Alexan (Alex) Kulbashian (December 7, 1981 in Lebanon), also known as Alex Krause of Toronto is a former leader and spokesperson for the racist Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team (CECT)[1][2] which was based in Ontario, Canada. Kulbashian and James Scott Richardson have been found by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to have been involved in the running and/or hosting of two websites targeting Jews, Muslims, ethnic minorities and immigrants.[3] The Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team (CECT) was an Ontario-based hate group lead by Alexan Kulbashian and associated with fellow CECT member James Scott Richardson and his neo-Nazi organization, the Tri-City Skins. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... James Scott Richardson is the former head of the London, Ontario-based Tri-city Skins, a neo-Nazi organization, and a a close associate of Alex Kulbashian of Toronto who headed the Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team (CECT). ...

The content of the two now defunct websites that Kulbashian and Richardson were involved with brought the two men to the attention of Richard Warman who filed a federal human rights complaint. The complaint sought $80,000 in punitive fines and damages and was brought before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in early 2004. One commission investigator asserted that the material which was posted on the websites allegedly operated by Kulbashian and Richardson posed a threat to ethnic groups: Richard Warman (born 1968) is a Canadian human rights lawyer based in Ottawa. ... The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body established in 1977 by the Canadian Human Rights Act. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

"The material posted and maintained on these websites would likely expose individuals who are not Christian, non-Caucasian, and individuals of other religions, other races and other national ethnic origins to hatred and/or contempt."^[1] Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into White people. ...

Kulbashian had been arrested in North York, Ontario, as part of a London police probe into threats against Muslims and Jews on the Internet after 9/11. North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ...

Alex Kulbashian currently has no criminal record or pending charges. The charges laid by the London Police probe were withdrawn after two years without any apparent explanation.[4]

On March 10, 2006, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal fined Kulbashian $1,000 for communicating hate messages and also ordered him to pay Richard Warman $5,000 in damages for having personally named Warman as a Jewish lawyer in the context of mocking reference to the Holocaust, gas chambers, the Auschwitz death camp, and posting Warman's home address at the time to the Internet as part of a Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team newsletter (paragraphs 136-139 of the CHRT ruling below). The decision was described as a "landmark ruling" on hate and the internet by Canadian Press.[5] Kulbashian's Internet service provider, Affordable Space, was fined a further $3000.00. The Tribunal also issued permanent orders barring Kulbashian and Richardson from posting further hate messages to the Internet (paragraph 135 of the decision). March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Richard Warman (born 1968) is a Canadian human rights lawyer based in Ottawa. ... The Canadian Press (CP) is a Canadian news agency established in 1917 as a vehicle to permit Canadian newspapers of the day to exchange their news and information. ...

Alexan Kulbashian has filed an Appeal in Federal Court on the grounds of error in judgement as well as challenging the constitutionality of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act[6].

References

1. ^ "London man faces rights tribunal" by Randy Richmond, London Free Press, February 23, 2004

External links

• Article on case - Site sympathetic to Kulbashian.
• 2003 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents - ENHANCING PROTECTION
• Text of Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision against Kulbashian and James Scott Richardson.
• Richmond, Randy, "Hate Website Fine A First",The London Free Press, March 11, 2006.