woman killed in Southern California since June, according to a tally by the Los Angeles Times."
Daily News, December 05, 2014.

Thugs 'dressed as pink fairies' launched vicious homophobic Halloween attack against two men
"Detective Constable Ann–Marie Hodgkiss, who is leading the investigation, said: 'This was a violent and unprovoked hate crime and I am appealing for anyone with any information about the incident to contact me. The two suspects were distinctively dressed, probably due to Halloween, and I would urge anyone who recognises their description and who may know who they are to contact me and help us trace them'."
London Evening Standard, November 04, 2014.

Seattle thugs beat up 16–year–old, steal his cellphone and text his mom: 'I'm gay'
"The 16–year–old was reportedly waiting for a bus on Southwest Barton St. in Seattle at 4 p.m. Tuesday when the robbers attacked. As they punched and kicked him, he dropped his phone and backpack in a bid to defend himself."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 14, 2014.

Hammer–wielding bigot attacks Brooklyn man while yelling anti–gay slurs
"The 33–year–old victim was followed into the lobby of his apartment building on Washington Ave. near Empire Blvd. after a coffee run at around 10:45 a.m."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 14, 2014.

Protesters demand U.S. hand over Marine accused in death of transgender Filipina
"Filipino activists burned a mock American flag outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, while demanding that Washington hand over a Marine suspected of murder. Witnesses say the American man may have been angery to learn that the woman he met at a disco bar was transgender."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 14, 2014.

3 suspects in gay couple's attack in Philadelphia turn selves in to police
"The trio, who are from suburbs just north of the city, were among a dozen young men and women out partying together when they encountered the gay men on the street and attacked them, authorities said. Shouting homophobic slurs, the well–dressed crew pummeled the pair, busting one man's jaw.
Both ended up in the hospital with facial fractures. One man had to have his jaw wired shut."
Daily News, September 24, 2014.

3 Albuquerque Teens Held in Homeless Killings
"Both describe how all three covered their faces with black T–shirts before walking over to the victims, who were lying down. Then the trio allegedly used various objects to attack the men, including cinder blocks. According to the 15–year–old, they all took turns picking up cinder blocks over their heads and smashing them into the men's faces more than 10 times."
Herald–Journal News, July 20, 2014.

White Supremacist Gets Life for Oregon Killing Spree, Apologizes for Making 'Movement' Look Bad
"But Grigsby, of Portland, Ore., showed no remorse whatsoever for the racist beliefs that spurred her and her boyfriend, David "Joey" Pedersen, to go on a deadly rampage that killed four: Pedersen's father and stepmother, an African–American man, and a teenager they thought was Jewish."
Daily News, July 16, 2014.

Alan Turing, code–breaker castrated for homosexuality, receives royal pardon
CNN, November 24, 2013

'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson anti–gay video emerges as A&E beefs up security amid threats
The 67-year-old reality celebrity denounces gay people as "insolent, arrogant, God-haters" punctuating his rant by blowing on the duck whistle that made him famous. While Robertson has some prominent right-wing supporters, A&E was forced to beef up security at its Manhattan offices after violent threats against the patriarch from others.
Daily News, December 20, 2013

• 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson on growing up in the South: "I never saw the mistreatment of any black person"
  The reality star, who has come under fire for homophobic comments said during a GQ interview, also had views on racism in the South prior to the Civil Rights Movement. "(Blacks) were happy," he said.
  Daily News, December 19, 2013

Swedish Roma List Puts Police Under Fire
Huffington Post, September 23, 2013

Homophobe boasted "guy thought he was tough" after shooting gay man in West Village: cops
Daily News, June 18, 2013

Body of Marco McMillian, slain gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, was found beaten and burned, family says
Daily News, March 05, 2013

Marquitte West Gets 2 Year Prison Sentence For Beating Gay Man
Huffington Post, November 08, 2011

Twelve convicted in Jind honour killing case
Zee News, September 25, 2011

Bangladeshi 'stepson affairz' woman dies after caning
BBC News, December 20, 2010

White Supremacist Leader William Pierce, Author Of 'The Turner Diaries,' Dies
The Associated Press, July 20, 2002

Anti-Abortionist Extradited to U.S.
MSNBC News Services, June 5, 2002

Supremacist Is Sentenced In Shooting
The Indianapolis Star, May 25, 2002

The Hate Within
Legal Times, May 23, 2002

Many Teens Silent on Hate Crimes, Study Finds
The Boston Globe, January 28, 2002

Abortion Clinic Anthrax Hoaxer Caught
The Associated Press, December 5, 2001

Hate-Crime Reports Reach Record Level
Chicago Tribune, October 9, 2001

Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime
Newsday, October 4, 2001

