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.

• Riga District Court Prosecutors Office has started a criminal prosecution against two young people for violation of ethnic and racial equality
• Saeima has refused FHRUL proposal to grant non-citizens voting rights

The Riga District Court Prosecutor’s Office

The Riga District Court Prosecutors Office has started a criminal prosecution against two young people under Section 78 of the Criminal Law for violation of ethnic and racial equality. As reported, in December 2006, a young girl, citizen of Brazil, accompanied by two locals, was attacked by a group of skinheads in the centre of Riga. Two of the skinheads were detained shortly after the incident. Chas

Yesterday, the Saeima has refused a proposal of the political party For Human Rights in United Latvia (FHRUL) to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections.

Yesterday, the Saeima has refused a proposal of the political party For Human Rights in United Latvia (FHRUL) to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize