Integration monitor
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.
Март 26, 2012
- Latvian non-citizens are unable to travel to the United Arab Emirates
- Roundtable: 22% of the victims of Stalinist repressions in Latvia were ethnic Russians
Vesti Segodnya reports that Latvian non-citizens are unable to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because the country does not recognize their passport as valid document. Until the 1 December 2011, the non-citizens were able to travel to the UAE with valid visa. The newspaper blames the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for not reminding the UAE that non-citizens are not stateless persons and have the special status.
On 25 March Latvia commemorates the victims of Stalinist repressions. A commemoration ceremony has taken place at the Freedom Monument in the centre of Riga. Participants of a roundtable on 23 March discussed the impact of Stalinist repressions during 1940-50s on Russian minority in Latvia. According to historical data, 22% of the victims of Stalinist repressions in 1941 in Latvia were ethnic Russians. Historian Tatjana Feigmane stated that in Latvia the Stalinist regime did not differentiate its victims on the ground of ethnicity.On 25 March Latvia commemorates the victims of Stalinist repressions. A commemoration ceremony has taken place at the Freedom Monument in the centre of Riga. Participants of a roundtable on 23 March discussed the impact of Stalinist repressions during 1940-50s on Russian minority in Latvia. According to historical data, 22% of the victims of Stalinist repressions in 1941 in Latvia were ethnic Russians. Historian Tatjana Feigmane stated that in Latvia the Stalinist regime did not differentiate its victims on the ground of ethnicity. Chas