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.

Dec. 28, 2007

  • Kulturas Diena features an interview with Fleming Rose, journalist of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten which posted several cartoons portraying the Prophet Mohamed in 2005

Kulturas Diena features an interview with Fleming Rose, a Danish journalist, author and the current cultural editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten which posted several cartoons portraying the Prophet Mohamed in 2005. Fleming Rose has taken part in a presentation of documentary films about democracy held in Riga. Mr. Rose considers that publication of cartoons has affected a fundamental issue: how would representatives of various religions and non-believers co-exist in multicultural society without compromising fundamental democratic values. Mr. Rose believes that the time has come to launch the discussions on whether some values in a democracy should not be a matter of compromise

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  • Integration Monitor - daily Latvian press digest on minority and social integration issues

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