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Restaurateur Pleads Guilty to Displaying Nazi Symbol at Pro-Palestinian Rally
5 months ago

Restaurateur Pleads Guilty to Displaying Nazi Symbol at Pro-Palestinian Rally

Associated Press  

A restaurateur has pleaded guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol at a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney. Alan Yazbek, the co-founder of the Nomad Group, displayed a swastika and Hezbollah symbols during the rally, which took place a day before the one-year anniversary of the 2022 Israel attacks. Yazbek faces a potential sentence of up to 12 months in jail or …

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Lawmaker from Germany’s AfD suspected of displaying Nazi symbols
1 year, 4 months ago

Lawmaker from Germany’s AfD suspected of displaying Nazi symbols

Al Jazeera  

Daniel Halemba, 22, was part of a fraternity that was raided in September on suspicion of having Nazi symbols. A newly elected lawmaker for the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been arrested on suspicion of owning Nazi symbols. Prosecutors said Daniel Halemba, 22, was arrested in the Stuttgart area and is under investigation on suspicion of incitement and using …

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Nazi flags to be banned under new Queensland hate symbol laws. Here's what else is changing
1 year, 5 months ago

Nazi flags to be banned under new Queensland hate symbol laws. Here's what else is changing

ABC  

Publicly displaying hate symbols — like Nazi flags and tattoos — will become illegal in Queensland, under new laws passed by state parliament. A person also won't be committing an offence if it's for genuine artistic, educational, historical, legal, a public interest purpose, or to "oppose the ideology" represented by the symbol. Queensland Human Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall told the …

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Australia Plans Law to Ban Nazi Symbols Next Week, Legislation Not to Affect Hindu Swastika
1 year, 9 months ago

Australia Plans Law to Ban Nazi Symbols Next Week, Legislation Not to Affect Hindu Swastika

News 18  

Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday. While most Australian states already ban such Nazi symbols, the federal law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, Dreyfus said. We think it’s time for there to be a federal law …

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Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week
1 year, 9 months ago

Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday. While most Australian states already ban such Nazi symbols, the federal law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, Dreyfus said. We think it’s time for there to be …

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Australia to ban Nazi symbols in bid to curb far right
1 year, 9 months ago

Australia to ban Nazi symbols in bid to curb far right

Al Jazeera  

Symbols such as swastikas, SS insignia will be banned in Australia with up to 12 months in prison for offenders. Australia plans to introduce new laws banning the public display and sale of Nazi symbols and paraphernalia as the country sees a rise in the far-right movement. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said on Thursday that the government would introduce laws criminalising …

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Nazi symbols carved into Beverly Hills menorah on first night of Hanukkah
2 years, 3 months ago

Nazi symbols carved into Beverly Hills menorah on first night of Hanukkah

LA Times  

Police arrested a Texas man who was suspected of carving Nazi symbols into the base of a menorah near Sunset Boulevard and Foothill Road, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. Officers were called around 8 p.m. to a report of a person defacing a menorah near Sunset Boulevard and Foothill Road, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. California …

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Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following parliamentary inquiry
2 years, 7 months ago

Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following parliamentary inquiry

ABC  

Knowingly displaying Nazi flags or memorabilia bearing swastikas has been outlawed in New South Wales, with offenders facing up to a year's jail time or a possible fine of over $100,000. Key points: The ban allows the swastika to be used when it's in the public interest, including in academic, historical and educational settings NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman says it …

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Waving a Nazi flag or showing memorabilia finally made illegal
2 years, 11 months ago

Waving a Nazi flag or showing memorabilia finally made illegal

Daily Mail  

Waving a Nazi flag or displaying memorabilia bearing swastikas will be criminalised in NSW with the state government preparing laws to ban the hateful symbol. Attorney-General Mark Speakman has indicated the government is committed to introducing its own bill to criminalise the public display of Nazi symbols in order to 'provide an additional safeguard to the existing protections in NSW …

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Victorian inquiry recommends banning Nazi symbols and strengthening anti-vilification laws
4 years ago

Victorian inquiry recommends banning Nazi symbols and strengthening anti-vilification laws

ABC  

A Victorian Parliament report has recommended Nazi symbols be banned from public display and called for new laws to strengthen the powers of police and other agencies to investigate and prosecute racial vilification. Key points: The inquiry found there were questions about whether the current system could address rising hate crimes It has made 36 recommendations, which will be considered …

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Victorian parliamentary committee set to announce decision on banning Nazi symbols
4 years ago

Victorian parliamentary committee set to announce decision on banning Nazi symbols

ABC  

This morning, a Victorian parliamentary committee will announce its decision on whether the swastika and other Nazi symbols should be banned from public display. Key points: The inquiry into the adequacy of Victoria's racial vilification laws was prompted by a planned neo-Nazi music festival in Melbourne in 2019 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the state had a "deficiency in the …

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US: Democrats, liberals outrage over 'Nazi symbol' at CPAC
4 years, 1 month ago

US: Democrats, liberals outrage over 'Nazi symbol' at CPAC

Op India  

The Conservative Political Action Conference is the largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists in the United States. Odal Rune symbol predated Nazi regime Liberals claim ‘CPAC stage design’ resembles Nazi symbol Former Democratic Senator, Daylin Leach, tweeted, “Here is a well known Nazi symbol and the stage design at the 2021 #CPAC Convention. What a wacky coincidence!” Here is …

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Nazi flag taken down amid calls to strengthen anti-vilification laws
5 years, 2 months ago

Nazi flag taken down amid calls to strengthen anti-vilification laws

ABC  

A Nazi flag that was flying over a home in north-west Victoria has been taken down, after sparking outrage and calls for the display of such symbols to be outlawed. Key points: Police said the residents of the house were not aware the flag would cause offence Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday urged the occupants to take the "despicable flag" down …

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Uncensored swastikas allowed in a video game for the first time in 20 years in Germany
6 years, 7 months ago

Uncensored swastikas allowed in a video game for the first time in 20 years in Germany

Daily Mail  

The first video game to depict Germany's 1933-45 Nazi era uncensored, showing the swastika and image of Adolf Hitler, was revealed at a tradeshow this week. A 1998 court ruling blocked video games from using Nazi symbols, with judges fearing at the time that children 'will grow up with these symbols and insignia and grow accustomed to them'. Computer and …

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Germany lifts ban on Nazi symbols in computer games
6 years, 7 months ago

Germany lifts ban on Nazi symbols in computer games

CNN  

CNN — Computer and video games featuring Nazi symbols such as the swastika can now be sold in Germany uncensored after a regulatory body lifted the longstanding ban. The Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body said Thursday that games including banned symbols could now be given a rating in Germany if the use of the symbols is considered “socially adequate.” That means …

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Nazi imagery from Taiwan stems from ignorance, not hate, analysts say
8 years, 2 months ago

Nazi imagery from Taiwan stems from ignorance, not hate, analysts say

LA Times  

This was just the latest flap: A group of students from a private high school in Taiwan held a mock Nazi rally just before Christmas with a cardboard tank, lookalike uniforms and swastikas. “It is ignorance.” Taiwan’s unique exposure to World War II, its modern-day diplomatic isolation and people’s lack of awareness about what the real Nazis did in Europe …

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