Integration and Minority Information Service: newsletter of 28 April 2009

Today news:

 Latvijas Avize reports that a conference “School Revolution in Latvia (2004-2006): learning of recent history” is held today in Moscow

According to the Central Statistics Bureau of Latvia, 3,465 persons from 73 countries arrived to Latvia in 2008 for permanent residency (2,2% fewer than in 2007). At the same time, 6,007 persons emigrated from Latvia to 90 countries (43,6% more than in 2007). Chas

Chas interviews head of the Latvian Anti-fascist Committee Eduards Goncarovs. As reported, Mr. Goncarovs and his colleague travelled to Tallinn in order to take part in the press-conference on events concerning the removal of the Red Army war memorial from the centre of Tallinn in 2007 but were detained and expelled from Estonia. According to Goncarovs, they were explained that they are included into the list of persons whose entrance to Estonia is forbidden and with an escort of special mission unit they were taken to back to Latvia. Eduards Goncarovs and his colleague are planning to appeal the decision of Estonian officials in the European Court of Human Rights.

Latvijas Avize reports that a conference “School Revolution in Latvia (2004-2006): learning of recent history” is held today in Moscow by the NGO Historical Memory. The aim of the conference is to study activities of Russian residents of Latvia to protect secondary education in Russian language.

For further information:

Latvian Centre for Human Rights