A lawyer for seven men charged with violating Canada’s hate crime laws told a court that a Canadian Jewish umbrella group was responsible for their arrest. The only reason the men were arrested after demonstrating against Romani, or Gypsy, refugees, is because the Canadian Jewish Congress issued a press release questioning why they had not been arrested, said Harry Doan. Bernie Farber, an official with the Canadian Jewish Congress told the court that he believes that the men, who were carrying “swastika flags and signs saying, `Honk if you hate Gypsies,'” were violating Canadian law.
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