Volume 5, Number 29
Friday, July 22, 2005
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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SUSPENDED SENTENCES FOR YOUTHS WHO ATTACKED ARMENIAN. Three youths in
Tolyatti, Russia (Saratov Region) received suspended sentences for their
April 2005 attack on an Armenian man, according to a July 8 report by the
Sova Information-Analytical Center. The youths denied membership in any
neo-Nazi organization but did acknowledge that their attack was motivated by
hatred for “migrants from the south.” The attack took place the day before
Hitler’s birthday, a time when Russian neo-Nazis are particularly active.
The youths used a metal pipe in their attack; nevertheless, either out of
fear or some other reason, the victim did not insist on a long sentence,
leading the judge to hand down suspended sentences.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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