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Distortion of genocide ‘leaves a window open’ for extremism and hate speech, expert says   

Distortion of genocide ‘leaves a window open’ for extremism and hate speech, expert says   

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Questioning details and attempting to distort actual history – its chronology or statistics – are just a few examples of Holocaust or genocide denial.  

Often, that “leaves a window open ... creates oxygen in the room for extremism” and it is a signal of “prejudice, racist and antisemitic beliefs”. 

That’s the view of Sara Brown, Executive Director of Change, at the Centre for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education, in New Jersey, United States.  

At a time when antisemistism is growing as a global issue, and the United Nations is implementing the recently launched UN system-wide strategy to combat hate speech, Ms. Brown came to UN Headquarters in New York to participate in a panel discussion about these crucial issues.  

She spoke to Ana Carmo of UN News about the importance of education and counter the hate narratives.

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