Racist Attacks on the Increase, Says Human-Rights Group

Friday October 23, 2009

Keywords: Eastern Europe, Russia, Race & ethnicity, English, media content, religion, social diversity models, print

MOSCOW – More dark-skinned people are being harassed by the police and refused residency permits, jobs and health care in a sign that ethnic and religious intolerance are on the rise across Russia, said a human-rights report presented Tuesday in Washington.
(The St.Petersburg Times)

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