Country report: Russia August 2026
By Alexander Smith A firefighter works at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine. September 21, 2023. Image: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko. Russia has a long history of documented persecution of ethnic minorities and societal dissidents. Imperial Russia organized anti-Jewish pogroms. According to the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, the Soviet Union committed a genocide against Ukrainians dur
Genocide Watch
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Romania: Fashionable antisemitism
Antisemitism in Romania today is visible in far-right demonstrations, extremist political movements, and hostile rhetoric in parts of the media. May 21, 2026 Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, European Parliament member and far-right Romanian politician, holds religious icons as she speaks to the media, before a vote to choose the next European Commission president, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 2024. (photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS) Bucharest – On April
Far-right Polish MP extinguishes Hanukah candles
By Shaun Walker Grzegorz Braun, far-right Polish lawmaker from Confederation party, walks after using a fire extinguisher to put out...
The Guardian
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Mob storms Dagestan airport looking for Jewish Passengers
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The Guardian
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Auschwitz barracks vandalized With Antisemitic Slurs
By Melissa Eddy The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward. Vandals sprayed...
New York Times 1
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Poland Uses Yom Kippur to erase the past
By Mark Wilf The Polish government's new law bars restitution to Holocaust survivors, part of a trend erasing any Polish responsibility...
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Interreligious Council presents Report on Religious Freedom Abuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The constitutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and each of the country’s two entities – the Federation of BiH (the Federation) and...
Sarajevo Times
Jun 17, 2020
