The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has stripped a former NDP candidate of an annual human rights award after comments she made that compared Israel to Nazi Germany. The commission issued a press release on Friday saying it had “formally rescinded” an award it gave to Zaman. The press release declined to mention which award was actually given to Zama. Earlier press releases that named the award recipients were no longer accessible on the human rights commission’s website. “This decision makes clear that people who engage in this type of hateful discourse disqualify themselves as human rights advocates,” the groups wrote in a joint statement.

Source: National Post December 20, 2019 19:41 UTC