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.

• Hearing of the case of Aivars Garda, Liga Muzikante, and Ilze Liepa accused in incitement of ethnic hatred has been repeatedly postponed
• 23 year old man fined with LVL 400 (EUR 570) for racially offensive comment on the Internet

Yesterday, the Riga Regional Court resumed hearing of a criminal case of leader of the extreme right-wing organisation Latvian National Front Aivars Garda and its members Liga Muzikante and Ilze Liepa accused in incitement of ethnic hatred in several publications in the national radical newspaper

Yesterday, the Riga Regional Court resumed hearing of a criminal case of leader of the extreme right-wing organisation Latvian National Front Aivars Garda and its members Liga Muzikante and Ilze Liepa accused in incitement of ethnic hatred in several publications in the national radical newspaper DDD published by the organisation in 2004 and 2005. However, the hearing of the case was repeatedly rescheduled for May because the invited experts failed to provide their conclusion on whether the statements incite to ethnic hatred. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize

Yesterday, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Riga Regional Court has imposed a fine on a 23 year old man in the amount of LVL 400 (EUR 570) for publishing racially offensive comments on one of the Latvian Internet sites.

Yesterday, the Prosecutors Office of the Riga Regional Court has imposed a fine on a 23 year old man in the amount of LVL 400 (EUR 570) for publishing racially offensive comments on one of the Latvian Internet sites. Chas, Vesti Segodnya