Notable_cases Union_of_Councils_for_Soviet_Jews

1 notable cases

1.1 statement of ucsj on alleged antisemitism in russian state duma
1.2 case of boris stomakhin
1.3 in belarus

notable cases
statement of ucsj on alleged antisemitism in russian state duma

nineteen members of state duma motherland , communist party have signed letter demanding jewish organizations banned in russia. letter referred judaism religion promoting ethnic hatred , made reference kitzur shulchan aruch. in regard, ucsj made following statement:

best example of how far members of national parliament willing go demonize minorities came in january 2005, when 19 members of state duma motherland , communist party signed open letter prosecutor general’s office demanding jewish groups banned in russia. letter referred judaism “satanic” religion , made reference medieval blood libel (the belief jews ritually murder christian children during passover , use blood bake matzo). russian jewish groups—who have long ago grown accustomed more modern-day antisemitic accusations of controlling media, financial system, etc.—reacted horror intellectual descent barbarism of dark ages .

an investigation launched. prosecutor dropped charges of antisemitism against duma deputies.

the case of boris stomakhin

former ucsj president micah h. naftalin condemned conviction of journalist boris stomakhin, accused of hate speech:

sentence exposes underlying hypocrisy of russian government s half-hearted struggle against extremist groups , hate speech. month alone, fsb refused investigate distribution of neo-nazi hit list containing names , addresses of human rights activists whom authors sentenced death, publisher of newspaper in ulyanovsk publicly called murder of jews got suspended sentence, , 3 youths broke jaw , fractured skull of minister of culture of kabardino-balkaria republic while screaming racist slogans sentenced 6 months year in prison. don t have agree mr. stomakhin s radical, though non-violent, views on chechnya see sentence disproportionate , unjust.

in belarus

the ucsj alerted public revival of cult of russian orthodox church child saint gavriil belostoksky , related blood libel accusations in belarus, after belarusian state tv showed film alleging ritual murder true story.

a branch of ucsj closed government of belarus part of many observers saw wider crackdown on political dissent in region. (main article - human rights in belarus)