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Volume 9, Number 47
December 11, 2009
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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IS RUSSIA ABOUT TO IMPOSE INTERNET CENSORSHIP?
5 NEO-NAZI YOUTHS DETAINED, SUSPECTED OF KILLING HOMELESS MAN
BOMBER OF ORTHODOX CHURCH LEFT BEHIND 'EXTREMIST LEAFLET'
MEMORIAL CONDEMNS SCHOOL SEGREGATION OF ROMA IN RUSSIA
BELARUS OPPOSITIONISTS ABDUCTED AND DUMPED IN THE WOODS
UKRAINIAN MAYOR KEEPS UP ANTISEMITIC RHETORIC
POLICE DETAIN YOUTHS FOR VANDALIZING HOLOCAUST MONUMENT IN UKRAINE
SARKOZY URGES DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS TO BLOCK 'A TERRIBLE RANCOR'
ANTI-ISLAM PROTEST IN ENGLAND
AUSTRIAN NEO-NAZIS TAUNT BASQUE SOCCER TEAM IN VIENNA
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, THE PLIGHT OF MINORITIES IN THE EU * * *
RUSSIA'S TWO HIGHEST COURTS FACE CONTROVERSY
The independence and the standards of Russia's judiciary have been
frequently questioned and President Dmitry Medvedev, stressing his
professional interest as a lawyer, has repeatedly made some vague
statements calling for reforms. Two events in one week suggested that
the time may have come for specific actions.
1. TWO SENIOR JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT QUIT
2. SUPREME COURT BANS JEHOVAH'S WITNESS PUBLICATIONS AND A CONGREGATION
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Volume 9, Number 46
December 4, 2009
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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Sometime after 9 p.m. on November 27, a homemade bomb derailed a luxury
express train running from Moscow to St. Petersburg with about 700
people on board, the Emergency Situations Ministry announced late on
November 29. As we go to press, the number of fatalities has reached 27,
with 94 injured hospitalized, and some passengers still unaccounted for.
Russian media reports agree that the explosion was the worst terrorist
strike outside the North Caucasus since two planes were downed by
suicide bombers in 2004. In his December 3 press conference, Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin said that "we have done a lot to break the spine
of terrorism" but conceded that "the threat of terrorism remains very
high."
1. FAR-RIGHT GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPLOSION
2. RUSSIAN CONVERT TO ISLAM IS SUSPECTED MASTERMIND
3. A SECOND BLAST
4. CHECHEN REBELS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY
5. TRAIN BOMBING SHOWS MEDVEDEV MORE OPEN THAN PUTIN
6. EXPLOSION IN DAGESTAN CAUSES MINIMAL DAMAGE
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FEW RUSSIANS SATISFIED WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT, POLL SAYS
MEDVEDEV AND LAZAR SEE LESS ANTISEMITISM IN RUSSIA
ANTISEMITIC ATTACK IN MOSCOW
ISRAELIS ATTACKED NEAR JEWISH RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING IN MOSCOW
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ASK ANTIFASCISTS TO REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE
JUVENILE CONVICT FINED FOR NEO-NAZI TATTOO
UKRAINIAN ACADEMIC DIGS UP TROTSKY QUOTE TO IMPLY JEWISH ROLE IN FAMINE
FAR-RIGHT GROUPS ATTACK ANTIFASCISTS IN KHARKOV
KAZAKHSTAN TO DEPORT KAZAKH-BORN BAPTIST LEADER
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, THE MODEL MOSCOW BUREAUCRAT MEDVEDEV * * *
KAZAKHS TAKE OVER OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP, SWISS VOTERS BAN MINARETS
Critical Voices Raised, Pious Hopes Expressed
1. KAZAKHS CRITICIZED AT OSCE MEETING
2. SWISS BAN ON MINARETS UNLIKELY TO SPREAD
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Volume 9, Number 45
November 27, 2009
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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With uncharacteristic alacrity, President Dmitry Medvedev addressed
himself to the case of an anti-corruption lawyer whose death in
detention a week earlier had been called a murder.
1. MEDVEDEV ORDERS PROBE OF LAWYER MAGNITSKY'S DEATH IN JAIL
2.MEDVEDEV'S HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PROTESTS MAGNITSKY'S DEATH IN JAIL
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MURDERED ORTHODOX PRIEST BURIED, INTER-RELIGIOUS TENSION NOTED
IN MOSCOW, NEO-NAZIS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING ANTIFASCIST
MOSQUE VANDALIZED IN KIROV
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, RUSSIA AS A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY * * *
MEDVEDEV AND PUTIN SING DIFFERENT TUNES
Or Do the Two Heads of the Russian Eagle Harmonize on a Higher Level?
Differences between President Dmitry Medvedev and his one-time mentor
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin keep surfacing in public with increasing
frequency. Medvedev's targets of criticism include institutions and
policies set up by Putin. The president's tenor is politely oblique, and
so far Putin has not responded to his nominal boss - or at least not in
public.
1. MEDVEDEV REPRIMANDS, OBLIQUELY, UNITED RUSSIA PARTY
2. UNITED RUSSIA'S NEW PLATFORM CLASHES WITH MEDVEDEV'S MODERNIZATION
PLAN
3. PUTIN CALLS FOR DEBATE BUT REFRAINS FROM ONE WITH MEDVEDEV
4. MEDVEDEV PLEDGES HELP TO NGOS
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Volume 9, Number 44
November 20, 2009
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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MEDVEDEV WARNS OPPOSITION NOT TO DESTABILIZE THE STATE
MOSCOW LAWYER DIES ABRUPTLY IN DETENTION CENTER
RUSSIANS DISAGREE ON WHO WON AND LOST WITH FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
IN OMSK, POLICE IGNORE THIRD ATTACK ON ANTIFASCISTS SINCE AUGUST
ANTI-RUSSIAN RACISTS SENT TO JAIL
RACIST ATTACK IN MOSCOW
THREE YOUTHS FACE TRIAL ON HATE CRIME CHARGES
LEGITIMACY OF KAZAKH CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE QUESTIONED
EUROPEAN FAR-RIGHT GROUP MISSES DEADLINE FOR EU SUBSIDY
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, THE SNOWBALL THAT TRIGGERED AN AVALANCHE * * *
HATE CRIMES CONSTITUTE "A SERIOUS PROBLEM" IN OSCE STATES
OSCE's Annual Report Laments the Scarcity of Data Offered
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Volume 9, Number 43
November 13, 2009
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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1. MAN CONFESSES TO KILLING TWO HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS IN MOSCOW
2. MOSCOW CITY HALL SEEKS TO EVICT TWO HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
3. ATTACKED BY NATIONALISTS, ANTIFASCISTS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
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NEO-NAZIS TO BE TRIED FOR KILLING CHINESE MAN
POSSIBLE RACIST ATTACK COINCIDED WITH NATIONALIST RALLY
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, RUSSIA�S HOLLOW PLEA FOR EXEMPTION * * *
SINCE THE WALL CAME DOWN 20 YEARS AGO
Celebrations Go on�but Not Everyone Is Dancing
1. THATCHER, MITTERRAND FEARFUL OF GERMAN REUNIFICATION
2. JEWS WARN: UNIFICATION JOY SHOULDN�T OVERSHADOW KRISTALLNACHT
3. DISAPPOINTMENT IN MOSCOW
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