Mustang Boards - Racism in Europe

Hello guys,

On June 15, 2006, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the increase in racist and homophobic violence in Europe. The adoption of the document was a reaction to a rapid and worrying rise of anti-discriminatory, racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic behavior in many European states.

Among the most worrying incidents that urged the European Parliament to adopt the resolution were:

- the ban made by Russian authorities on the march for equality and tolerance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT), which was planned to take place on May 27th in Moscow
- the murder of a black woman and the Belgian child whom she was babysitting by a young right-wing Belgian extremist, which previously also wounded a woman of Turkish origin
- The kidnapping, torture and murder of a Jewish man in February 2006 in France, by a gang of 22 criminals
- The ethnically motivated murder of Chaib Zehaf in March, 2006, in France.
- The torture and murder of a transsexual living in Portugal, in February 2006, by a group of adult and minor persons

Many other similar events also happened in Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Belgium and other states.

You can read about the rise of racist and xenophobic sentiments in Europe at EuropeanCourier.org

You can also read about it in the New York Times (edition of June 11, 2006) and in German “Der Spiegel” (current issue). There is also another good source, however strictly legal, and this is the website of the European Parliament, which contains resolutions and other documents on discrimination in Europe.

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