Posted on 10/05/2016 10:38:49 AM PDT by grundle
MEDDLING Brussels has said the British press should not report when terrorists are Muslims in a slew of demands to the Government to crack down on the media.
A report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) found there was an increase in hate speech and racist violence in the UK from 2009 to March 2016.
Blaming the press, ECRI Chair Christian Ahlund, said: “It is no coincidence that racist violence is on the rise in the UK at the same time as we see worrying examples of intolerance and hate speech in the newspapers, online and even among politicians.”
The report makes a whopping 23 recommendations to Theresa May’s Government for changes to criminal law, the freedom of the press, crime reporting and equality law.
And despite the report not analysing coverage of the historic Brexit vote, Mr Ahlund saw fit to comment on the UK's decision to leave the EU.
In a sweeping statement, he said: “The Brexit referendum seems to have led to a further rise in ‘anti-foreigner’ sentiment, making it even more important that the British authorities take the steps outlined in our report as a matter of priority.”
The report lays into the British press and urges the government to “give more rigorous training” to reporters.
In the 83-page report, the Commission said: “ECRI considers that, in light of the fact that Muslims are increasingly under the spotlight as a result of recent ISIS-related terrorist acts around the world, fuelling prejudice against Muslims shows a reckless disregard, not only for the dignity of the great majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom, but also for their safety.
“In this context, it draws attention to a recent study by Teeside University suggesting that where the media stress the Muslim background of perpetrators of terrorist acts, and devote significant coverage to it, the violent backlash against Muslims is likely to be greater than in cases where the perpetrators’ motivation is downplayed or rejected in favour of alternative explanations.”
Despite the creation of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) in 2014 as an independent regulator for newspapers and magazines, the “ECRI strongly recommends that the authorities find a way to establish an independent press regulator according to the recommendations set out in the Leveson Report. It recommends more rigorous training for journalists to ensure better compliance with ethical standards.”
But as Britain prepares to leave the crumbling bloc, the Government waded in to defend freedom of expression.
In a written statement to the ECRI, the Government said: “The Government is committed to a free and open press and does not interfere with what the press does and does not publish, as long as the press abides by the law.”
ECRI is a human rights body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts, which monitors problems of racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, intolerance and racial discrimination.
The group writes reports on every member state every five years and says the documents are “analyses based on a great deal of information gathered from a wide variety of sources.
ECRI visited the UK in November 2015 as it gathered evidence for the report.
In a statement, ECRI said: “ECRI welcomed, among other things, the entry into force of the Equality Act 2010 and the generally strong legislation against racism and racial discrimination in the country, as well as the government’s new hate crime action plan and substantial efforts to promote LGBT rights in the UK which have led to a significant change in attitudes.
“At the same time, the commission noted considerable intolerant political discourse in the UK, particularly focusing on immigration. It said that hate speech continues to be a serious problem in tabloid newspapers, and that online hate speech targeting Muslims in particular has soared since 2013.”
“Don’t you be talking about the dangerous consequences of our stupid policies.”
Sounds like the ECRI is preparing the way for Europe to submit to their Muslim overlords. Britain needs to tell them to off themselves and save the Muslims the trouble. Britain should accelerate Brexit before the EU can find a way, working with Britain’s own 5th column, to overturn the will of the British people.
Okay here’s a new line for news: Muhammed Muhammed, who prays five times a day at the ______mosque originally from______( one of 57 states)killed fifty people..blah blah. Don’t need religious affiliation to make a PRETTY fair conclusion he’s not a budddhist monk.
Not very often, since the IRA signed the cease fire at least. I guess there are still the Basque terrorists but even they seem to have been pretty quiet the last decade or so.
As if there is any doubt in anyone’s minds when a rampage occurs? Have the Catalonians been blowing up operas lately? How about the Basque? How about those wiley Poles?
For a short time, in Ireland...
GMTA - Orwell was a pessimist.
I have proposed that every member of our Congresses at State and Federal levels be made to endure what they have pressed upon common citizens, to wit, no more abortions so they have to adopt all unwanted babies, if they believe Muslims are without guile and a religion of peace, accomplished and literate, they must bring at least two families into their compounds or one family in their home and accomadate them for at least a year. I have always believe that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Muhammed Muhammed, who prays five times a day at the ______mosque originally from______( one of 57 states)killed fifty people..blah blah.....Libs: “Wonder why he did that?”
This is who controls your internet now, people.
Tell the EU to pound sand.
Muslims are ALL religiously obligated to seek world domination of Islam and the submission of EVERYONE to sharia.
Only the extirpation of Islam will stop jihad.
>>>When are terrorists NOT Muslims?<<<
In Great Britian...when the terrorists are the IRA. But, the EU hasn’t said not to identify the IRA as the culprit when they ARE the culprit. They only want to keep the identity of the enemy hidden when that enemy was put there buy the EU!
It makes you wonder if the EU isn’t the bigger enemy since they want to protect and hide the enemy’s identity from the target.
Looks like the EU and Herself follow the same script.
Call them Skittles then...
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
First Amendment: Use it or lose it!
“A report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)”
islam is not a race.
Looks like a jihadi from the dark side to me.
And also note in every report when the subject was NOT a Muslim terrorist.
“The shoplifter, who is not a Muslim terrorist, will be sentenced Monday.”
“The teacher of the year, who is not a Muslim terrorist, will be honored Monday.”
Well said. If they can hand down this crap then they must sample it also...
Right, they should just have a policy of stating when they’re NOT moon-god worshippers and let everybody deduce the truth.
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