Quebec politicians call for the end of protecting hate speech delivered under the guise of religion
Canada’s Criminal Code currently exempts comments if they are based on a religious belief.
Jewish groups elated by conviction in the Montreal antisemitic hate speech trial of Gabriel Chaput
Jewish groups are applauding the guilty verdict against a Montreal man accused of willfully promoting hatred against Jews. Gabriel Sohier Chaput, 36, was convicted by Quebec Court judge Manlio Del Negro on Jan. 23 on the single hate speech charge brought against him for a 2017 article the reportedly prominent neo-Nazi wrote in the far-right […]
The hate-speech trial of Gabriel Sohier Chaput concluded in Montreal with his lawyer raising doubts about Nazism and the Holocaust
The lawyer defending an alleged promoter of hatred against Jews told the judge hearing his case that the fact that the Holocaust was the consequence of Nazism cannot be entered as evidence without proof. Hélène Poussard argued that her client, Gabriel Sohier Chaput, who faces one count of wilful incitement of hatred against an identifiable […]
The trial of this accused Jew-hater in Montreal has turned into a debate over the link between Nazism and the Holocaust
The trial of a Montreal man accused of inciting hatred against Jews on a far-right website turned into an exchange between the prosecution and the defense over whether Nazi ideology was at the root of the decision to exterminate Jews. Quebec Court Justice Manlio Del Negro reproached both lawyers during the July 8 hearing: Crown […]
