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Canada has no legislation specifically restricting the ownership, display, purchase, import, or export of Nazi flags. However, sections 318–320 of the Criminal Code, [39] adopted by Canada's parliament in 1970 and based in large part on the 1965 Cohen Committee recommendations, [40] make it an offence to advocate or promote genocide, to communicate a statement in public inciting hatred ...
the swastika as a symbol of the Nazi Party, prohibited in all variants, including mirrored, inverted etc. (exceptions are only applied to swastikas used as religious symbols in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples) a stylized Celtic cross, prohibited as a symbol of the VSBD/PdA and in the variant used by the White Power movement. The legal status ...
The Nazis' principal symbol was the swastika, which the newly established Nazi Party formally adopted in 1920. [1] The formal symbol of the party was the Parteiadler , an eagle atop a swastika. The black-white-red motif is based on the colours of the flags of the German Empire .
Outside of educational, artistic, or scientific contexts, selling and showing symbols of Nazi Germany, including the Reichskriegsfahne, is illegal in Germany according to Strafgesetzbuch section 86a. This covers the version used after 1935 with the swastika. The punishment can be up to three years in prison. [citation needed]
In 2022, several German states have banned public displays of the "Z symbol", a symbol used for supporters of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [44] " The Russian attack on Ukraine is a crime and whoever publicly approves of this war can thereby become criminally liable," said Marek Wede, a spokesperson for Germany's Interior Ministry. [ 45 ]
A few years ago, a similar symbol sparked concern in Arizona, after an investigation by the Arizona Republic found that the state’s prison system had spent more than $2,600 on patches for guards ...
a recent trend has emerged in which members of Gen Z are getting a “Z” tattoo, which is seemingly innocent, but actually resembles a Nazi symbol. In a video that has since been made private ...
Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday. While most ...