Ukraine - Antisemitism project debuts in Ukraine

$“Say no to xenophobia,” and “Anti-Semitism - No!\$

The Ukrainian Jewish Committee and a group of young Ukrainians launched a project targeting xenophobia and anti-Semitism.

Using the slogans “Say no to xenophobia,” and “Anti-Semitism - No!" more than 30 members of the Youth, Europe, Future organization with the Ukrainian Jewish Committee protested in Kiev against racist attacks and other forms of intolerance.

The project will monitor and counteract intolerance in the media, as well as at events, demonstrations and speeches. It also will maintain a database of the neo-Nazi centers, push authorities to intensify the struggle against anti-Semitism, race discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance; and expand the initiatives against neo-Nazi propaganda and xenophobia in Ukraine.

Aleksandr Feldman, the leader of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee and a Ukrainian lawmaker, said his organization is especially concerned about the lack or absence of official statistics regarding racial and xenophobic attacks.

“The racial and anti-Semitic motivation as a rule is not taken into account, and Ukrainian courts identify them as hooliganism" Feldman said.

Source: www.jta.org

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