Minorities under Siege: Hate Crimes & Intolerance in the Russian Federation by Human Rights First 10:02pm 22nd Jun, 2006   On 26 June, Human Rights First released two new reports on hate crimes in the Russian Federation.    Minorities Under Siege: Hate Crimes and Related Intolerance in the Russian Federation reports on the growing threat of racist violence, antisemitism, and other forms of intolerance.    The report documents incidents of hate-motivated violence – including murder – directed against the full array of Russia’s minorities, including people from the Caucasus and Central Asia, Africans, the Jewish community, people practicing “non-traditional” religions, Roma, as well as sexual minorities. Anti-racist activists have also increasingly been among the victims.    The report also looks at the official response to violence motivated by bias by assessing the Russian legal framework for dealing such hate crimes as well as the political response from Russia’s official human rights bodies and political leaders. Detailed recommendations are made to the Russian authorities.    Minorities Under Siege: The Case of St. Petersburg focuses more specifically on recent cases of serious racist violence in Russia’s “northern capital” as well as the response of local authorities to the worrying problem of hate crimes there.     Click on the link below to access these reports. Visit the related web page
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