This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism
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** Disgraced Baroness Tonge announces intention to step down from House of Lords
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Thursday, 4th February, 17:21
The disgraced peer, Baroness Tonge, has reportedly announced her intention to step down from the House of Lords. She reportedly told the Jewish News: “I have always promised myself and my family that I would retire when I am 80 years old which is in mid- February. I informed the authorities some months ago. Indeed […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** “It is time that Piers Corbyn faces the legal consequences of his trolling of Jews” after the anti-lockdown activist is arrested over flyers comparing pandemic rules to Auschwitz
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Thursday, 4th February, 13:00
The Metropolitan Police has disclosed that it arrested a 73-year-old man in Southwark yesterday on suspicion of malicious communications and public nuisance. Campaign Against Antisemitism and others have reported recently that Piers Corbyn, the brother of the former Labour leader, conceived and has been distributing grotesque flyers comparing lockdown rules to Auschwitz. Referencing a headline […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** CAA submits evidence to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights to counter claims that International Definition of Antisemitism restricts freedom of expression
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Tuesday, 2nd February, 18:13
Campaign Against Antisemitism has submitted evidence to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights to counter claims that adoption of the International Definition of Antisemitism, especially by universities, stifles freedom of expression. The Joint Committee on Human Rights comprises members drawn from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and examines matters relating to […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** Facebook promotes new resources on Holocaust education in effort to make up for years of allowing Holocaust deniers to run amok
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Tuesday, 2nd February, 12:35
Facebook is now promoting new resources on Holocaust education in an apparent effort to compensate for years of allowing Holocaust deniers to run amok on its platform. In a statement, the technology company said: “We will begin to connect people with authoritative information about the Holocaust. Anyone who searches on Facebook for terms associated with either the […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** Teenager from Cornwall who talked about “gassing” Jewish people is UK’s youngest terror offender
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Tuesday, 2nd February, 12:34
A teenager from Cornwall is the UK’s youngest terror offender, after he admitted twelve terrorism offenses. It is understood that he downloaded his first bombmaking manual at thirteen, and joined the far-right Fascist Forge. Now sixteen, the neo-Nazi teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted two counts of dissemination of terrorist documents and ten of […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** Sir Desmond Swayne reportedly warned by Conservative Party over his appearance on controversial online programme The Richie Allen Show after complaints from CAA and others
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Tuesday, 2nd February, 12:32
The Conservative Party has reportedly confirmed that it has issued a warning to one of its MPs after he appeared on The Richie Allen Show. Sir Desmond Swayne was on the internet radio program to discuss coronavirus and the lockdown. The Richie Allen Show has featured antisemites such as Alison Chabloz and Gilad Atzmon, conspiracy theorist Kevin Barrett, who believes Israel was behind 9/11, and Holocaust […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** Chair of Labour in Newham to be investigated over alleged antisemitism just days after his deputy is suspended over alleged antisemitic social media activity
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Tuesday, 2nd February, 12:18
The chair of Labour in Newham in London is reportedly to be investigated over alleged antisemitism, just days after his deputy was suspended over alleged antisemitic social media activity. Cllr Mushtaq Mughal, who chairs the Labour Group, is reportedly being investigated over social media posts. He reportedly posted on social media a video from the fringe and controversial Neturei Karta […] Continue reading ([link removed])
** Mayim Bialik, Sharon Osbourne, Gene Simmons and Craig David help launch alliance between Jewish and black celebrities to combat hate in entertainment
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Tuesday, 2nd February, 10:03
170 celebrities from the Jewish and black communities have come together to form an alliance against antisemitism and anti-black racism in the entertainment industry. The “unity statement” includes other household names, as well as leading producers and other figures, such as Jason Alexander, Nick Cannon (who was recently embroiled in controversy over antisemitism before publicly making amends), […] Continue reading ([link removed])
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