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NEW YORK (Press Release)–The vast majority of the 56 participating governments in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are failing to adequately address the problem of hate crime and anti-Semitic incidents, according to a new analysis by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Human Rights First. ADL and Human Rights First analyzed data

NEW YORK (WJC)–Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary-general of Iran’s Human Rights Council, has defended the practice of stoning people. Larijani said in New York that the sentence had not been carried out applied for years because of a moratorium, but added that it served as an important deterrent. “More than 50 percent [of people] may

KAMPALA, Uganda (Press Release)–Rabbi Gershom Sizomu is running for National Parliament in Uganda. If elected to parliament Rabbi Sizomu would not only be the first Jew elected to national office in Uganda, but also the first rabbi to be seated in nationally elected government outside of Israel.   Candidate Sizomu sees his political mission as

VIENNA (WJC)–The parliament of Austria has passed a bill to provide US$ 27 million in federal funds for restoring Jewish cemeteries over the next 20 years. The move ends years of disagreement over who should pay for much-needed preservation efforts for the burial places of a once vibrant Jewish community which was decimated during the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Stimson Center announce the publication of “Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge.” This report is the culmination of recommendations from a distinguished group of more than 40 scholars and policy analysts, who met regularly during the past year to evaluate how the US should

The U.S. Secretary of State has decided to apply the Special Rule under the Iran Sanctions Act, as recently amended by the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions and Divestment Act, to the Japanese energy company INPEX CORPORATION. The effect of this decision is that the Department of State will not conduct an investigation into INPEX’s past investments

MELBOURNE (WJC)–An episode of the popular Australian talent show ‘The X Factor’ featured the American rapper and pop singer Ke$ha performing her hit single ‘We R Who We R’ with a dance troupe wearing costumes and caps similar to those worn by Nazi SS fighters during World War II. However, the singer said that she

BATH, England (WJC)–British activists of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) are planning to protest outside a concert hall  later this week, over a concert given by a string quartet from Israel. The ‘Bath Chronicle’ reports that the Bristol branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign alleges that group – the Jerusalem String Quartet – was aligned

LAGOS, Nigeria (WJC)–The Nigerian government has reported to the UN Security Council the seizure of a shipment of arms from Iran. Last month, authorities in the West African country discovered the weapons, including rocket launchers and grenades, in containers labeled as building materials. Tehran claimed the weapons were the subject of a “misunderstanding”, which had

BRUSSELS (WJC)–A project to connect Holocaust-related documents throughout Europe has been launched  at a ceremony sponsored by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and attended by senior EU officials, Israel’s Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI ), a four-year, US$ 9.5 million project funded by