MINELRES: UNITED: Anti-fascist murdered in Russia
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Sun Jun 27 18:42:14 2004
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UNITED E-NEWS 22/06/2004: Anti-fascist murdered in St. Petersburg
Underneath you find the message that we received from our colleagues
in St Petersburg about the murder of a colleague in the struggle
against racism, fascism and intolerance. Mr Girenko spoke at the
UNITED conference in St Petersburg from 17-21 October 2001. He was a
man who was very open about his opinions, who did not mind if people
disagreed with them. He has contributed greatly to the anti-fascist
movement in St Petersburg. We mourn his loss and send our deepest
regrets to his family.
If you wish to send a message to our colleagues in Russia, please
send it to [email protected]. We will forward it.
UNITED
***forwarded message***
Dear Colleagues,
Last Saturday, Nikolay Girenko, the public face of the anti-fascist
movement of St. Petersburg was assasinated at his home. He was shot
by unknown gunners, who fired at him through the door of his
appartment. The numerous bullets they used killed him at the spot.
The event happened in the morning, while mr. Girenko's wife and
daughter were at home. The gunmen rang the doorbell and when
Girenko's daughter asked who was there, they told her to get Girenko.
She didn't open, but informed her father, who went and didn't open
the door either, but was met by a hail of bullets. No-one publicly
claimed the murder.
Mr. Girenko was a well known professor and specialist on Africa and a
devoted anti-fascist and anti-racist activist. He was chairman of the
Ethnical Minority Rights' NGO, one of the main anti-racist
organisations in St. Petersburg and had an official status consulting
the local authorities on minority rights. Mr. Girenko was often
invited to forums, public meetings and talk shows as a representative
of the anti-fascist movement.
As an anti-racist and anti-fascist mr. Girenko made great efforts
against the racist violence against foreign students. He supported
legal cases against fascists and fascist organisations as an expert.
One of his last expertises was against the Shultz 88 movement and it
supported the successful outcome of the trial against them.
We are shocked and saddened by this event. Knowing mr. Girenko
personally, we have no reasons to believe, that the intention to
murder him could be other than politically motivated. The next issue
of Anti-fashistsky Motiv and a press conference on neo-nazism in
Russia on the 22nd of June will be dedicated to the memory of Nikolay
Girenko.
Anti-fascist commission of Memorial
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