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SUPPORT HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION IN EUROPE

Coalition Europe , a new platform of European Human Rights NGOS, recently launched a pan-European campaign against Hate Crimes – From Hate Crimes to Human Rights . We seek your assistance in calling on European governments and intergovernmental organizations (EU, OSCE and the Council of Europe) to show the political will to combat hate crimes and to support hate-crimes victims.

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All crimes are capable of inflicting profound physical and emotional damage on their victims. Crimes motivated by hatred, however, not only harm the individual victim but also send a powerful message of intolerance, discrimination and fear to members of the group to which the victim belongs. The fear created by hate crimes is often amplified since these attacks are directed at one or more aspects of the fundamental identity of the victim (ethnicity, religious background, sexual orientation etc…).

Hate-motivated violence intensifies the psychological and social exclusion of targeted communities and groups from society at-large. In addition to weakening communities, hate crimes can actively polarize groups by reinforcing existing divisions, which can translate into increased animosity and violence.

Despite the increasing frequency and devastating consequences of hate crimes, the issue is relatively unacknowledged by the majority of European governments, institutions and societies. Coalition Europe seeks to mainstream and raise awareness of these issues while engaging key stakeholders in developing a framework to combat hate crime across Europe.

Please help us show the governments of Europe that Europeans deserve a hate-crime free environment by signing our petition.

To sign go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/CoalitionEurope/ . Please forward the petition to your networks, family and friends – the more signatures we have the stronger our voice will be.