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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
12/11/2011 - 21:49
Short Answer

Yes.

Qualitative Info

Golden Dawn. Before elected in the Parliament has been a nation-wide organization with local offices, expressing racist and xenophobic discourse in the public sphere. After its electoral success, both national level party representatives and local militia and organisations of Golden Dawn are widely expressing openly xenophobic or hate speech towards migrants and minorities (Roma, LGBT-persons with disabilities).

Members and supporters of Chrysi Avgi are 'saluting' the performance of their candidate in 2010 municipal elections in Athens.

Organisations LAOS; Chrysi Avgi
Size - Membership
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of other belief
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Political discourse -parties - orgs
External Url http://www.neolaialaos.gr/; http://xryshaygh.wordpress.com/
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