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Minorities Under Siege: Hate Crimes and Intolerance in the Russian Federation
Everyday Fears: A Survey of Violent Hate Crimes in Europe and North America
Antisemitism in Europe: Challenging Official Indifference
Fire and Broken Glass: The Rise of Antisemitism in Europe

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Civil Society Groups Seek Durban Review That Rejects Hatred
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Read Statement Here

Read Tad Stahnke's Statement to the Review Conference on Core Principles

Read the Press Release 
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04/28/08
New Report Finds Violent Hate Crime on the Rise
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Incidents of violent hate crime targeting a number of minority groups are increasing or occurring at historically high levels in many of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) member-states, as governments fail to combat such crimes, a new report finds.
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Watch Video & Read Report
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09/24/08
HRF Leads OSCE Civil Society Forum on Hate Crimes
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In Vienna, Austria, civil society representatives made recommendations on combating intolerance and discrimination to the OSCE delegates participating in the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Hate Crimes. The recommendations mirror HRF's Ten-Point Plan for Combating Hate Crimes.

Civil Society Recommendations

HRF Advocacy at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
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05/05/09
Blind Eye to Discrimination Makes Fertile Ground for Antisemitism in France
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On February 13, 2006, Ilan Halimi, a twenty-three-year-old French Jew, died soon after he was found near Paris, half-naked, stabbed, and burned with cigarettes and acid. Halimi was kidnapped and tortured because he was a Jew. Virulent antisemitism is still pervasive in France, fueled by extremist movements of the right and Islamist propaganda.
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HRF's paper on the murder of Ilan Halimi and equality in France [ENGLISH, FRANCAIS]
Read HRF's letter to President Chirac [ENGLISH, FRANCAIS]
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03/27/06
Troubling Rise in Hate Crimes in Europe and North America
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In September 2005, HRF released Everyday Fears: A Survey of Violent Hate Crimes in Europe and North America, a report on hate crimes and the fear they generate in Europe and North America – and the role of governments, inter-governmental bodies, and civil society organizations in combating these crimes.
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Read the the full report [English] 
Read the introduction to Everyday Fears [Arabic, Excerpts in French]
Read the country report on Russia from Everyday Fears [English] 
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02/6/07
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