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.
March 19, 2011
- Vesti Segodnya reports about an accident happened during the procession of former Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires on 16 March
- Head of the Society Integration Council of the Riga City Council Eizenija Aldermane: shared responsibility and involvement should be the key objects of integration
Vesti Segodnya reports about an accident happened during the procession of former Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires and their supporters on 16 March in the centre of Riga. A conflict happened between an old lady from the procession and a young woman standing among so-called anti-fascists. The old lady angrily insulted the woman and in response the woman spit at her and hit her in the face. Member of the political party All for Latvia! who took part in the procession appealed to the Security Police asking to punish the woman. In an interview with Vesti Segodnya, representative of the Latvian Anti-fascist Committee states that the women was not among the protest actions members, while, the old lady all time during the procession provoked the protestors by different statements.
Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the head of the Society Integration Council of the Riga City Council Eizenija Aldermane. According to Mrs Aldermane, there are two main aspects shared responsibility and involvement around which integration policy should be built on.