Johan Friestedt

Executive Secretary of @ECRI_CoE 🇪🇺
European Commission against #Racism & #Intolerance, Council of Europe.
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[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

We are all terrestrials, equal under the stars!

Join our @UNHumanRights campaign against hatred, with @gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett.

Beyond nationality, politics, religion, or ideology, we are #TerrestrialsUnited

https://t.co/vHMXwRU84V

[Council of Europe Anti-discrimination & Inclusion @CoE_Antidiscri]

👏The Democracy Hackathon & No Hate Speech Week 2026 have just ended, culminating in the Democracy Hackathon Awards Ceremony. Congratulations to the winners!

[Council of Europe Anti-discrimination & Inclusion @CoE_Antidiscri]

The #NoHateSpeechWeek workshops of Day 2 focused on strengthening Europe’s collaborative response to hate.

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/fXYyO5EixQ

[European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE]

🗣️ 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.

On #StopH8Speech Day, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (@ECRI_CoE), the European Network of Equality Bodies (@equineteurope), the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (#CERD) and United Nations'S Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (#UNWGEPAD) join forces to send a clear message: 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝.

18 June ¦ International Day for Countering Hate Speech

[La Gazette de Monaco @GazettedeMonaco]

📄 La Commission Européenne contre le Racisme et l’Intolérance du Conseil de l’Europe a publié, en début de semaine, son rapport

@CoE_fr @ECRI_CoE #ECRI #racisme #intolerance #harcelement
https://t.co/3pRenpYePz

[European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE]

#ECRI Delegation visited 🇭🇺#Hungary from 1 to 5 June 2026 to gather information on tackling #hatespeech and hate crimes, ensuring #equality and #inclusion in #education and #healthcare. The report is expected to be published in 2027.

Read more: https://t.co/tgisNVpXvD

[Alain Berset @alain_berset]

The Council of Europe’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE in its latest annual report warns against the ripple effects of the hate speech across democratic societies in Europe. 

The report is a stark reminder that hatred weakens democracies and pushes people away from public life.

We cannot allow hate speech to become normal. @coe’s New Democratic Pact for Europe is our chance to decide together how we keep our societies open, democratic and grounded in human dignity and equality, not hatred and exclusion.

[European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE]

Alarming levels of racist, anti-LGBTI and other forms of hate speech continue to affect democratic societies across Europe.
In its new annual report published today, ECRI calls for stronger action to tackle hate speech in politics, online and in schools, while protecting those who speak out against hate.
Read the full press release:https://t.co/M6tiEVX0hI

[European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE]

📢“𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬.”
In a new interview, ECRI Chair Bertil Cottier explains why the growing trivialisation of hate speech across Europe should raise the alarm🚨and what can be done to counter it.

Read the full interview: https://t.co/sM5KL6joWv

[European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE]

Hate. Online. Offline. In political discourse.

Hate speech is spreading, and its impact goes far beyond words.

Watch ECRI’s new video on why stronger action is needed to confront racist, anti-LGBTI and other forms of hate speech across Europe.

[Council of Europe @coe]

Can you code, design or are you a democracy expert?

Register for CoE’s Democracy Hackathon! Build innovative tools to fight hate speech for the New Democratic Pact for Europe, get expert mentorship and win a share of a
€50,000 Microsoft grant.

👉 https://t.co/jsxSubNES8

[Council of Europe Anti-discrimination & Inclusion @CoE_Antidiscri]

📍Copenhagen
🏳️‍🌈 The 2026 European #IDAHOTForum has officially opened this morning.

🇪🇺 @coe Deputy Secretary General @DSGBjornBerge joined fellow speakers to kick off a day of dialogue on LGBTI equality and democracy.

➡️ Learn more #IDAHOTforum: https://t.co/Y2NI5lM23l

[Commissioner for Human Rights @CommissionerHR]

At the IDAHOT+ Forum in Copenhagen, I underscored the broader pushback to human rights, and the need to support civil society. I call on all state actors to re-engage and show leadership and determination in standing up for human rights. Despite progress, deep wells of discrimination and exclusion against LGBTI people remain across Europe.
#IDAHOT #HumanRights

[FSG International @gitanos_org_INT]

The @EU_Commission publishes the results of the new monitoring cycle on #HateSpeech on social media, in which FSG has participated.

This is the first cycle to be carried out under the revised Code of Conduct

https://t.co/OStT28yLpY

[CEB➡️Social development bank for Europe @COEbanknews]

🎉Happy birthday to us!

For 70 years, #CEB has worked with partners across Europe and beyond to invest in people, for people – turning shared values into concrete projects and social impact.

🎥Watch this short video with birthday messages from some of those counterparts👇

[Council of Europe @coe]

"Opre Roma!" Month celebrating Roma history, language and culture begins! Join events across Europe honouring Roma contributions.
Webpage: https://t.co/1RXapP5hPY 
Calendar:  https://t.co/fyePJzgXYK

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

"Being anti-racist does not mean standing with one group against another. It means standing on the side of human rights and justice - for all." - @volker_turk

#FightRacism

[European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE]

ECRI holds its 100th plenary meeting and hearings of national specialists dealing with racial profiling by law enforcement officials

Read more➡️https://t.co/qp6a435pGj

[Fakhraddin Ismayilov @IsmayilovFN]

Our appreciations to Irene Kitsou-Milonas, @CoE Secretary General’s Special Representative on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious intolerance for hosting today a working session with her counterparts from OSCE and EU, along with @ECRI_CoE’s representative.

[Aloisia Wörgetter @AWoergetter]

Heute Morgen in Straßburg: OSZE, EU und Europarat koordinieren ihre Standards und Anliegen gegen Intoleranz und Diskriminierung gegen Muslime.