Saturday night 17 maart 2007 doing a SWAT team in Spijkenisse a remarkable weapon find in a house. Firearms, ammunition, bulletproof vests, a machine gun and several nail bombs. That the occupant of the dwelling, Nazi skinhead Arris de Bruin, has a penchant for guns is not a big surprise. It is remarkable that someone with such a violent profile as… Read more
Within the circles of radical neo-Nazis is their own political struggle gladly outlined as war. Comrades who are arrested in connection with political activities in these circles therefore seen as "prisoner of war" and described as "Prisoners of War" (POW). In the Netherlands, especially in the circles around Eite Homan (formerly the National Action Front… Read more
In late October organized the Nazi youth organization Youth Storm Netherlands (JSN, the successor Soetermeer Skinhead Front) a party in Rijswijk. The entrance fee was € 10,- which would be given to a pot for political prisoners. That's not great news. And the chances that this party could get a high-profile character with so JSN… Read more
Today Post a local news website that tunnel under the A4 motorway at Leiden is plastered with far-right text and characters. There are swastikas, white power symbols and texts Nazi. The name Jeugdstorm there at, possibly referring to the National Youth Storm World War II or the skinhead group end 2005 tot 2008 was active under the name. According to passers-by the graffiti have been applied and a half years ago. The municipality Leiden do not remove it because the tunnel is not theirs.
In the public discourse dominating the Netherlands after 1945, anti-Semitism and racism – two of the basic elements of (“classical”) right-wing extremism – have tended to be seen as uncharacteristic of Dutch society.1According to many experts, this is attributed to Dutch experiences in the Second World War, as the Netherlands saw the largest percentage of national Jewish populations in Europe killed, after Poland. A guilt complex related to Dutch behaviour during the War has led to what is often called “the basic consensus” on what is “bad” and “good” in Dutch society.
Until a few years ago, little was known about radicalization in the municipality
Rotterdam. In 2005 Joining the program starts or Get Left Behind; Rotterdam
action against radicalization (paying special attention has shifted
on Islamic radicalization). Simultaneously start a central information: Switching the Information Radicalization (ISPR)1. This information point will - in addition to the police
also information and intelligence on extremism and radicalization in the region gathers
- signs of radicalization and extremism together from municipal services,
parishes, affiliated with the government institutions and front line workers.
is extremely right for the municipalities within the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region not
a new phenomenon. The ISPR brings an annual report with a date
picture of the nature and extent of radicalization, including the extreme right.
Since the second half of the nineties, the Internet develops at a rapid pace. For anyone who wants it is possible to be connected to the world wide web. Rapid technological advances since its inception in 1997 also affect (been) on the work of the Internet Discrimination Hotline (MDI). In the early years the MDI received only a few reports, recent years that number was well above the thousand. From these reports over the years, a number of trends observed. One is a rapid increase in the number of reports of discrimination on interactive Internet, such as discussion forums
and interactive blogs. A second trend is the high number of criminal Without prejudice expressions on extreme right websites. This finding is supported by a recent report by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe (ECRI), which shows that in the Netherlands the main growth of right-wing extremism, especially among young people, place in non-political movements that informal, primarily through digital means of communication, organized. These data have to do MDI prompted research into the extent and nature of the extreme right on the Dutch part of the Internet, with a focus on the discriminatory content on these websites.
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Assure full color Alert! Kafka and see what symbolism is used in clothing and on by right-wing extremist youth in the Netherlands and through which words and combinations of those numbers to the outside world and communicate each other that they hold racist views on after. Even if the background history of skinheads in Netherlands, the rise of cronies and more. A must for anyone professionally or voluntarily working with these young people. De brochure is april 2008 in a revised edition published.
Fortuyn's famous slogan "I say what I think" has not in recent years
only gained widespread imitation, but also led to fierce discussions
about the limits of freedom of expression. Begin 2006, during
global outcry over the Danish Mohammed cartoons', pleaded vvd-
MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali for "the right to beledigen'.1 A Danish
prints was an image of the Prophet Mohammed with a turban in
the shape of a bomb with lit fuse. This cartoon was shown 2008
a starring role in the film Wilders, Fitna, which already has also led to
heated discussions about the limits of freedom of expression. Now That
which borders have shifted and that more can be said than before
seems clear. A striking example is the uproar over the
police raid in May 2008 a Dutch cartoonist 'Gregory
Shot in the neck "which for years has been criticized Islam. The Arrest
the cartoonist, who was suspected of the prohibitions on discrimination
to have violated, aroused great public and political outrage.
