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US Charity Plans To Use AI To Monitor For 'Hateful' Speech
By Sam Mednick October 9, 2026 Credit: AP/ Jehad Alshrafi A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations and use artificial intelligence to flag speech deemed “hateful” or “inciting.” The plans laid out by the founder of the Gaza Children Village in a webinar last month have elicited ethical, safety and privacy concerns from some Palestinian and ad


German town bans memorials to Nazi victims
By Bethany Bell September 26, 2026 Credit : BBC There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis. Germany's Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a "scandal". Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims


Country Report: Romania July 2026
The deportation of Iasi pogrom survivors by Romania's Antonescu Regime in 1941, and the disposal of those who died en route. Credit: Historisches Archiv der Stadt Koln Genocide Watch Country Report: Romania 2026 By Vladimir Kovtun In September 1940, General Ion Antonescu became Prime Minister of Romania, with the support of the fascist Iron Guard movement. Antonescu’s Government from 1940 until 1944 was allied to the Third Reich and directly participated in the Shoah. The Ant


Zelensky ignites fury by honouring Ukrainian WWII fighters who massacred Poles and Jews
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to name a military unit after a World War II-era militia infamous for massacring Poles and Jews has led to a sharp spike in tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw. June 7, 2026 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) attends the reburial ceremony of Andriy Melnyk, who died in 1964 and was the leader of a branch of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), along with his wife Sofia, at the National Military Memorial Cemet


Romania: Fashionable antisemitism
Antisemitism in Romania today is visible in far-right demonstrations, extremist political movements, and hostile rhetoric in parts of the media. May 21, 2026 Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, European Parliament member and far-right Romanian politician, holds religious icons as she speaks to the media, before a vote to choose the next European Commission president, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 2024. (photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS) Bucharest – On April


Iran's 47 Years of Incitements of Genocide Against Israel
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad 2018 credit: National Council of Resistance of Iran Taking Iran’s Incitement to Commit Genocide Against Israel Seriously Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Parliament of Canada By Professor Gregory H. Stanton [1] 5 May 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the first world leader to recogn


Belgian minister slams 'anti-Semitic' synagogue explosion
Belgian authorities opened a probe after an explosion took place in front of a synagogue in the city of Liège early on Monday morning. The mayor described the blast, which caused damage to the synagogue and surrounding buildings, as "targeted" and "anti-Semitic". March 9th 2026 Police stand near barricades as they secure an area after a blast took place near a synagogue in Liege, Belgium on March 9, 2026. © Valentin Bianchi, AP Belgium's prime minister vowed to combat antise


Romania: President Challenges Hate Speech Bill
People queue in a cemetery as they visit the tomb of Ilie Lacatusu, one of the Romanian Orthodox Church's latest saints, bearing the flag...


Romania: Court Rejects President’s Bid to Punish Antisemitism
Romania's top court struck down a challenge brought by President Nicusor Dan against a bill seeking harsher punishment for antisemitism...


Concerns over Australia’s Proposed Antisemitism Plan
PM will ‘work constructively’ with antisemitism envoy but legal groups are concerned that threatening university and arts funding could...


Taking Iran's Threats of Genocide Against Israel Seriously
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Photo Credit: Illustration: R. Rajesh Taking Iran’s Incitement to Commit Genocide Against Israel Seriously ...


Monday, June 16: U.N. Day for Countering Hate Speech
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r6tRiuUHMvUgbJdyy2enrzkCSXvTgp5Di93Ws94DhsQ/edit International Day for Countering Hate Speech Hate...


Elon Musk is South African. It Explains a Lot.
Elon Musk Is South African. It Explains a Lot. The New York Times Feb. 28, 2025 Credit...Photo illustration by The New York Times. Source...


How to deal with the hard-right threat in Germany
As extremists win more votes across Europe, forming moderate and effective governments is getting harder.


How Germany’s ban on a far-right magazine backfired
Before being prohibited last month, few Germans had heard of Compact. Now it claims ‘everyone wants a copy’ By Guy Chazan | Financial...
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