Month: July 2009

Connecticut: New Jersey Nazi blogger’s violence case in continued

Connecticut: New Jersey blogger’s violence case in Conn. continued
— The case on New Jersey’s “Harold ‘Hal’ Turner” “accused of encouraging violence against Connecticut legislators and a state ethics official has been transferred to a division of state court that handles more serious matters.”
— “The Internet radio host has also been accused of using his Web site to threaten three federal judges in Chicago.”

New York: Buffalo-Area Hate Crime Threats Against Black Family – KKK and Noose Threat

WKBW Buffalo Reports:
Frewsberg, NY:  “‘Hanging right down in front of the door. Right here.’ William Dale Senior says it was his son who first saw the noose. ‘My son stuck his head in it and he said, dad what they going to do? Hang us? He put his head in it.'”
“Next to the noose, Dale found a racial slur written on the windows and the siding of his house. The letters ‘KKK’ were scrawled across the driveway. Dale’s son begins reading the racial threat aloud, which is still visible. ‘It says die,’ he says.”
“Dale says he’s been a victim of racial slurs in this town before. ‘What they going to do, burn us up while everybody is sleeping?'”
“The Dales are one of the few African-American families in the town of Frewsburg. Residents are shocked that anyone would target William. ‘He’s a really good guy. He comes into this store all the time, says good morning ladies. How was your day.'”

— Local Officials say Incident in Frewsburg is a Hate Crime

North Korea Freedom Human Rights Activist Urges South Korean Tribunals

— “Tribunal for North Korea” by Suzanne Sholte
— “Seoul can show that it’s serious about protecting human rights”
— “There are many horrible stories about the North Korean regime’s disregard for human rights, but I recently heard one that’s hard to forget: On a recent trip to Seoul, a North Korean mother told me she and her 14-year-old daughter fled North Korea but were separated in China. The mother waited in China to reunite with her daughter only to discover that Chinese security agents had forced the girl back to North Korea, where border guards beat her to death.”
— “It is hard to conceive of human beings who are capable of killing a 14-year-old girl simply for fleeing with her mother in search of a better life. Yet these same monsters are continuing this brutality in detention centers and political prison camps all over North Korea. What can a civilized society do to stop the atrocities being committed right now against the North Korean people by the Kim Jong Il regime?”
— “South Korea has a tool it can use: It should establish and convene a tribunal of South Korean judges and legal experts to collect evidence and take defectors’ testimonies with the hope that, eventually, those guilty of these heinous crimes face prosecution. Under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, North Koreans are citizens of South Korea and thus have standing in South Korean courts. There are a number of reasons why this action is critically important.”

“Malaysia arrests 9 Christians for trying to convert Muslims”

Japan Today reports: “Malaysia arrests 9 Christians for trying to convert Muslims”
— “Malaysian police have arrested nine Christians accused of trying to convert Muslim university students — a serious crime punishable by prison in this Muslim-majority country, a lawyer said Wednesday.”
— “They claimed they were visiting friends, but a Muslim student apparently filed a police complaint accusing them of trying to convert Muslims, Xavier said.”

Virginia: Reston Write-In Successful; ‘Holocaust Revisionist’ Blocked From Civic Body

Virginia: Reston Write-In Successful; ‘Holocaust Revisionist’ Blocked From Civic Body
— Holocaust Denier Ken Meyercord prevented from getting elected to Virginia office

— July 13: Virginia: Holocaust Denier Likely to be Elected to Board of Reston — Running Unopposed in Reston Citizens Association, Sparks Write-In Campaign