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Counter Anti-Queer Extremism By Fighting Hate Crimes, Listening To Affected Individuals
Violence and hate crimes against queer people and the LGBTQ+ community have been prominent around this year’s Pride festival. Notably, Oslo pride was canceled this year because of a shooting shortly before at a popular gay club. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK…
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Iceland Abstains From Voting On Anti-Nazism UN Resolution
Iceland was amongst 51 countries that abstained from voting on a resolution, put forward to the United Nations by 24 countries, which condemns Nazism and other far-right ideologies, calls upon nations to fight against racial discrimination, and expresses concern over increased activity…
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VIDEO: Young Social Democrats Stage Pro-Refugee Demonstration In Iceland
On Sunday, the youth wing of the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) distributed pro-refugee stickers to counter a similar protest from the racist group Nordfront. The stickers had slogans such as “Refugees Welcome” and “Iceland Is For Everyone” written on them. The youth…
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Polish Ambassador Takes Exception With Icelandic Reporting On Far-Right March In Poland
The Polish ambassador to Iceland, Gerard Pokruszyński, is displeased with reporting that Stundin did on the massive turn-out of far-right groups who marched in Poland on the 100th anniversary of that country’s independence the weekend before last, RÚV reports. In a letter…
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American Anti-Defamation League Threatens Iceland Because Of Circumcision Ban
The Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, known as the most powerful Jewish human rights organisation in the US, has recently vouched to turn the world’s attention to the subject of growing extremism in Iceland if the circumcision ban is approved in Parliament, Vísir reports.…
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Police Want Authority To Spy On Citizens
The Icelandic police want the authority to “gather information” on individuals they deem a threat to public safety; the qualifications for which span a very wide range. According to “The Police Commissioner’s Assessment Of The Risk Of Terrorism And Other Large-Scale Attacks”,…