"Strike Off Doctors Behind Antisemitic Witch-Hunt - As Watchdog of the British Medical Community, the GMC’s Integrity Must Not Be Impugned"
Paris, 4 January 2010
In a letter to Dr Paul Philip, Acting Chief Executive of The British General Medical Council (GMC), the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr Shimon Samuels, expressed concern "to learn of a hate campaign reportedly directed, inter alia, by several of your members, against the noted cancer surgeon Professor Michael Baum (Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Visiting Professor of Medical Humanities at University College London)."
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Calls on France to Protest His Assault on the Independence of French Judiciary
Paris, 24 November 2009
In a letter to French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Bernard Kouchner, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr Shimon Samuels, expressed the Centre's concern "at the statement yesterday by Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, vindicating convicted terrorist 'Carlos' Ilich Ramirez Sanchez."
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"Ensure that State Terrorism Not Be Granted Impunity"
Paris, 9 November 2009
In a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Dr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr Shimon Samuels, recalled their "2 July conversation, at the Paris International Diplomatic Academy, regarding the definition of the 1994 terrorist attack on the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish Centre as a crime against humanity."
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"Condemn Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Its Rector for Campaign to Disestablish Jewish Self-Determination"
Paris, 26 October 2009
In a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr Shimon Samuels, deplored "a new stage in Norwegian incitement to Jew-hatred, the outrageously anti-Israel bigotry of the Middle East seminar at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim."
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Turkish Publishers Blame Centre for Ban on Antisemitic Texts
Frankfurt, 16 October 2009
In his annual Report to Frankfurt Book Fair Director, Jürgen Boos, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr Shimon Samuels, noted that "this is the seventh year that the Simon Wiesenthal Centre monitors incitement to hate and violence on the display stands of the Frankfurt Book Fair – the largest literary gathering in the world. At the opening press conference, I was struck by your allusion to controversy surrounding China as your 2009 Honoured Guest."
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