Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Neo-Nazis attack young Romani man in Prague




In the early morning hours of Sunday, several neo-Nazis attacked a young Romani man in Prague. The attack took place in the vestibule of the Palmovka metro station, the news server Tn.cz reports.


The Romani man, whose face was injured, was transferred to the orthopedic unit of the Na Bulovce Faculty Hospital. "I was waiting at the tram stop when I heard someone call for help," one eyewitness said to Tn.cz. She said that subsequently a young Romani man ran out of the metro exit completely covered in blood.


"I did not have a mobile phone with me, so I asked the people standing nearby to call an ambulance," the woman said. The injured man said he had been attacked by a group of skinheads in the metro. Shortly after the incident, police officers began searching for the extremist group, reports Tn.cz.

Hate crimes on the rise in Moscow

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Hate_crimes_on_rise_in_Moscow_/articleshow/4012721.cms

MOSCOW: The Russian capital registered a 300 per cent surge in racial hate crimes in 2008, which claimed the lives of 47 non-whites, a senior police
official said here.

"In 2008, 47 non-whites were killed and 46 were physically assaulted, which represents 300 per cent rise in crimes against non-whites as compared to 2007," Moscow Police Chief, General Vladimir Pronin was quoted by Interfax news agency.

According to Moscow-based 'Sova' an NGO monitoring hate crimes in the country, Russia could be swept by a new wave of xenophobia due to financial crisis.