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18 Potential Hate Crimes Reported To Police
18 offences classified as potential hate crimes were reported to the police in the first half of this year, reports RÚV. However, the actual number of such crimes is probably much higher. Last year, the police registered 23 possible hate crimes, considerably…
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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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Queer People In Iceland Receiving Violent Threats; Hate Crime Laws Needed
Over the past few days in Iceland, numerous queer and disabled people have been receiving calls and messages on social media threatening them with violence. These threats originate from a group calling itself “Hommabanasveitin”, which roughly translates to “the gay killing squad”.…
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Believes Hate Crimes In Iceland Have Increased
Police need to be better educated and data needs to be collected more thoroughly when it comes to hate crimes in Iceland, an adjunct in police training says. Eyrún Eyþórsdóttir, an adjunct at the University of Akureyri, told reporters that all available…