Portugal - 2012
Nation-wide organisations that express racist or xenophobic sentiments/discourse in the form either of hate speech or promote an anti-migrant and/or anti-minority agenda
- Code:
- RED36
- Key Area:
- Political Parties-organisations - Racist & Xenophobic Discourse
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes, there is nation-wide organisations that express racist or xenophobic sentiments and discourse. Others exist, but their activities are mostly restrained within Internet fora and social networks. |
| Qualitative Info |
The dominant Portuguese skinhead organization, the Portugal Hammerskin (PHS) was established in Portugal in 2005. Much active in its first years making propaganda and disseminating its ideals, as well as promoting demonstrations and international meetings, most of these organisation’s activities came suddenly to an alt. The year 2007 was marked by an operation of the Polícia Judiciária [Judiciary Police] on ultra nationalists, skinheads and neo-Nazi groups. It resulted in the detention of the most prominent members of the PHS, one of the arrested being its leader.
Since than and accessing the evolution of extreme-right activity through the reports of the Ministry of Home Affairs, fascist and nationalist organisations are less of a concern for the security forces now than they were some years ago. This may be due to the decreasing visibility of public political activity of extreme-right organizations – less public demonstrations, less public distribution of propaganda and less public campaigns.
However, there are still some grounds for concern, namely Internet propaganda and the growing participation of Portuguese groups in international meetings of the extreme-right.
Sources:
Relatórios Anuais de Segurança Interna [Anual reports on National Security]: http://www.parlamento.pt/Fiscalizacao/Paginas/RelatoriosSegurancaInterna_XIIL.aspx |
| Organisations | |
| Size - Membership | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political discourse -parties - orgs |
| External Url | |
| Situation(s) |
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| Short Answer |
Yes, there is nation-wide organisations that express racist or xenophobic sentiments and discourse. Others exist, but their activities are mostly restrained within Internet fora and social networks. |
| Qualitative Info |
The dominant Portuguese skinhead organization, the Portugal Hammerskin (PHS) was established in Portugal in 2005. Much active in its first years making propaganda and disseminating its ideals, as well as promoting demonstrations and international meetings, most of these organisation’s activities came suddenly to an alt. The year 2007 was marked by an operation of the Polícia Judiciária [Judiciary Police] on ultra nationalists, skinheads and neo-nazi groups. It resulted in the detention of the most prominent members of the PHS, one of the arrested being its leader. Since then and accessing the evolution of extreme-right activity through the reports of the Ministry of Home Affairs, fascist and nationalist organizations are less of a concern for the security forces now than they were some years ago. This may be due to the decreasing visibility of public political activity of extreme-right organizations – less public demonstrations, less public distribution of propaganda and less public campaigns. However, there are still some grounds for concern, namely Internet propaganda and the growing participation of Portuguese groups in international meetings of the extreme-right. Sources:
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| Organisations | Portugal Hammerskin (PHS), Polícia Judiciária [Judiciary Police] |
| Size - Membership | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political discourse -parties - orgs |
| External Url | |
| Situation(s) |
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| Library |
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