Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Latvijas Avize reports on a discussion held in Riga about hate speech on the Internet

Latvijas Avize reports on a discussion held in Riga about hate speech on the Internet, organised by NGO Dialogi.lv. Participants of the discussion concluded that hateful comments on the Internet have become less frequent, apparently due to negative reaction in the society to insulting comments, as well as because legislation envisages severe punishment for incitement to ethnic or racial hatred (up to 10 year of imprisonment). The participants also agreed that there are flaws in legislation, in particular, regarding anonymous commentators, as well as difficulty to meet the requirement to prove that an author of the comment intended to incite hatred.