Minister asks YouTube to remove video directing anti-Semitic abuse at him

Alert DateMarch 30, 2012 Country: Ireland General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-semitism
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Policing - law enforcement, Internet, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Political participation, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Religion Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet, Public Discourse, Social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.)
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Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age 56-65
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

Justice minister Alan Shatter has requested that a YouTube video directed at him containing anti-semetic abuse be remover from the site.

"The video, which starts off with a picture of Mr Shatter and the Israeli flag, contains a string of abusive text while Jewish folk music plays in the background.

The anti-Jewish and anti- immigrant sentiments expressed echo those of neo-Nazi groups in other European countries but there is a specifically Irish context for the abuse." - Irish Times

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