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Volume 6, Number 37
Friday, October 27, 2006
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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Blowing hot and cold, the Russian government has been reacting to
Western criticisms of its human rights policies and the imposition of
new bureaucratic curbs on the operations of nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs). In his conversations with his European
colleagues, President Vladimir Putin was feeling his oats, giving some
Western observers the feeling that he was not quite himself. More
likely,
he was just being his canny, cocky, coarse self.
1. PUTIN SHRUGS OFF EU CRITICISMS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN RUSSIA
2. MOSCOW ASKS FOREIGN NGOS TO DEFEND ETHNIC RUSSIANS
3. RUSSIA ENDS SUSPENSION OF SOME FOREIGN NGOS
4. KEY RUSSIAN OFFICIAL URGES CHANGES IN NGO LAW
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MOSCOW SKINHEADS ATTACK ART GALLERY
VLADIVOSTOK SYNAGOGUE VANDALIZED
VLADIMIR MOSQUE FIREBOMBED
JURY ACQUITS ALL DEFENDANTS IN MURDER OF VIETNAMESE STUDENT
CHECHEN-OWNED BAR SET ON FIRE IN KARELIA
EXTREMIST ATTACKS IN RUSSIA SURGE
BELARUS KGB DENIES NEO-NAZIS EXIST IN VITEBSK
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, WHAT RUSSIA AND IRAN HAVE IN COMMON * * *
BRITAIN ABANDONS �OPEN DOOR� TO IMMIGRANTS
But Critics Say the New Curbs Are Not Enough
2. FRANCE WARNED OF RIOTS IN POOR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS
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Volume 6, Number 36
Friday, October 20, 2006
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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RUSSIAN COURT SHUTS DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
UNREGISTERED NGOS SUSPENDED BUT KEEP THEIR LEGAL ENTITY
PUTIN REBUKES CABINET FOR NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH AGAINST MIGRANTS
ONE GEORGIAN DETAINEE DIES, 'INHUMAN' TREATMENT CHARGED
POLICE DETAINS ACTIVIST PROTESTING MISTREATMENT OF GEORGIANS
RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER GIVEN EXTENDED POWER
JURY FINDS SUSPECTED KILLERS OF VIETNAMESE STUDENT NOT GUILTY
30 MUSLIM TOMBSTONES VANDALIZED
10 JEWISH GRAVESTONES DESECRATED
ZHIRINOVSKY FORGES AHEAD AS SECOND MOST TRUSTED POLITICIAN
UZBEK POLICE CHOOSE SUNDAY MORNING FOR RAIDS ON CHURCHES
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, 'THE NEW FEUDALISM' * * *
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS RULES AGAINST RUSSIA
A Rare Victory
There are times when justice is served in an exemplary manner, injustice
in its many guises is appropriately condemned, and the victims finally
get their day in court, even if it is too late for them.
1. 'THE RIGHT TO LIFE' IS SACRED
2. POLITKOVSKAYA'S LAST ARTICLE PUBLISHED
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Volume 6, Number 35
Friday, October 13, 2006
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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PUTIN MAKES STATEMENT WITH A RACIST EDGE
RUSSIA TO RETURN TO SOVIET-ERA MIGRATION QUOTAS
MOSCOW SCHOOLS ORDERED TO REPORT GEORGIAN PUPILS
RUSSIAN CRACKDOWN EXTENDS TO FAMOUS GEORGIANS
GEORGIA CHARGES RUSSIA WITH HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
SKINHEADS ASSAULT TRAIN PASSENGERS
RACISTS ATTACK STUDENT FROM MALI
NEO-NAZI SUSPECTS IN CEMETERY VANDALISM ARRESTED
UZBEKISTAN SHUTS DOWN FOREIGN CHARITIES
SPAIN TO AID AFRICAN STATES THAT ACCEPT REPATRIATED MIGRANTS
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, RISKS OF A REAL CLASH * * *
MURDERED IN MOSCOW
A Reporter Putin Called "Extremely Insignificant" Exposed Russian
Atrocities
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1. THE EXPOSE THAT VANISHED
2. PUTIN SEES MURDER AS PART OF PLOT AGAINST RUSSIA
3. ENEMIES AND ADMIRERS
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Volume 6, Number 34
Friday, October 6, 2006
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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RUSSIA THREATENS GEORGIA
GEORGIAN ATHLETE KILLED IN MOSCOW
JEWISH, TATAR GRAVESTONES VANDALIZED
CITING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, EU REJECTS TRADE WITH TURKMENISTAN
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MISSES OPPORTUNITY, HRW CHARGES
TWO LATVIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS SUPPORT EXTREMISTS ON TRIAL
12 CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND NUNS FACE EXPULSION IN BELARUS
MASSIVE FINE IN BELARUS FOR 'ILLEGAL' BAPTISMS
KYRGYZ ATTACKERS ON PASTOR'S HOME GO UNPUNISHED
RACIST REMARKS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNED
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, CALL ON THE BULLY TO STOP * * * "
THE ISSUE IS MIGRATION
>From Spain to Russia and Austria, Migration Forces Self-Appraisal by
Left
and Right
1. FAR RIGHT WON'T BE IN AUSTRIA'S NEXT GOVERNMENT
2. PARIS AND MADRID LOCK HORNS OVER MIGRANT AMNESTY
3. ETHNIC RUSSIANS LEAVE NORTH CAUCASUS AND THE FAR EAST. While
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Volume 6, Number 33
Friday, September 29, 2006
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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News agencies including the semi-official Itar-Tass report a rise in
ethnic tensions across Russia. Following anti-Chechen violence earlier
this month in the northwestern town of Kondopoga, a number of
demonstrations have taken place in Moscow and St. Petersburg demanding
an end to emigration from the south...
1. INDIAN STUDENT KILLED IN ST. PETERSBURG
2. TWO SYNAGOGUES AND A MOSQUE VANDALIZED
3. MOST KONDOPOGA CHECHENS DO NOT RETURN
4. THREE PROTESTANT CHURCHES ATTACKED
5. SKINHEADS VIDEOTAPE ATTACKS ON ASIANS
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DUMA RAISES FINES FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
EXTREMISTS SENTENCED FOR ATTACKING ROMA FAMILY
SKINHEADS BEAT EDITOR
YOUTHS CHARGED WITH BEATING JEWISH YOUTH TO DEATH IN 2005
ELDERLY JEW CHARGED WITH HOOLIGANISM
YOUTH GETS 16 YEARS FOR STABBING RAMPAGE
TWO ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS IN ODESSA
EU DEAF TO SPAIN�S S.O.S. A ON MIGRANT CRISIS
BRITAIN TO PERMIT �MANAGED MIGRATION� FROM NEW EU MEMBERS
* * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK, PRESIDENTIAL PLEDGE * * *
STATE DEPARTMENT NOTES RISING INTEREST IN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Annual Report Finds Both Improvement and Deterioration
The State Department�s annual report on religious freedom, released on
September 15, notes �a significant increase in international media
attention to religious freedom issues and controversies�...
1. RUSSIA �FREE FOR A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY�
2. SMALL IMPROVEMENT IN TURKMENISTAN
3. DECLINE IN UZBEKISTAN
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