Tag: Hate crime

  • Record number of suspected hate crimes in Finland

    Record number of suspected hate crimes in Finland

    This means that the number of hate crime reports is still increasing and has almost reached the same level as in 2015, when there were a total of 1,250. This was the highest ever in the history of hate crime reports. In the Police University’s study, suspected hate crimes were classified based on the different…

  • The Finnish police report a record increase in hate crimes

    The Finnish police report a record increase in hate crimes

    Last year, a total of 1,245 suspected hate crimes were reported to the police, of which the most common crimes were assault, defamation and breach of domestic peace.

  • Bad Bunny – the Puerto Rican with painted nails who became the world’s biggest artist

    Bad Bunny – the Puerto Rican with painted nails who became the world’s biggest artist

    February 2020. Jimmy Fallon sits in front of a backdrop of a nocturnal New York on The Tonight Show. He holds up the cover of Bad Bunny’s new LP album, struggling with the pronunciation of the title. The lights are turned down and everything in the TV studio turns blue. Spotlights are directed towards the…

  • Qurans Burned in Front of Egyptian, Turkish Embassies in Denmark

    Qurans Burned in Front of Egyptian, Turkish Embassies in Denmark

    COPENHAGEN – A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to Qurans in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over recent weeks that have enraged Muslims. Denmark and Sweden have said they deplore the burning of the Islam’s holy book but cannot prevent…

  • Why does Sweden allow Koran burning It has no blasphemy laws

    Why does Sweden allow Koran burning It has no blasphemy laws

    STOCKHOLM – A recent string of public desecrations of the Koran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions – including in Sweden – about why such acts are allowed. In the latest such incident, an Iraqi living in Sweden on Thursday trampled and…

  • Swedish police give permission for Bible-burning protest

    Swedish police give permission for Bible-burning protest

    The similar demonstration is planned weeks after a Koran was desecrated outside the most prominent mosque in Stockholm Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among several prominent Jewish figures to strongly rebuke Swedish police after a “shameful decision” to allow a protest where a copy of the Hebrew Bible will be burned. The protest, which…

  • Erdogan signals that Turkey is not ready to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership

    Erdogan signals that Turkey is not ready to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership

    ANKARA, TURKEY – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Monday that his country is not ready to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership, saying Stockholm needs to work harder on the “lessons” it needs to do. After a cabinet meeting, Erdogan also renewed his condemnation of a Koran-burning protest that took place in Sweden last week,…

  • The murder in Keillers Park

    The murder in Keillers Park

    In black metal, it’s about being true, genuine and meaning what you say. And the new Satanism is a way of life. A lifestyle that means condoning evil and rejecting society’s conventions. The Satanist-oriented group MLO, the Misanthropic Order of Lucifer, talks about sacrificing people to Satan and plans collective suicide. And when the police…

  • While the problems remain, Moldova is making big gains on LGBT rights

    While the problems remain, Moldova is making big gains on LGBT rights

    A “rainbow map and index” ranking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) protections across Europe has credited Moldova with making the biggest progress in improving legal standards over the past year. But while activists acknowledge some progress in the staunchly Orthodox country, they say the gains highlighted by a new ILGA-Europe Report does not automatically…

  • Hate in the mountains

    Hate in the mountains

    21-year-old Evelina is a Sami reindeer herder in a village in Oviksfjällen in Jämtland. Evelina says that she has experienced prejudice since she was a child and that her parents warned her about what could happen when she posts publicly on social media. – But still, I was very shocked when I encountered that first…

  • Dutch activist goes ahead with Koran-destroying spree

    Dutch activist goes ahead with Koran-destroying spree

    Edwin Wagensveld was not arrested after agreeing not to burn the Islamic holy book Edwin Wagensveld, head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, tore down a copy of the Koran in front of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Sunday in The Hague, echoing a recent stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden that outraged the…

  • Pegida leader moves ahead with Koran-destroying spree

    Pegida leader moves ahead with Koran-destroying spree

    Edwin Wagensveld was not arrested after agreeing not to burn the Islamic holy book Edwin Wagensveld, head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, tore down a copy of the Koran in front of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Sunday in The Hague, echoing a recent stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden that outraged the…

  • The Pegida leader continues his Koran-destroying spree

    The Pegida leader continues his Koran-destroying spree

    Edwin Wagensveld was not arrested after agreeing not to burn the Muslim holy book Edwin Wagensveld, head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, tore down a copy of the Koran in front of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Sunday in The Hague, echoing a recent stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden that outraged the…

  • Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO prospects

    Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO prospects

    Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a “direct hate crime” in violation of an agreement to join NATO Trkiye has accused Sweden of not fulfilling its obligations to crack down on “terrorist” groups and exterminate theirs “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat comes after…

  • Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO prospects

    Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO prospects

    Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a ?direct hate crime? in violation of an agreement to join NATO Türkiye has accused Sweden of failing to meet its obligations to crack down on “terrorist groups” and root out their “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat…

  • Turkish activists set fire to the Swedish flag (VIDEO)

    Turkish activists set fire to the Swedish flag (VIDEO)

    The protest broke out in response to the burning of the Koran in Stockholm Protesters set a Swedish flag on fire in Istanbul on Saturday in response to an anti-Islam activist burning a copy of the Koran in public near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. The incident took place amid a diplomatic spat between Turkey…

  • Turkish activists set fire to the Swedish flag

    Turkish activists set fire to the Swedish flag

    The protest broke out in response to the burning of the Koran in Stockholm Protesters set a Swedish flag on fire in Istanbul on Saturday in response to an anti-Islam activist burning a copy of the Koran in public near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. The incident took place amid a diplomatic spat between Turkey…

  • Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitment

    Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitment

    Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a “direct hate crime” in violation of an agreement to join NATO Trkiye has accused Sweden of not fulfilling its obligations to crack down on “terrorist” groups and exterminate theirs “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat comes after…

  • Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitment

    Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitment

    Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a ?direct hate crime? in violation of an agreement to join NATO Türkiye has accused Sweden of failing to meet its obligations to crack down on “terrorist groups” and root out their “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat…

  • Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitments

    Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitments

    Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a ?direct hate crime? in violation of an agreement to join NATO Türkiye has accused Sweden of failing to meet its obligations to crack down on “terrorist groups” and root out their “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat…

  • Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitments

    Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitments

    Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a “direct hate crime” in violation of an agreement to join NATO Trkiye has accused Sweden of not fulfilling its obligations to crack down on “terrorist” groups and exterminate theirs “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat comes after…

  • Sweden gives the green light outside the Turkish embassy

    Sweden gives the green light outside the Turkish embassy

    The new diplomatic spat comes as Stockholm awaits Ankara’s blessing to join NATO Police in Sweden have said they will allow the leader of a hard-right party to burn a copy of the Koran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, reportedly prompting Ankara to summon its Swedish envoy over the “provocative act”. Anti-Islam activist Rasmus…

  • Acceleration, smoking, scooter riding: New laws to keep an eye on

    Acceleration, smoking, scooter riding: New laws to keep an eye on

    On 1 January, a number of new laws came into force in Denmark. Get an overview of the changes below: Gender-based attacks classified as hate crimes An amendment to the Penal Code has been passed in the Folketing, which allows attacks motivated by “gender identity, gender characteristics and gender expression” to be punished as hate…

  • Danish news overview: The health authority is not waiting for EMA approval to make corona pill available

    Danish news overview: The health authority is not waiting for EMA approval to make corona pill available

    The National Board of Health is not awaiting approval from The European Medicines Agency approves a new pill which it believes can reduce the symptoms of corona, provided it is taken in good time. The National Board of Health advises anyone who has registered a positive test to contact their doctor. It is important that…

  • The Helsinki Jewish Congregation spends 450,000 euros a year on security

    The Helsinki Jewish Congregation spends 450,000 euros a year on security

    In November, flowers were placed outside the Helsinki Synagogue, which were attached to the slogan “Arbeit macht frei” at the gates of the Nazi concentration camps. . The delivery took place on the anniversary of the Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass, when Nazi Germany launched a pogrom against Jews, businesses and real estate…

  • National Round-Up: COVID-19 infection tracking delayed due to lack of contact information

    National Round-Up: COVID-19 infection tracking delayed due to lack of contact information

    Always the same number Another concern at PSA involves people not answering calls when they call or answering text messages they send after a missed call. The number that PSA calls from when reaching the public is always from the number 32320511. First time for election observers A delegation of eight election observers from the…

  • The number of reported hate crimes decreased slightly in 2020

    The number of reported hate crimes decreased slightly in 2020

    In 2020, approximately 852 hate crimes were reported to police, according to the Police College’s annual report. The figure has fallen slightly since 2019, during which time a total of 899 notifications were made. Crimes related to ethnic incitement decreased the most, falling by a third to a total of 71. Physical assaults accounted for…

  • State Attorney dismisses case of suspected hate crime

    State Attorney dismisses case of suspected hate crime

    The public prosecutor in Copenhagen does not appeal the district court’s ruling on violence and threats against a Muslim woman in a parking lot in Søborg to the high court. It writes the Public Prosecutor in Copenhagen on Twitter. The man was convicted on May 19 at the Court in Glostrup for violence and threats,…

  • Elderly man violence against Muslim was not hate crime

    Elderly man violence against Muslim was not hate crime

    The 67-year-old man has been convicted of using violence against the woman, who is wearing a headscarf. In addition, he is convicted of threatening her with a steering wheel lock. He admitted in court that he had threatened the woman. He was acquitted of vandalizing the victim’s car. The prosecutor believed that the violence stemmed…

  • Gross anti-Semitic statements on social media in the wake of the conflict

    Gross anti-Semitic statements on social media in the wake of the conflict

    In the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, gross anti-Semitic statements are reported on social media, including in the new Clubhouse, says Svante Weyler, chair of the Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism In several cities in Europe, open anti-Semitic demonstrations have taken place, such as in London where a car convoy drove…

  • FACTS: The indictment in case of assault on Muslim woman

    FACTS: The indictment in case of assault on Muslim woman

    An elderly couple has been charged with violence. The man admits to having grabbed the woman and snorted at her, so that saliva came. But he denies having beaten, or that the assault had a background in the woman’s origins. He has explained that his anger was due to the fact that the Muslim woman…

  • Right now

    Right now

    “Sorry”, says the Deputy Public Prosecutor about the fact that the investigation into hate crimes against journalist Jan Scherman during Almedalen Week 2017 had time to expire. Jan Scherman was repeatedly called a “disgusting Jew” by a member of the Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement, NMR. Despite the fact that both film evidence and information about…

  • Comedian Evelyn Mok subjected to a racist attack on Hisingen

    Comedian Evelyn Mok subjected to a racist attack on Hisingen

    On the way home from a grocery store in Kvillebäcken, comedian Evelyn Mok was persecuted and subjected to racist insults by an unknown man. “I did not really know what he was going to do,” she says. Despite the fact that she reported the incident to the police, the case was dropped. The incident is…