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New Precedent Established in Hate Speech Punishments, Following B’nai Brith Advocacy

February 25, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada’s advocacy has just helped change the game and pave the way for harsher sentencing in hate-speech cases in this country. Last year, our organization provided testimony in court during the trial of Matthew Wasikiewicz and Kyle Kroeplin of Burlington, Ont. – who were accused of plastering antisemitic and …

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B’nai Brith Helps Bring Consequences for Racist Propaganda

Jan. 8, 2021 Burlington, Ont. – Following advocacy and testimony by B’nai Brith Canada, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and Dennis Scott of the Halton Black History Awareness Society, two Ontario men have been sentenced to conditional sentences of imprisonment for six months, followed by probation for two years, for wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group. On June …

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