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.

• Vesti Segodnya reports about the Amnesty International Report 2009 State of the Worlds Human Rights
• All for Latvia! launched a new campaign For ethnic Latvian Riga!
• Coalition parties refused revision of the Citizenship Law before the elections

Vesti Segodnya and NRA report about the Amnesty International Report 2009 State of the Worlds Human Rights. According to the report, nearly 400,000 residents of Latvia are still non-citizens and are exposed to various kinds of discrimination. Roma citizens and visible minority migrants face mounting racist violence, leaving them under constant fear of attacks. In the meantime, the law enforcement officials tend to prosecute racist aggression as acts of hooliganism or vandalism, disregarding the racial connotations of the crime. According to the report, there is also lack of comprehensive national legislation dealing with all forms of discrimination in Latvia.

Read the Amnesty International Report 2009: http://thereport.amnesty.org/

Ethnic Latvian nationalistic party “All for Latvia!” launched a new campaign “For ethnic Latvian Riga!” The supporters of the campaign should decorate their cars, bicycles or motorcycles with ribbon of colour of Latvian flag.

Ethnic Latvian nationalistic party All for Latvia! launched a new campaign For ethnic Latvian Riga! The supporters of the campaign should decorate their cars, bicycles or motorcycles with ribbon of colour of Latvian flag. Vesti Segodnya

Yesterday, at the extraordinary meeting, co-operation council of coalition parties withdrew the draft amendments to the Citizenship Law from the draft amendments package supporting the state budget amendments. The coalition parties considered that revision of the draft amendments to the Citizenship Law few days before the elections would provoke long political discussions and manipulations by some parties. The draft amendments to the Citizenship Law elaborated by the Ministry of Justice stipulated extension of naturalisation terms up to 1,5 years in order to save LVL 240,000 (EUR 341,489) from the Naturalisation Board funds.

Yesterday, at the extraordinary meeting, co-operation council of coalition parties withdrew the draft amendments to the Citizenship Law from the draft amendments package supporting the state budget amendments. The coalition parties considered that revision of the draft amendments to the Citizenship Law few days before the elections would provoke long political discussions and manipulations by some parties. The draft amendments to the Citizenship Law elaborated by the Ministry of Justice stipulated extension of naturalisation terms up to 1,5 years in order to save LVL 240,000 (EUR 341,489) from the Naturalisation Board funds. NRA