Wednesday 28 November 2012

Jagland: After terrorist outrage in Norway, fighting hate speech is "personal"

Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has made the fight against hate speech a “personal” mission after linking its spread to last year’s terrorist outrage in Norway which claimed 77 lives (more information).

Monday 12 November 2012

Robert Rustem: How Europe can slay the dragon of Roma-phobia”

In a speech today to a Stockholm conference on ‘Antiziganism in Europe,’ Robert Rustem, the European Roma and Travellers Forum’s Executive Secretary, says 'Roma-phobia' can be defeated by a popular movement, similar to that which emerged to confront racism, sexism and homophobia in the 1970’s and 1980’s.