Council of Europe Training Middle-Eastern Muslims to Suppress European Free Speech Online

From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:

Young People Combating Hate Speech On-line is a project of the Council of
Europe’s youth sector to be run between 2012 and 2014. The project aims to combat
racism and discrimination in their online expression of hate speech by equipping young
people and youth organisations with the competences necessary to recognise and act
against such human rights violations. The project stands for equality in dignity, human rights and diversity. It is a project against hate speech, racism and discrimination in their online expression. Centred on a training course and online campaigning, the project stands for action and intervention.

The training course for young bloggers and online activists will run from May to
December 2012 comprising a residential seminar to take place in European Youth Centre
Budapest, 20-27 May 2012 and online learning delivered through the e-learning platform
of the Youth Department (http://e-learning4youth.coe.int) and through project
website.

Participants are expected to develop their own online initiatives against hate
speech within the framework of the course and of the campaign. These initiatives will be supported through coaching and collective online actions by the team of trainers and the group of participants. This training course will gather 30 young bloggers and online activists from Europe and neighbouring regions.

Objectives of the training course:
- To develop competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of participants in
respect to Human Rights and Human Rights Protection, particularly in online
environments.
- To enable participants to recognize Human Rights violations in online
environments, particularly acts of discrimination and racism, types and forms of
hate speech and their effects on young people;
- To share and learn from their experiences and realities of working on the topics of
the training course;
- To familiarize the participants with the work of the Council of Europe on
antiracism, anti-discrimination and Internet governance;
- To build capacities of participants to empower and mobilize others to defend
human rights;
- To discuss and plan together the next steps in the project and provide support to
participants’ initiatives;
- To set up a network of youth activists and youth organisations aiming to be the
core of the campaign against hate speech online.

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The text doesn't say what form this "combating" of hate speech will take. I think it's safe to assume that it won't simply be confined to the expression of contrary points of view. It will involve some form of suppression. Young leftist agitators are being trained using taxpayer money to eliminate the expression of dissident political opinions online. Almost certainly, their training will teach them how to file complaints, whether to the police or internet companies, and have the offending "hate speech" removed. 

This would be bad enough. Even more sinister, though, is the list of participants. Islamic organisations are massively overrepresented. And some of these "young people" are from Islam-dominated countries in the Middle East.

Here are some extracts from the list of participants:

Albania
Enida Bogdani PINK Embassy/LGBT Pro Albania
Austria
Martin Fischer JEF Europe
Anna Magnand Muslim Jewish Conference
Azerbaijan
Ilkin Huseynov Azerbaijan Tafakkur (Thinking) Youth Association (ATYA)
Belgium
Aaron Nyanama Federation of Liberia Associations in
Europe Youth Desk
Bulgaria
Alena Lakova Center of Intercultural Dialogue and Integration
Denmark
Chris Bay Socialistisk UngdomsFront
Egypt
Amr Magdi Aljazeeratalk.net
Finland
Teghabeng Zuzeeko Civitas
France
Emilie ALBERT AMSED
Greece
Joanna Tsoni YsMedia
Hungary
Dorottya Karsay Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Ireland
Ian McGahon Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Kosovo
Memli Fejza Independent News Agency 'KosovaPress'
Moldova
Marian Radu Publika
Netherlands
Matthias Krainz Anne Frank House
Norway
Inne Lea Amnesty International
Louiza Louhibi
Portugal
David Pinto rede ex aequo
Romania
Cristian Ghinghes 'Divanul AdBlog' Association
Russia
Maxim Efimov Karelian Regional Branch of Youth Human Rights Group (YHRG)
Serbia
Ana Jovanovic Women's space (Ženski prostor)
Nada Micic Youth of JAZAS
Sweden Anna Adeniji Uppsala Anti-Discrimination Office (DU)
Turkey
Ahmet Ozcan ARI Movement
Melisa Akan Hrant Dink Foundation
Ukraine Inna Kholondovych No Borders
United Kingdom
Farah Jassat Federation of Student Islamic Societies
(FOSIS)
Nick Micinski Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum
Yemen Ala'a Jarban Support Yemen

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An Egyptian working for the website of Al Jazeera is being trained by the Council of Europe using taxpayer funds to suppress European free speech! You couldn't make this up! As you can see from the list, most of the participants are either Muslims or are extremist leftists from pro-immigrant groups. Yemen!