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Volume 8, Number 41
October 17, 2008
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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POLITKOVSKAYA MURDER TRIAL OPENS; HER LAWYER FINDS POISON IN HER CAR
BRITAIN UNRELENTING IN DEMANDING RUSSIAN COOPERATION IN LITVINENKO CASE
RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS FEAR LOSS OF WESTERN GRANTS
FOREIGNERS TARGETED IN MURDER SPREE IN MOSCOW
RUSSIAN GIRL MURDERED; FAR-RIGHT GROUP BLAMES MIGRANTS FOR VIOLENT
CRIMES
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL VANDALIZED IN KALININGRAD
COURT GIVES ANTISEMITE A SLAP ON WRIST
TERRORIST ACT FOILED, 60 MIGRANTS DETAINED, CLAIMS TABLOID
SYNAGOGUE BOMBING FOILED IN UKRAINE
TAJIK RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES REJECT GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
FRENCH OFFICIAL DENIES EU COMPROMISE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, MEDVEDEV ON THE OFFENSIVE * * *
EUROPEANS COUNTER RACISM
The Rise of Xenophobia and Hate Crimes Prompts New Actions
1. HATE CRIMES REPORT IN OSCE REGION PAINTS GRIM PICTURE
2. NEW EUROPEAN AGENCY TO COMBAT RACISM
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Volume 8, Number 40
October 3, 2008
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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NEW ANTI-EXTREMISM AGENCY PROPOSED, REACTIONS ARE MIXED
GRAVEST THREAT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMES FROM RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
GYPSIES THE MOST OPPRESSED MINORITY IN RUSSIA, SAYS EU COMMISSION
SKINHEADS ADMIT TO KILLING 20 RACE-MOTIVATED MURDERS
MOSCOW COURT SENTENCES NEO-NAZIS FOR MURDER
TWO WOMEN CHARGED WITH INCITING RACE HATRED
RUSSIAN ANTI-MIGRANT GROUP TO WORK WITH GERMAN NEO-NAZIS
RUSSIA CAN LOSE ITS FAR EAST REGION, MEDVEDEV WARNS
EU TO STOP RADICALIZATION OF MUSLIMS IN PRISONS
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, AN OPPOSITIONIST'S PLEA * * *
KEEPING UP THE DIALOGUE
Some basic things do not change in the former Soviet space while
European leaders keep pushing, talking, and hoping. They welcome every
small step toward democratic standards even when control remains with
the heirs of Yosif Stalin determined to keep it total.
1. ONE STEP AHEAD, TWO STEPS BACK - OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND?
2. THE WEST MUST RECOGNIZE THE TWO REGIONS' INDEPENDENCE, LAVROV SAYS
3. BELARUS ELECTIONS FELL SHORT OF OSCE STANDARDS
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There will not be a newsletter next week on account of Yom Kippur.
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