Hate crimes

Hate crimes

• Council of Europe: Greece could ban Golden Dawn

  The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said Tuesday that Greece has the legal right to ban the far-right Golden Dawn party, the first ... 

• 2 arrested in UK for hate crime against 'emo'

  British police say they have arrested two people over an assault on an "emo" teenage boy — the first to be recorded in the country as an alternative ... 

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  Israel court: Life sentences for Jewish radical

  An Israeli court on Tuesday delivered two consecutive life sentences to a U.S.-born Jewish extremist for the murder of two Palestinians and the ... 

• In 1 part of UK, Goths can be hate crime victims

  If you punch a punk in Manchester, it could be a hate crime. Police in the English city announced Wednesday that they will begin recording offenses ... 

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  Study finds nearly 2 in 3 hate crimes unreported

  Despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen in recent years as more victims of violent attacks ... 

• Hate graffiti sprayed on Jewish homes in Tel Aviv

  Israeli police say vandals have spray painted hate graffiti on several Jewish houses in Jaffa, a mixed Israeli and Arab neighborhood of Tel Aviv. 

• Walesa avoids hate crime charge for anti-gay words

  Polish prosecutors say they will not charge former President Lech Walesa with hate crimes for recent remarks deemed offensive to gays. Walesa, a ... 

• Sweden: vandalism of Jewish center not hate crime

  Swedish authorities have dropped an investigation into the vandalism of a Jewish center in the southern city of Malmo, saying it was probably a ... 

• FBI: Hate crimes down slightly in 2011

  The FBI says the number of hate crimes reported to police in 2011 declined slightly compared to the previous year. Nearly half of the reported hate ...