Claims that racist gang carved initials of rightwing Swiss party into pregnant lawyer start to unravel
先日紹介した外国人妊婦に対する襲撃のニュースで被害者の証言に嫌疑がかかっている。
１）襲撃時妊娠していなかった。
２）自分で傷つけた可能性が強い。
３）現場で目撃者がいない。
体には右翼政党の名称が書き付けられていたが、その政党は、
The SVP won 29% of the vote in the last election and is known for its anti-immigration stance.
During the 2007 election, its poster showed white sheep kicking a black sheep out of Switzerland. It caused international outrage.
A spokesman for the party, Oskar Freysinger, condemned the alleged attack and denied any involvement. "If that really was someone from our party, we wouldn't hesitate for a second. That person would be immediately kicked out," he said.
反移民団体として知られ、白い羊が黒い羊を追い出すポスターで顰蹙を買っていたが、今回の件について、もし、こんなことをやったやつがいれば、党から追い出す、と言っている、という。
で、こちらは、イギリス。ガザ紛争勃発後、イギリスのユダヤ人に対するいやがらせや暴行など急増している、という。
LONDON (AP) — The number of anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews rose sharply after the start of the conflict in Gaza, a Jewish charity said Friday.
The London-based Community Security Trust, which monitors anti-Semitism and works to safeguard the Jewish community in Britain, said 250 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in the four weeks after Dec. 27, when Israel launched attacks on Gaza to stop Hamas rocket attacks.
That compares to 40 incidents from the same period the year before.
Dave Rich, a spokesman for the trust, said Jews in Britain are unfairly seen as local representatives of Israel — a view that fuels some of the anti-Semitic attacks.
"This is racism," he said. "And like all forms of racism, it is unacceptable."
The trust said crimes included assaults, damage to Jewish property, threats, hate mail, verbal abuse and anti-Semitic graffiti.魚拓
なんでイスラエルのやった攻撃ーーその是非は別としてーーーに対して、それとは別個のイギリスのシナゴーグやユダヤ人が攻撃を受けるのか理解しにくところだが、人種・宗教の共通性を媒介に十把一絡げの攻撃対象に、またやるほうもそれで連帯してしまう。人種、民族、宗教、というのが人間の自他のアイデンティティの認知にとってかなり重要な位置を占めていることがわかる。
Hate crime charges filed in attack on cab driver
By LEVI PULKKINEN
P-I REPORTER February 11, 2009
Hate crime charges were filed Wednesday against a Seattle man accused of berating a taxi driver for his Indian heritage.
According to police, Adam J. Whitney, 23, hailed a Yellow Cab taxi from the University District to Fremont early Sunday morning. When the driver delivered him to 4235 Freemont Ave. N., Whitney ran from the car without paying his $10 fare.
Confronted by the cab driver, Whitney pushed the driver to the ground and punched him twice in the head, according to police. Though several other men on the block offered to pay the fare, Whitney demanded they not do so and began yelling racial epithets at the driver.
"You (expletive) Punjabi, this is America," Whitney said, according to police reports. "Get out of here."
Police say the driver then took shelter in his cab, only to have Whitney begin throwing items at the vehicle and begin kicking the windows. He then fled to a nearby apartment building, where Seattle police arrested him.
こちらはタクシーの無賃乗車に伴う暴行だが、ヘイトクライムの嫌疑がかかっている。
一方加害者側は、無賃乗車や暴行は認めているようだが、
"Hate crime is such a loaded term," Leary said. "There are things that were inappropriate that he's going to have to answer for ... but this isn't a situation where someone's attacking someone because of his race."
ヘイトクライムの嫌疑は否定している。
両者からの言い分が掲載されていてバランスのとれた記事と言えよう。
英語圏の日本関連事件記事だと、なぜか、一方白人被害者・加害者の言い分だけ掲載してあたかもそれが真実であるかのように書き、また読者も素朴にそれを信じるものが多いようだ。有道ブログなんぞ、その典型かもしれんが・・・