Cartoons should be able to, as was widely argued, regardless of
their content. The question of where the limits of free expression than
it should be, remained in the background. However, in discussions
in recent years increasingly argued that the border should
be drawn at inciting violence.
But, as others say, without inciting violence large
harm be done, because the expanded freedoms of expression
influence on the occurrence of intolerance and discrimination. As argument
for this position are indications for a relatively high level
Islamophobia cited in Netherlands. From a survey showed
that more than half of the Dutch, non-Muslim school age
fourteen- to sixteen year olds are negative relative
of moslims.2 As one of the causes is negative image
genoemd: "Negative stereotypes of Muslims and negative clichés
of islam, negative messages from parents and best friend
about Muslims and Islam, and the belief that Muslims are a threat
types for security an important effect on the attitude '.
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4.3 Right extremism
Fragmentation and variety characterized still right extremist landscape in the Netherlands 2007. Attempts to establish cooperation at national and international level generally ideological incompatibility and clashing characters. With a total of approximately 600 active supporters, the right-wing extremism in the Netherlands is still relatively small in size.
The trend to the right-wing extremist ideology especially through extra-parliamentary
to profess and propagate away by put this year. The number in this manner
active right-wing extremists has grown somewhat. By contrast, at the organizations
via positions in the representative organs of their right-wing extremist
try to ventilate and to realize conceptions, been stagnant or
increase only marginally.
Read more in the annual report
This is the ninth violence report of Monitoring Racism & Extremism, conducted by the Anne Frank Foundation and Leiden University. The project is supported by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Seven times these reports were published as part of a wide reporting and a time, in 2003, The violence statistics prompted to issue an autonomous publication in the form of a cahier.
This is the first time that we spend an autonomous digital reporting out on this topic. Direct reasons for this are the launch of the website of the Racism & Extremism in 20061 and the successful cooperation with the National Police (KLPD). This co-operation makes it possible to obtain better holding of material in a short time. As a result, it was possible to achieve a good, systematized reporting figures 2006 to come. We think it makes sense to now publish this report and not to wait until a new wide reporting, which is expected to end 2008 will appear.
This report contains our report of investigation of racist and extreme right-wing violence in the year 2006.
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4.3 Right extremism
The threat to the Dutch democratic legal order by right-wing extremists
still is relatively low. The fragmented right-wing extremist landscape
in the Netherlands is partly to blame. The past year did show some growth
the supporters of not politically active neo-Nazi organizations, such as Blood&Honour.
Parties on the other hand who seek to achieve their goals through political means, In the past year were not substantially increased or even decreased in size. It is expected that the growth of non politically active groups also will persist in the coming year. The emergence of radical splinter groups from right-wing
youth cultures such as parts of the so-called 'Lonsdale youth' (gabberbeweging), is
been limited this year. Despite the fact that in the circles of a right extremists
fascination with weapons and violence exists, at this time is not a right-wing extremist terrorist threat. That does not mean that in this youth culture
widely felt frustration over multiculturalism further polarization in the
hand can work and thus could ultimately threaten the democratic legal.
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With the Racism & Extremism seeks various forms of racism, extremism and anti-Semitism - and reactions to these phenomena - to
monitor and issue periodic reports. First we will look at the phenomena: how do racism, extremism and anti-Semitism in the Dutch society. One could look at the expression, such as politically organized racism, and to the exclusion form, eg catering discrimination. Some symptoms are limited by their nature not to the Dutch territory, such as discrimination on the Internet. In such cases, the extra-territorial context is taken into account. Fixed pattern in the monitoring study is the attempt as much as possible to identify different kinds of victims and perpetrators. This exercise can relate to both natives and foreigners, including the latter let divide again in various minority groups. The response to racism, extremism and anti-Semitism can be different in nature, from educational to legal. Usually the nature of the response depending on the appearance of the discrimination, the category of victims and the background of the perpetrators. In addition, some forms of response to coexist or even synergistic. Regular monitoring of the phenomena, victims, the perpetrators and the response serves several purposes. In this way we try to contribute to the understanding of the fight against racism, extremism and anti-Semitism. Furthermore, accumulation of knowledge rather than the fixed system and the periodicity of the study. Finally, there is an image obtained by developments in the long run and makes suggestions based on past experience for future solutions.
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