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.

• Person sentenced to seven months of suspended imprisonment for hate speech online
• Nationalists prepared draft amendments stipulating transition of education in all municipal kindergartens into Latvian language only

The court sentenced a man to seven months of suspended imprisonment and seven months of probation period for justification of crimes against humanity and instigation of ethnic hatred. The convicted person commented in writing a video about burning of Latvian flag on an internet portal youtube.com: “big part of local residents fully deserved deportations. It was proved in 1941-1943 when more than 10% of Latvian residents showed up to be fascist degenerates. And it means, from the point of view of the USSR, deportations were not only justified but those were even too liberal.” The man also published other insulting statements towards ethnic Latvians. The man pleaded guilty and agreed with the prosecutor about the punishment. Latvijas Avize

The nationalists’ union All for Latvia/FF-LNIM has urgently prepared draft amendments to the Education Law stipulating transition of education in all municipal kindergartens into Latvian language only starting with 1 September 2014. The proposal is to be discussed today at the governing coalition’s meeting. In its pre-election campaign to the Riga City Council, the nationalists’ union promised to reduce long queues to the Latvian language kindergartens in Riga by transition of education in all kindergartens including minority into Latvian language. Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize