A record 34 per cent of French people now agree with the ideas of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front (FN), according to the annual TNS-Sofres barometer, published this week. Acceptance of the FN has zigzagged dramatically since the poll … Continue reading
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Ban Ki-moon condemns homophobia; Sochi organisers say ‘talk sport, not politics’.
He was happy to join in the festive spirit for the Games by running along dressed in a colourful tracksuit at an Olympic parade in Sochi. But the UN Secretary General was totally serious with some forthright comments condemning homophobia. … Continue reading
More incriminating Golden Dawn photos emerge
More photographs showing members of neonazi Golden Dawn – including suspects accused of murder – posing with weapons and Nazi symbols and engaging in training have been published. Ta Nea, which published the images, quoted police and judicial sources as … Continue reading
European Elections 2014
2014 will be a crucial year for the European Union. We will attend the first ‘quasi- presidential’ elections, as the chairman of the Commission will come out from the most voted group, and there will be something quite similar to … Continue reading
Important german ex football player comes out
Thomas Hitzlsperger, the former Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham and Germany midfielder, has become the first Premier League player and highest-profile footballer to announce he is gay. In an effort to “further the debate about homosexuality among sports professionals”, Hitzlsperger … Continue reading
Ex-SS Soldier, 88 years old, Charged Over Nazi Massacre
An 88-year-old former member of Hitler’s SS has been charged with taking part in a massacre of hundreds of French villagers. It is nearly 70 years since one of the most infamous Nazi atrocities, in which Waffen-SS men took the small … Continue reading
Far-right prospects in 2014 Euro-poll
European leaders are bracing for an electoral surge next spring by parties hostile to the European Union—a potential setback to more established parties that could hamper EU efforts to pursue far-reaching policies. Voters in the bloc’s 28 countries go to … Continue reading
French soldier wears Nazi slogan on uniform in Central African Republic
French military chiefs have launched an investigation to after a soldier serving in the Central African Republic was pictured wearing a Nazi slogan on his uniform. The man, reportedly from an elite parachute regiment, was photographed in fatigues carrying his … Continue reading
UK government confirms plans to block extremist websites
Extremist and terrorist websites could be blocked from view in the UK under new plans by the government. The Home office has published a report from the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism. It proposes that ISPs … Continue reading
European Action Day for Human Rights Online
Internet is the new media where applying Human Rights is as important as anywhere else. Human Rights violations occur in every second online in chatrooms, in forums, online games, information portals and different social media. The No Hate Speech Movement … Continue reading