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    ARMENIANS RALLY OUTSIDE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN YEREVAN OVER HATE KILLINGS IN MOSCOW

    AP Worldstream
    Jun 05, 2006

    Several dozen protesters rallied outside the Russian Embassy in
    Yerevan on Monday, protesting a series of attacks on ethnic Armenians
    in Russia by skinheads and racist nationalists.

    The demonstration, organized by rights activists, 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.

    According to the Moscow-based Sova human rights center, last year
    31 murders and 382 assaults had racist motivations. So far in 2006,
    14 people have been killed in xenophobic attacks.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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