MINELRES: Bigotry Monitor: Volume 4, Number 3 (content)

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Volume 4, Number 3
Friday, January 23, 2004

BIGOTRY MONITOR
A Weekly Human Rights Newsletter on Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and
Religious Persecution in the Former Communist World and Western Europe

EDITOR: CHARLES FENYVESI
(News and Editorial Policy within the sole discretion of the editor)

Published by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union
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HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS MAY WORK WITH CHECHENS, SAYS PUTIN
  
CHECHNYA WAR WORSENED IN 2003, RUSSIA ACKNOWLEDGES

A DATA BANK FOR ALL FOREIGNERS IN RUSSIA UNDER WAY

BLAST RIPS BAPTIST CENTER IN TULA

ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY IN BELARUS TURNED INTO SOCCER FIELD
 
BELARUSIAN JEWISH ACTIVIST ARRESTED

THE LAST WORLD WAR II CRIMES TRIAL IN GERMANY? 

TALK SHOW HOST QUITS AFTER UPROAR OVER ANTI-ARAB REMARK

* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, A PLEDGE BY PUTIN'S NEW AIDE * * * 

FRANCE'S BAN ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS BROADENS
Chirac Unfazed by New Controversies Stirred by His Plan

President Jacques Chirac is not about to make compromises to accommodate
critics of his proposal to ban conspicuous religious symbols from
state-supported institutions in France. He believes that even though
tensions with the Muslim minority may increase in the short run, the
country will emerge stronger and Muslims will be more integrated in
society.

1. MARCHES AGAINST THE BAN ON VEILS ATTRACT SMALL CROWDS

2. ALGERIAN-BORN PREFECT'S CAR BLOWN UP IN NANTES

3. BAN TO INCLUDE BEARDS AND BANDANNAS, MINISTER SAYS

4. FRENCH OFFICIAL REBUKES POPE'S STATEMENT

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