Activists behind a campaign calling for EU-wide abortion rights are urging people to vote against a far-right surge in the European Parliament. Campaigners will gather
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10,000 demonstrate in Paris against Israeli Gaza offensive
About 10,000 people took part in a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in Paris on Monday against Israel’s deadly shelling of the Gaza city of
Macron calls far-right rise an ‘ill wind’ for Europe
On a historic state visit to Germany, French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned against the dangerous appeal of authoritarianism in Europe, urging vigilance as the far
France ‘investigating whether Russia behind’ graffiti on Holocaust memorial
France is investigating whether graffiti painted on the wall of Paris’s Holocaust memorial last week was a destabilisation operation coordinated from Russia, French media have reported. On
It’s a mistake to call Reform UK “far-right”
The use of the term “far-right” to describe political parties such as Reform UK is unhelpful. The term causes too visceral a reaction and at
Ukraine support groups back Kasčiūnas after criticism over far-right stances
After several dozen human rights NGOs have criticised Laurynas Kasčiūnas’ nomination for the minister of defence over his former far-right affiliations and anti-human rights stances,
The far right is on the rise again in Germany
When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany’s far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the
Toronto police report surge in hate crimes against Jews, Muslims
Toronto — The number of antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes in Canada’s largest city of Toronto have risen significantly during the war in Gaza that followed
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is an authoritarian monstrosity
‘Then, before you know it, you’ve committed a hate crime.’ These are the words of the ‘hate monster’, a fuzzy, orange cartoon character designed by Police
Martin Sellner, Austrian far-right activist facing trouble abroad
In an interview with AFP, he insisted on his clean slate — “white, like freshly fallen snow” — and said he would fight against a