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.
marts 11, 2015
- Musical "Cukurs. Herberts Cukurs" postponed to 13 April because of possible provocations
According to the producer of musical "Cukurs. Herberts Cukurs" Juris Millers, on the basis of the Security Police information about possible provocations concerning 16 March (unofficial commemoration date of Latvian Waffen SS legionaries), the musical was postponed from 17 March to 13 April 2015. As reported, the musical tells about Herberts Cukurs, who was an aviation pioneer during the 1930s, yet during 1941-1944 also took part in the "Arajs Kommando", which was responsible for the mass murders in Latvia during occupation. The musical was condemned by minority NGOs in Latvia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkevics and the director of Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Efraim Zuroff. The Premiere of the musical in Riga was marked by protest actions organised by Socialist Party of Latvia and Latvian Anti-fascist Committee.
News portal DELFI: www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/theatre/iespejamo-provokaciju-del-parcelta-muzikla-cukurs-herberts-cukurs-norise.d?id=45675156