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Toronto Police Detain Protest Activists Over Hate Incitement

8/25/2026

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Toronto Police detained two Bathurst-Sheppard protest activists on charges of willful promotion of hatred and public incitement.
University instructor Abbas Hamze delivered an antisemitic speech at the pro-Palestine protest in Toronto’s Bathurst-Sheppard Jewish neighborhood.
B’nai Brith Canada director Richard Robertson urged Toronto Police to investigate the protest as hate incitement.
Police provided Hamze, a non-citizen who arrived from France in August 2022, an armed escort during the protests.

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Toronto Police detained two Bathurst-Sheppard protest activists on charges of willful promotion of hatred and public incitement.
University instructor Abbas Hamze delivered an antisemitic speech at the pro-Palestine protest in Toronto’s Bathurst-Sheppard Jewish neighborhood.
B’nai Brith Canada director Richard Robertson urged Toronto Police to investigate the protest as hate incitement.
Police provided Hamze, a non-citizen who arrived from France in August 2022, an armed escort during the protests.