28.02.2008
Lawlessness unto themselves
The Simferopol City Council has taken a decision which is difficult not to see as deliberately aimed at heightening tension in the city and perhaps in the Crimea | детальніше
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28.02.2008
If you’re anti-fascists, that means Kyiv has fascists?
On neo-fascists and skinheads in Ukraine, those fighting them (and not with words alone) in Kyiv and on the influence of Russian neo-Nazi groups | детальніше
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27.02.2008
Police Chief slams attempts at provocation by the Simferopol City Council
He says that the decision not to allocate land on Yalynska St to build an Assembly Mosque was unlawful and that the police would not be vacating the protesters | детальніше
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27.02.2008
MIA proposes inter-departmental committee against xenophobia
The committee would present a comprehensive document on combating racism and xenophobia in Ukraine which the Ministry of Internal Affairs says goes beyond its powers | детальніше
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15.02.2008
Court upholds Crimean Muslims over land for the Soborna Mosque
The Crimean Economic Court has ordered the Simferopol City Council to conclude a lease agreement within ten days with the Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the Crimea for the landsite on Yaltynska St | детальніше
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12.02.2008
Crimean Tatars accuse Crimean enforcement bodies of xenophobia
The Presidium of the Mejilis of the Crimean Tatar People believes that the investigation into high-profile recent events cannot be carried out by the Crimean departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service | детальніше
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11.02.2008
Jewish community outrage over attack on Muslim cemetery
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Ukraine extends its deep sympathy to the Muslims of the Crimea, especially to those people whose relatives are buried in the graveyard of the Nizhnyohirske Settlemen | детальніше
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11.02.2008
Muslim graves desecrated
Members of the Muslim community in the Crimean Nizhnegorsky settlement are convinced that this was not the wrok of one or two vandalisms, but a planned attack | детальніше
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08.02.2008
Proposed law would increase liability for propagandizing Nazism
The draft law just tabled in parliament increases penalties for publicly praising and propagandizing Nazism and discriminatory ideology | детальніше
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07.02.2008
Crimean Tatars warn Council of Europe of possible conflict in the Crimea
They are calling for the issue of repatriants’ to be considered at the Council of Europe conference on Ukraine’s regional development to be held in Yalta in April this year. | детальніше
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06.02.2008
Ministry of Justice not convinced over racism problem in Ukraine
The Ministry of Justice has posted a text on its official website asserting that statements about the existence of racism as a general phenomenon in Ukraine are incorrect. The Ministry maintains that at present one can speak only of isolated incidents | детальніше
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03.02.2008
UNHCR appalled by murder in Ukraine
The UN is asking the Ukrainian authorities to consider the possibility of a racially motivated attack in their investigation of the murder of a Congolese asylum seeker | детальніше
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30.01.2008
Photo of the Minister of Education burned in the Crimea
A civic association in Sevastopol is demanding measures against those who organized a protest action at which the Minister’s photo was burned. The protest was in fact unwarranted since students in the Crimea are not being forced to take external exams in a language they have not studied in | детальніше
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29.01.2008
Young Congolese refugee murdered in Kyiv
We are posting information about this terrible killing in case it was racially motivated however it would be irresponsible to assume that it was until the investigation is over | детальніше
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29.01.2008
Putrid lies and other unpleasant odours
If the food item you bought in a supermarket proves rotten and smelly, you don’t just, so to speak, swallow it. Why accept information which is no less toxic and of dubious quality especially when it makes serious allegations about anti-Semitism in Ukraine? | детальніше
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27.01.2008
Crimean Prosecutor protests against the actions of the Simferopol City Council.
According to the Prosecutor, by allocating a different site for the Soborna Mosque to that applied for , the Council failed to comply with legislation and exceeded its authority | детальніше
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25.01.2008
For a tolerant Crimea
The civic movement “For a tolerant Crimea” has directed an appeal to the Simferopol Mayor and Deputies expressing concern over discrimination against Muslim and other religious communities in the city | детальніше
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25.01.2008
SBU catches alleged gang of Nazi racists
The behaviour is classified under the articles for hooliganism and for violations of equal rights on the basis of race, nationality or religion, which involve quite serious legal consequences | детальніше
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24.01.2008
Crimean Muslims begin protest over obstruction in building a Mosque in Simpferopol
On 23 January they held a picket and prayer service in the place where the Simferopol City Council had previously given permission to build the Soborna Mosque. At one of the last sessions, the Council’s deputies reversed this decision | детальніше
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17.01.2008
There is an article in the Criminal Code against incitement to enmity after all
Perhaps for the first time in Ukraine those circulating anti-Semitic material are facing charges under Article 161 § 2 of the Criminal Code “Infringement of equal rights on the basis of racial or ethnic identity or attitude to religion” | детальніше
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