Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team
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The Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team (CECT) was an Ontario
-based white power website that was operated by Alexan Kulbashian and James Scott Richardson
(a member of Tri-City Skins
). The group was active in the late 1990s until soon after the September 11 attacks when the CECT wrote on their Internet newsletter: "B’nai B’rith offices, Mossad
temples and any Jew [or] Arab
Temple, building, house and cars. There are no innocent Jews especially in a time of war." As a result, CECT members were arrested and charged with making death threats against Muslim
s and Jews.
Kulbashian and Richardson operated two websites that attracted the attention of lawyer
Richard Warman
, who filed a human rights complaint against the CECT, Tri-City Skins, Kulbashian and Richardson . The CECT website was found by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
to have encouraged violence against immigrants
and visible minorities
. Kulbashian was ordered to pay a fine of $1000, and ordered to pay Warman $5000 for identifying Warman in a hate message. Richardson was fined $1000. The CETC website was fined $3000, and the web hosting service Affordable Spaces.com was also fined $3000. The Canadian media described the tribunal's decision as a "landmark ruling" on hate and the Internet. This case marks the first time in Canadian history that an Internet service provider has been found guilty of hosting a website promoting ethnic hatred against visible minorities.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
-based white power website that was operated by Alexan Kulbashian and James Scott Richardson
James Scott Richardson
James Scott Richardson, is a Canadian white supremacist and was a member of the Tri-City Skins, associate of Alex Kulbashian of Toronto, and leader of the Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team...
(a member of Tri-City Skins
Tri-City Skins
Tri-City Skins was an Ontario-based white power group active from 1997 to 2002 in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge area. James Scott Richardson was the group's most visible member, and in October 2001, police believed that Tri-City Skins had 25 members in southwestern Ontario...
). The group was active in the late 1990s until soon after the September 11 attacks when the CECT wrote on their Internet newsletter: "B’nai B’rith offices, Mossad
Mossad
The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....
temples and any Jew [or] Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
Temple, building, house and cars. There are no innocent Jews especially in a time of war." As a result, CECT members were arrested and charged with making death threats against Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s and Jews.
Kulbashian and Richardson operated two websites that attracted the attention of lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Richard Warman
Richard Warman
Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law. Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission from July 2002 until March 2004...
, who filed a human rights complaint against the CECT, Tri-City Skins, Kulbashian and Richardson . The CECT website was found by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is an administrative tribunal established in 1977 by the Canadian Human Rights Act. It is directly funded by the Parliament of Canada and is independent of the Canadian Human Rights Commission which refers cases to it for adjudication under the Act.The Tribunal...
to have encouraged violence against immigrants
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
and visible minorities
Visible minority
A visible minority is a person who is visibly not one of the majority race in a given population.The term is used as a demographic category by Statistics Canada in connection with that country's Employment Equity policies. The qualifier "visible" is important in the Canadian context where...
. Kulbashian was ordered to pay a fine of $1000, and ordered to pay Warman $5000 for identifying Warman in a hate message. Richardson was fined $1000. The CETC website was fined $3000, and the web hosting service Affordable Spaces.com was also fined $3000. The Canadian media described the tribunal's decision as a "landmark ruling" on hate and the Internet. This case marks the first time in Canadian history that an Internet service provider has been found guilty of hosting a website promoting ethnic hatred against visible minorities.
External links
- "Tribunal told of plan to shoot Chretien", CNEWS (Sun Media)Canadian Online ExplorerCanadian Online Explorer is a bilingual online news and information site from Canada.A subsidiary of Quebecor Media, Canoe.ca is a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services, helping to inform and connect Canadians...
, September 1, 2004. - Skinheads on the March
- Antisemitism And Racism
- Spreading Hate on the Internet
- White supremacists fined for spreading hate on the internet
- Warman v. Kulbashian Decision
- 2004 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents
- Rights tribunal launches probe into 'vile' websites: Panel to rule whether anti-Semitic sites violated hate laws