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ARMENIANS PROTEST ETHIC KILLINGS IN MOSCOW
Pravda, Russia
June 5 2006
Protesters gather outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan on
Monday, protesting against attacks on ethnic Armenians in Russia by
skinheads.The demonstration came just 10 days after a group of apparent
skinheads stabbed a teenager on a train outside of Moscow the sixth
such fatal attack on ethnic Armenians in or around Moscow this year.
Avetik Ishkhanian, head of the Helsinki Committee of Yerevan, said
protesters were calling on government authorities to condemn the
Moscow attacks.
Russia has seen a marked rise in xenophobia and hate crimes in recent
years, with a series of attacks on dark-skinned migrants, foreigners
and Jews. Rights groups say authorities do little or nothing to combat
the crimes, reports the AP.
Pravda, Russia
June 5 2006
Protesters gather outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan on
Monday, protesting against attacks on ethnic Armenians in Russia by
skinheads.The demonstration came just 10 days after a group of apparent
skinheads stabbed a teenager on a train outside of Moscow the sixth
such fatal attack on ethnic Armenians in or around Moscow this year.
Avetik Ishkhanian, head of the Helsinki Committee of Yerevan, said
protesters were calling on government authorities to condemn the
Moscow attacks.
Russia has seen a marked rise in xenophobia and hate crimes in recent
years, with a series of attacks on dark-skinned migrants, foreigners
and Jews. Rights groups say authorities do little or nothing to combat
the crimes, reports the AP.