#Sirpa Rautio

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Europa vive una «ola de antisemitismo» vinculada en parte a la guerra en Gaza, advierte la UE

🇪🇸 El 13 de julio de 2024, la Unión Europea (UE) advirtió sobre una "ola de antisemitismo" en Europa, vinculada en parte a la guerra en Gaza iniciada por Israel en respuesta a los ataques de Hamás en octubre de 2023. Un informe de la Agencia de Derechos Fundamentales (FRA), dirigido por Sirpa Rautio, revela que el antisemitismo ha aumentado significativamente, especialmente en Austria y Suecia. El informe, basado en encuestas a 8,000 judíos de 13 países, destaca el miedo y acoso que sufren las comunidades judías. Además, denuncia la proliferación de odio en línea y pide medidas para combatir el antisemitismo en Europa.

🇺🇸 On July 13, 2024, the European Union (EU) warned of a "wave of antisemitism" in Europe, partly linked to the Gaza war launched by Israel in response to Hamas attacks in October 2023. A report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), led by Sirpa Rautio, reveals a significant increase in antisemitism, particularly in Austria and Sweden. Based on surveys of 8,000 Jews from 13 countries, the report highlights the fear and harassment faced by Jewish communities. It also denounces the spread of online hate and calls for measures to combat antisemitism across Europe.

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Jewish people in the EU continue to face high levels of antisemitism, according to the latest survey from the bloc's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).

More than 8,000 Jews in 13 EU countries, including Germany and France, were interviewed - with 96% saying they had encountered antisemitism in their daily life.

The vast majority had experienced harassment online.

The FRA's director, Sirpa Rautio, warned that Europe was facing a "wave of antisemitism" - driven partly by the conflict in the Middle East.

She warned that this was severely limiting the ability of Jewish people in EU countries to "live in safety and with dignity".

The survey, which looked at participants' experiences in the year before it was carried out, took place in the first half of 2023 - before the 7 October Hamas attacks and Israel's resulting military campaign in Gaza.

However, the FRA said there had been a dramatic rise in reported antisemitic attacks since the Gaza war began.

It was sparked when gunmen from Hamas and other Palestinian groups attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage on 7 October last year.

Israel's retaliatory attacks have since killed 38,295 people in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

The FRA said its research over the years had found that antisemitism tends to increase in times of tension in the Middle East.

It added that 75% of those who took part in their latest survey felt that they were held responsible for the Israeli government’s actions because they are Jewish.

While 90% of respondents said they had encountered antisemitism on the internet, the FRA said "antisemitic harassment and violence mostly take place in streets, parks, or shops".

More than half of those surveyed expressed concern for their own safety or that of their family, while 76% said they hid their Jewish identity at least occasionally,

The organisation also collected responses from 12 Jewish organisations in January and February this year and found a dramatic increase in the number of reported antisemitic attacks across all surveyed countries. These attacks included personal harassment, intimidation and violence.

In Austria and Sweden, antisemitic incidents had increased by more than 400% in October to December last year compared to the same period in 2022.

In 2022, Denmark had reported only nine antisemitic incidents, but this increased to 121 last year.

The FRA warned that the safety concerns and the protection of Jewish people and institutions had become urgent.

It has called on governments to do more to fund the security needs of Jewish communities such as at schools and synagogues.

"We need to build on existing laws and strategies to protect communities from all forms of hate and intolerance, online as well as offline," Ms Rautio said.

The FRA also called on governments to use the EU's Digital Services Act to remove antisemitic content online, and step up efforts to prosecute antisemitic hate crimes.

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Euroopassa lähes joka toinen muslimi kohtaa arjessaan rasismia ja syrjintää, sanoo Euroopan unionin perusoikeusvirasto (FRA).

Viraston mukaan vastaava osuus vuonna 2016 oli 39 prosenttia.

– Todistamme huolestuttavaa rasismin ja muslimien syrjinnän nousua Euroopassa, FRA:n johtaja Sirpa Rautio sanoo uutistoimisto AFP:lle.

Raution mukaan Lähi-idän konfliktit pahentavat muslimien vastaista retoriikkaa ja epäinhimillistämistä. FRA selvitti muslimien kokemaa syrjintää 13:ssa eri EU-maassa vuosina 2021–2022, ja tutkimukseen osallistui kaikkiaan 9 600 henkilöä. EU-maita on kaikkiaan 27.

Tutkituissa maissa eniten syrjintää koettiin tutkimuksen mukaan Itävallassa, Saksassa ja Suomessa.

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Muslims across Europe are grappling with a “worrying surge” of racism that is being fuelled in part by “dehumanising anti-Muslim rhetoric”, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as it published a survey in which nearly half of the Muslim respondents said they had recently experienced discrimination. Published on Thursday by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the survey of 9,600 Muslims across 13 member states found that racism and discrimination threads through most aspects of their lives. People reported children being bullied in school, inequalities in accessing job opportunities and prejudice when it comes to renting or buying homes. Although the survey was completed before the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, which led to ferocious reprisals on Gaza, the Vienna-based agency said information from civil society organisations and national authorities suggested that the number of anti-Muslim incidents had continued to rise since the conflict erupted. “We are witnessing a worrying surge in racism and discrimination against Muslims in Europe,” said the agency’s director, Sirpa Rautio. “This is fuelled by conflicts in the Middle East and made worse by the dehumanising anti-Muslim rhetoric we see across the continent.” After the attacks of 7 October, officials scrambled to contain a rise in hate crimes aimed at the Muslim and Jewish communities, ranging from an attempted arson at a synagogue in Berlin to dozens of letters containing threats and insults sent to Muslim councils and mosques in France. The FRA, speaking to Muslims in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, found that 47% reported experiencing racism in the five years before 2022, up from 39% in 2016.

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