Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2007 shows increase on recorded incidents

Alert DateJuly 25, 2007 Country: Austria Address: Vienna General Type: Racist violence, Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Religious intolerance, Anti-roma/ romaphobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Policing - law enforcement, Political participation
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On July 25th, 2007 the Minister of the Interior presented the annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution. The chapter on right-wing extremism reveals that more right-wing extremist and xenophobic offences were committed in 2006 than in 2005. More precisely, an increase of 14.8 per cent of recorded incidents with extreme right-wing, xenophobic or anti-Semitic motivation can be observed compared to the previous year (2005: 209, 2006: 240). The number of xenophobic motivated incidents even doubled (2005: 13, 2006: 28). As stated in the report, a further increase of “racist and xenophobic right-wing extremism” especially among juveniles is to be expected in the future. An arson attack on a kebap stand in September 2006 is highlighted as the most serious incident in 2006. When searching the house of the male perpetrator Nazi propaganda material was found.

 

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http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Verfassungsschutz/Verfassungsschutzbericht_2007.pdf (Accessed on 2011-09-29)