COMPLAINTS
The campaign’s complaints about and reporting of anti-religious hate speech in traditional and new media are detailed here.
ENORB, COMPLAINT TO LE VIF ABOUT COVID-19 MUSLIM IMAGE
Our Belgium partner ENORB contacted Le Vif to complain about an article which chose an image of women wearing veilS on an article about Covid-19, suggesting the two were linked.
KARPOS ALERTS ETHNOS.GR OF ISLAMOPHOBIC REFRAMING OF THEIR ARTICLE
Recently, Get The Trolls Out Greek partner organization Karpos found an article initially published on ethnos.gr that was reproduced on the website of defence-point.gr, with one slight catch. The reproduction of the article included a change of the original title from “Vitriol attacks: From the Greece of the deceived of the ‘30s to the harsh law of Pakistan” to “Attacks with vitriol: ‘weapon’ of sexual revenge, an instrument of Islam”.
GUEST WRITER FOR ATHENSVOICE INVOKES HARMFUL ISLAMOPHOBIC STEREOTYPES
GTTO partner Karpos submitted a complaint to the editor of the AthensVoice newspaper in relation to an article from a guest writer titled, “Women victims of rape and violence. What’s wrong?”.
ENORB RECEIVES TWO REPLIES FROM RTBF FOR COMPLAINTS
Our partner ENORB have received two replies to complaints made to the Belgium public-service broadcasting organisation RTBF regarding recent Islamophobic content on their site. Here are the responses:
Greek Partner Complains to News Site about Article Containing Misinformation and Pushing Far-Right Tropes
Our partner organisation Karpos wrote to Newsbomb.gr in Greece, complaining about a recent article on the platform which was based on misinformation and pushed far-right tropes.
EUJS COMPLAINT LETTER TO DOORBRAAK
Our partner, EUJS, has written to Doorbraak.be about a recent anti-Islam article on their website as well as to highlight other incidents from the last few months:
PARTNER COMPLAINS TO GREEK TV SHOW 'LEADERS' FOR OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ABOUT ISLAM
Our partner organisation 'Karpos' wrote to Star Channel in Greece, complaining about the 'Leaders' show on March 9th, entitled 'Islam at Our Borders.'
COMPLAINT TO METRO.CO.UK FOR SENSATIONALIST HEADLINE ABOUT RAMADAN AND COVID-19
Complaint letter to Metro.co.uk for an article whose headline suggests Ramadan celebrations would cause further Covid-19 transmissions, despite the article's body listing examples of communities adapting to social distancing.
Joint Complaint to the City of Aalst over Antisemitic and Racist Carnival
Several Get The Trolls Out! partners submitted a joint complaint letter to the city of Aalst, in Belgium. The complaint was regarding the annual Carnival parade which took place in February this year, which heavily featured antisemitic and racists elements.
KARPOS COMPLAINS TO KATHIMERINI FOR PLATFORMING ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENTS
Get The Trolls Out! Greek partner Karpos has directly complained to Kathimerini, a leading Greek newspaper for publishing two separate pieces with anti-Muslim content without allowing any space for discussion.
ENORB Complains to L’Echo for Platforming Anti-Muslim Article
Get The Trolls Out! Belgian partner ENORB has directly complained to L’Echo, a French-language Belgian business newspaper for a piece published on January 5th, 2020. The article reported on the reaction by Muslim communities in Quebec to Bill 21, a law passed in June 2019.
Letter of Complaint to HirTV for their racist and anti-migrant segment.
Get The Trolls Out partner Media Diversity Istitute wrote a complaint to HirTV for their recent TV segement labelling two migrant robbers in Sweden as 'black animals'.
Get The Trolls Out complains to De Standaard for article normalising Islamophobic hate speech
On the 7th January 2020, De Standaard published an article titled 'Van wielrenner to Dewinters pupil', which quoted an interview with Sam van Rooy, the new fraction leader of political party Vlaams Belang.
“QUEBEC SECULARISM PUT TO THE TEST OF MILITANT ISLAM”, L’ECHO’S ANTI-MUSLIM ARTICLE DEBUNKED
A flagrantly anti-Muslim article has appeared in L’Echo, a French-language Belgian business newspaper, reporting about the reaction of Muslim communities in Quebec to Bill 21, a law that was passed in June 2019.