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Laura Gibbons

Laura Gibbons is an IREHR research associate.

IREHR in the Guardian: “US anti-vaccine mandate campaigners aim to mimic Canadian convoy tactic” – February 4, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 4, 2022

IREHR in the Guardian: “US anti-vaccine mandate campaigners aim to mimic Canadian convoy tactic” – February 4, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted by the Guardian a few times; “The far right uses big public events like this, particularly around Covid denial, as an opportunity to normalize their presence as well as an opportunity to recruit new…
IREHR in the Guardian: “Republicans to field more than 100 far-right candidates this year” – February 2, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 2, 2022

IREHR in the Guardian: “Republicans to field more than 100 far-right candidates this year” – February 2, 2022

The Institute for Research and Education on Human Right’s report, “Ammon’s Army Marches On,” was cited by the Guardian. Sergio Olmos, journalist for the Guardian, writes “Bundy’s group, the People’s Rights network, has now increased its national membership to 33,000 members and has at least 398 activists in 39 states,…
IREHR in the Colorado Springs Indy: “Sheriff candidates share theories on COVID, Jan. 6 and the “Marxist overthrow” at GOP forum” – January 28, 2022 IREHR Clips
January 28, 2022

IREHR in the Colorado Springs Indy: “Sheriff candidates share theories on COVID, Jan. 6 and the “Marxist overthrow” at GOP forum” – January 28, 2022

Chuck Tanner and Devin Burghart’s article, “‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Group Teams Up With Antisemitic Conspiracist,” was quoted by the Colorado Springs Indy. Hiedi Beedle, news reporter, writes “According to the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, Mack has been “a feature on the militia speaking circuits since the early…
IREHR in Huffpost: “Texas GOP Candidate for Governor Won’t Fire Staffer With Deep White Nationalist Ties” – January 19, 2022 IREHR Clips
January 19, 2022

IREHR in Huffpost: “Texas GOP Candidate for Governor Won’t Fire Staffer With Deep White Nationalist Ties” – January 19, 2022

The Institute for Research and Education on Human Right’s report, “From Alt-Right to Groyper,” was quoted by Huffpost. Christopher Mathias, Senior Reporter, writes “This is a strategy called “entryism,” which The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights describes as the practice of “gaining a place in more mainstream organizations by…
IREHR in the Guardian: “Guns, ammo … even a boat: how Oath Keepers plotted an armed coup” – January 14, 2022 IREHR Clips
January 14, 2022

IREHR in the Guardian: “Guns, ammo … even a boat: how Oath Keepers plotted an armed coup” – January 14, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Guardian “It’s easy to dismiss a lot of what is in the indictment as fantasy, as projection of what the Oath Keepers would like to see, but the events of January 6…
IREHR in Central Oregon Daily: “Deschutes Co. Sheriff accepts invite to speak to controversial group” – January 13, 2022 IREHR Clips
January 13, 2022

IREHR in Central Oregon Daily: “Deschutes Co. Sheriff accepts invite to speak to controversial group” – January 13, 2022

Chuck Tanner, research director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted in the Central Oregon Daily. “This isn’t the Rotary,” said Chuck Tanner, “It’s a far-right group that has an insurrectionist vision.” The Central Oregon Daily News writes, “But Tanner told Central Oregon Daily News…
IREHR in The Daily Beast: “Inside the Wacko Roadshow That Likely Killed a COVID-Denying Ex-CIA Agent” – December 19, 2021 IREHR Clips
December 19, 2021

IREHR in The Daily Beast: “Inside the Wacko Roadshow That Likely Killed a COVID-Denying Ex-CIA Agent” – December 19, 2021

Article, “‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Group Teams Up With Antisemitic Conspiracist,” written by Chuck Tanner and Devin Burghart was cited and quoted by the Daily Beast. Justin Rohrlich, a reporter with the Daily Beast, writes “Still, Steele— “a prolific purveyor of antisemitism who…deems Jews ‘a secret society that believes itself to be…
Kansas and Missouri “Freedom Rallies” for COVID Denialists, Anti-Vaxxers and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists COVID-19Featured
October 8, 2021

Kansas and Missouri “Freedom Rallies” for COVID Denialists, Anti-Vaxxers and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists

On September 18th, 2021, various “Freedom Rallies” were held in cities across the country. A look at several such rallies in Kansas and Missouri, and events that preceded them, confirms a key point about these mobilizations – that while focused most vocally on anti-vaxxer and COVID denial themes, these efforts…
IREHR in The Wrap: “Former CIA Officer Who Called COVID a ‘Hoax’ Dies From Virus” – August 30, 2021 IREHR Clips
August 30, 2021

IREHR in The Wrap: “Former CIA Officer Who Called COVID a ‘Hoax’ Dies From Virus” – August 30, 2021

IREHR was cited in The Wrap regarding Robert David Steele; Author, Lindsey Ellefson, writes, “In a Vice interview last year, Steele claimed he was the first person to call COVID a “hoax.” According to the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, he held anti-Semitic beliefs and according to Maine Public, he claimed NASA was…