For Immediate Release
Montreal, September 17, 2003… B’nai Brith Canada officials met today with Mr. Doudou Diene, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia, to discuss a number of issues of specific concern to Quebec’s Jewish community.
Representing B’nai Brith were Professor Stephen Scheinberg, National Director of the organization’s League for Human Rights, and Yoni Petel, the organization’s Community Outreach Coordinator.
The B’nai Brith brief outlined the importation into Canada of hate propaganda from the Middle East, which has led to increasing antisemitism in many sectors of Quebec society, particularly on campuses such as Concordia.
“We wanted Mr. Diene to appreciate the harmful effects of such propaganda on Canadian society and understand the intersectionality between anti-Zionism and antisemitism,” the B’nai Brith brief stated.
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For more information call Joseph Ben Ami, Director of Communications at (613) 294-7313
B’nai Brith has been active in Canada since 1875 as the Jewish community’s foremost human rights agency. Through its Institute for International Affairs, it monitors war crime cases worldwide.
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