Asylum and Hate Law to Be Overhauled
BBC News, October 3, 2001

Search On For Gay Holocaust Survivors
Sun-Sentinel, September 24, 2001

Statement from Assistant Attorney General Ralph F. Boyd Jr. regarding the treatment of Arab, Muslim Americans or Americans of South Asian Descent
Press release September 13, 2001

ExKlansman Convicted in 1963 Alabama Church Blast
Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2001

Hatred in the Hallways
Report from Human Rights Watch on violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students in U.S. schools. Released May 2001. Includes info on coping with harassment and violence, educator inaction, role of school counselors, and legal standards.

Hate Crimes Against Gays on Rise Across U.S.
San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 2001

Three New Places to Fight Hate
Wired News, April 5, 2001

The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999
Full text of the legislation

Preventing Youth Hate Crime: A Manual for Schools and Communities
A publication of the U.S. Department of Education, 1997

The Ultimate Fascism
by Andrew Vachss, EXPO, No.1, 1996

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COMMENTARY and OPINION

"Step on a Crack" by Andrew Vachss
From Born Bad, a collection of short stories by Andrew Vachss.

ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
(click here for Articles/Information/Research)

Hate crime statistics from the FBI, by year, since 1995

The Anti-Defamation League
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
www.adl.org
Fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry, the Anti-Defamation League probes the roots of hatred against Jews and serves as a resource for government, law enforcement agencies, media, and the public at large.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson St, 12th Fl
New York, NY 10013
www.aaldef.org

Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Criminal Justice
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
Phone: (909) 880-7711
hatemonitor.csusb.edu

Coalition Against Hate Crimes
Dr. Randy Blazak
Portland State University
Phone: (503) 725-8502
www.againsthate.pdx.edu/
Research, publications and links regarding bias-motivated crimes

Community Safety Units
Racial and Violent Crime Task Force
(CO24) Room 934
New Scotland Yard
Broadway
London SW1H 0BG U.K.
Phone: 020 7230 4374
www.met.police.uk/csu
Every London borough has a team of specially trained officers whose task is to investigate racist crimes, homophobic crimes, domestic violence, and hate mail. These pages will give you more information and tell you how to get in touch with your local Community Safety Unit.

FBI Civil Rights Program
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Phone: (202) 324-3000
https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2017
The FBI's Civil Rights Program investigates hate crimes, violence against abortion providers, and Federal discrimination claims.

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
248 West 35th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 629-3322
www.glaad.org
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of combating homophobia.

Hate Crime/Discrimination Complaints
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
TDD/TYY Toll-free: 1-800-877-8339
Toll-free: 1-800-522-6843
www.usccr.gov/filing/flndx.htm
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights maintains two complaint lines and e-mail contact addresses for reporting hate crimes, discrimination, and harassment. Information on the complaint process available at the USCCR website.

The Matthew Shepard Foundation
301 Thelma #512
Casper, WY 82609
Phone: (307) 237-6167
www.matthewshepard.org
Supports educational projects, activities, and documentaries that raise awareness of the issues involving discrimination and diversity.

The Nizkor Project
www.nizkor.org
Nizkor is a collage of projects focused on the Holocaust, or "Shoah," and its denial.

The Not in Our Town Campaign
The Working Group
P.O. Box 10326
Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: (510) 268-9675
www.pbs.org/niot/
A campaign stemming from a PBS broadcast, to promote public dialogue and provide a model for community response to hate crimes and other associated problems.

Partners Against Hate
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #1020
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 452-8310
www.partnersagainsthate.org
Partners Against Hate represents a joint effort by the Anti-Defamation League, the Leadership Conference Education Fund, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence to address the problem of hate violence among youth.

Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Project
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Phone: (334) 956-8200
www.splcenter.org/intel/intpro.jsp
The SPLC's Intelligence Project is dedicated to monitoring hate groups and extremist activity in the U.S.

The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978
www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/
Monitors manifestations of anti-Semitism and racism worldwide and operates a computerized Database of contemporary anti-Semitism and extremist right-wing and other hate groups.

Tolerance.org
www.tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, aimed at combating hate and promoting tolerance online.

The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus
91905 Jerusalem, Israel
Phone: 02-5882494
sicsa.huji.ac.il
Established in 1982 as an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism.

Hate Crimes Guide
Additional resource listings for Hate Crimes information

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