TORONTO (November 9, 2017) - Flyers promoting the whitesupremacist Internet forum Stormfront were recently spotted in Burnaby, BC.Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) denounces these flyers and thegroup’s attempt at spreading its hateful message, and has reached out toBurnaby RCMP to alert them to this incident.

“These flyers have no place in Canadian cities where we celebratediversity and acceptance,” said FSWC President and CEO Avi Benlolo. “It’s up tothe community to be vigilant in countering attempts by such groups to recruitpeople to their brand of intolerance and increase their visibility. Anyone whospots these or similar hate-inspired flyers should file a report with the localpolice.”

According to a Twitter user who posted an image of the flyer, theflyer was found outside a library. While Stormfront was shut down in thesummer, it has since gone back online providing an outlet for individuals topromote antisemitism, racism and other forms of hate. 

White supremacist flyers have been spotted in cities acrossBritish Columbia over the past year, including in Vancouver, Victoria, Richmondand Abbotsford. Most recently, FSWC spoke out against antisemitic flyers thatwere posted at the University of Victoria. 

FSWC continues to track antisemitic incidents throughout thecountry. For a list of incidents from the past year in your province, go to www.fswc.ca and click the antisemitism tab.

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aborisovsky@fswc.ca

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) is a top Jewish human rights foundation in Canada's organized Jewish community. It directly impacts over 100,000 people each year and 500,000+ peripherally. FSWC is committed to countering racism and antisemitism and to promoting the principles of tolerance, social justice and Canadian democratic values through advocacy and educational programs including workshops, Freedom Day, Spirit of Hope Benefit, Tools for Tolerance and the widely acclaimed Tour for Humanity. FSWC is affiliated with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organization headquartered in Los Angeles which has won two Academy Awards, has built two Museums of Tolerance (with a third being built in Jerusalem) and is an NGO at the United Nations, UNESCO, OAS, OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament. Visit us at www.fswc.ca. 

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