OSF-London and EUMAP seek Advocacy Officer for Muslims in EU Cities project The Open Society Foundation in London, which is part of the Soros Foundations Network, is a UK registered charity which aims to promote democratic governance.The EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP) is an Open Society Institute program which monitors human rights and rule of law issues across Europe.

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The AI report (in PDF format) finds widespread racist and antisemitic violence in Ukraine, and criticizes the reaction to it by law enforcement agencies.

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The DPNI first came on the scene with its alleged involvement in anti-Armenian pogroms in Krasnoarmeysk in 2003. Media reports indicated that the assailants knew the addresses of some Armenian families and attacked them inside their homes. Now the DPNI is drawing maps of minority-dominated neighborhoods in Volgograd, a project that they may expand to other cities. Will this lead to further pogroms?

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По инициативе адвоката из Татастана Рустема Валлиулина в Евровейский суд по правам человека в Страсбурге была направлена жалоба на российский власти, наложившие неказконный запрет на ряд публикаций по исламу под тем предлогом, что они якобы носят эктремистский характер. Это решение было принято судом г. Бугурсуслан.

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The Coalition Against Hate received recognition as UCSJ leaders briefed the congressional joint Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission) both on the coalition, the current status of hate crimes in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, and the importance of the impunity of hate crimes to assessing rule of law and to the conduct of foreign policy.

UN racism rapporteur Doudou Diene, another witness, concluded, "There is an unmistakable resurgence in racist violence conducted, primarily, but not exclusively, by neo-Nazi groups."

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