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• Prosecutors Office brought charges against a young man who placed in the Internet comments hostile towards Jews, Russians and homosexuals

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Riga Court District brought charges against a young man who placed in the Internet comments hostile towards Jews, Russians and homosexuals. The Security Police and the Prosecutor’s Office consider that 16 comments placed by the man on various Internet portals consciously incite interethnic hatred. In the comments, the author expressed support for national-socialistic and racist ideology, justified the Holocaust and insulted its victims, called for violence against sexual minorities, and argued for killing people because of their ethnic affiliation.

The Prosecutors Office of the Riga Court District brought charges against a young man who placed in the Internet comments hostile towards Jews, Russians and homosexuals. The Security Police and the Prosecutors Office consider that 16 comments placed by the man on various Internet portals consciously incite interethnic hatred. In the comments, the author expressed support for national-socialistic and racist ideology, justified the Holocaust and insulted its victims, called for violence against sexual minorities, and argued for killing people because of their ethnic affiliation. Chas