French leader Marine Le Pen denies breaking hate speech laws by tweeting images of ISIS atrocities

French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has denied breaking hate speech laws by tweeting ‘monstrous’ pictures of ISIS atrocities, a case she slammed as a politically motivated attempt to silence her.   The leader of the National Rally party appeared in a Paris court today after she was accused of spreading hate by publicising the … Read more

French leader Marine Le Pen faces three years in jail for tweeting images of ISIS atrocities

French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen is facing three years in prison for tweeting out ‘monstrous’ photographs of an American journalist decapitated by Islamic State.   The leader of the National Rally party appeared in a Paris court today after she was accused of spreading hate by publicising the images of James Foley, who was murdered … Read more

Australian soldiers could be STRIPPED of medals after report on atrocities committed in Afghanistan

Thousands of Australian soldiers could lose their medals after a report claimed there was no longer ‘sustained outstanding service’ after a damning inquiry exposed a litany of alleged war crimes. The atrocities allegedly committed by Australian Special Air Service members were so heinous that more than 50 pages in Thursday’s report had to be redacted. … Read more

Italian ambassador who photographed moments before Nazi atrocities in Poland

An Italian diplomat who witnessed Nazi atrocities in the very first days of World War II risked his life to shelter Jews from Hitler’s genocide.  A photo likely taken by Gino Busi, an Italian envoy in Poland, shows seven men being marched to their deaths in Katowice, Poland, on September 4, 1939, three days after … Read more