Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011

U.S. Department of State published yesterday the "Country Reports on Human Rights for 2011". 

http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?dynamic_load_id=186408#wrapper

This document mentions "RAXEN Report" from Movement Against Intolerance as one of the principal information sources about the situation in Spain:

'On March 31, the NGO Movement against Intolerance reported 4,000 racist incidents per year in the country, of which 400 were clearly anti-Semitic.'

'The 2010 Raxen Report by the Movement against Intolerance estimated that there are approximately 4,000 racially motivated crimes in the country each year as well as over 200 xenophobic Web sites. The Office of the Spanish Ombudsman reported 48 complaints of racism and xenophobia in 2010.'

'In March the Raxen report by the Movement against Intolerance estimated there are over 200 Spanish Web sites promoting hate on an international level, and even more on social networks, which especially affect the Spanish-speaking world. At year’s end, the Barcelona court had several open investigations involving hate crimes on the Internet'

25/05/2012