ENAR Director receives anonymous death threat 

The Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) is shocked and appalled at the news that Michaël Privot, Director of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), received a death threat following his participation in a live web-chat on freedom of expression, organised by Belgian weekly magazine Le Vif/L’Express on 28 Februrary 2012. 

 

Sadly this is not just an ‘isolated incident’, but only one despicable instance in a consistent pattern of violence directed at representatives of ENAR member organisations in several countries, not to mention numerous ordinary individuals across Europe who face xenophobic and racist violence and abuse on a daily basis. 

 

This worrying proliferation of online manifestations of hatred and intolerance against migrants and ethnic and religious minorities in Europe, as well as the European inaction threaten peace and prosperity in Europe. We call on all European states and institutions to address online hate crime and to ensure that effective legal recourse and support are provided to victims of Islamophobia and racial and religious hate crime to tackle this growing problem.