Although the Human Rights Working Group keeps on following closely the situation in Turkey, - FRANCE: on the other side of Europe, on wednesday night, in Paris, a young boy - linked to the "anti-facism" movement - has been beaten up to death on wednesday night by a nationalist and extremist group - apparently linked to "Revolutionary Nationalist Youth" ["Jeunesse Nationaliste Révolutionnaire" in French]. It echoed the rise of violent acts by nationalist groups in the past months in France, as well as the significant rise of nationalist and extremist movements all over Europe. - france24/en/20130606-fascism-far-right-surge-behind-meric-youth-murder-paris - GREECE: On the same page as the rise of nationalist and extremist movements accross Europe, Greece’s government should move quickly to adopt measures to combat hate crimes and protect victims, Human Rights Watch said earlier in the week. A bill on hate speech and racist violence has yet to be submitted in parliament because of disagreement among the three parties in the ruling coalition over its scope. - hrw.org/node/115961
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:36:37 +0000
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