European soccer body UEFA has upheld its decision to deduct a point from Croatia’s Euro 2016 qualifying tally for a racist incident in June. “UEFA’s Appeals Body has upheld the decision to dock Croatia one point for racist behavior at their qualifying Group H game against Italy,” UEFA said on Friday. “The appeal by the…
A French anti-Semitism watchdog urged the mayor of Paris to order the removal of a mosaic floor featuring swastikas that the group identified in a residential building. The floor of the entrance of the building in Paris’ six arrondissement, an affluent and central quarter comprising the touristic Saint-Germain-des-Pres area, contains dozens of swastikas made of…
A giant swastika was formed out of large white tiles on a San Francisco high school football field. Custodians at El Camino High in South San Francisco discovered the image Monday on the 40-year-old line, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. The swastika, which was believed to have been placed on the field after the…
George Washington University has canceled the suspension of a student who displayed a swastika on the bulletin board of a campus dormitory. The student, a member of the predominantly Jewish fraternity Zeta Beta Tau, said he had hung the swastika in order to educate his fellow students about the symbol’s meaning of auspiciousness and good…
Swastikas along with personal slurs and epithets were painted on a fraternity house on the Stanford University campus. The graffiti was discovered on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Saturday night by fraternity members, the Stanford Daily reported on its website Sunday. “I am deeply troubled by the act of vandalism, including symbols of hate,…
Northwestern University police are investigating a swastika that was drawn on a wall of a bathroom in the school library. “It is deeply saddening to know that hatred still exists, and even on our own campus,” said Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, director of the Tannenbaum Chabad House in Evanston, the Illinois city where the university…
Swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets were written in a stairwell of a dormitory at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The two incidents occurred on the morning of April 9 and the evening of April 10. No suspects have been identified. The writing was done in ash, such as from the end of a cigarette or…
In the aftermath of swastikas found in a residence hall, the student senate at George Washington University asked the university to install more security cameras in dorms. The Student Association Senate passed a resolution Monday calling for the extra security measures in public spaces, such as near elevators and in residence hall lobbies, the student…
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