Latvia: Information on the treatment of Jews and the legal recourse available to those who are victims of human rights violations
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LVA22414.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Latvia: Information on the treatment of Jews and the legal recourse available to those who are victims of human rights violations, 1 December 1995, LVA22414.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7534.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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For information on anti-Semitism current to November 1994, please consult the DIRB's Question and Answer Series Paper Anti-Semitism in Latvia: The Current Situation. Please consult pages 7 and 8 of that paper for information on protection available to Jews; further and more recent information on this subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
For information on the bombing of a synagogue in Riga in May 1995, please consult the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Agence France Presse. 7 May 1995. "Bomb Hits Latvian Synagogue." (NEXIS)
ITAR-TASS [Moscow, in English]. 7 May 1995. "Latvia'S Chief Rabbi Blames Synagogue Attack on Anti-Semites." (BBC Summary 9 May 1995/NEXIS)
The Ethnic NewsWatch. 8 May 1995. Debra Nussbaum Cohen. "Riga's Jewish Community Rocked By Bomb Explosion." (NEXIS)
Other Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report. Yearly.
DIRB country file on Latvia.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Monitor [Washington]. Bi-Monthly.
Oral sources.
Transition [Prague]. Bi-Monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York]. Quarterly.
