Year
Report data for country
Cases Perpetrators were Sentenced
2
Cases Prosecuted
2
Cases Recorded by Police
18
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Police figures include crimes of incitement to hatred.
Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Cases Recorded by Police
18
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
The Ombudsman Office held a training seminar on practical human rights issues for police officers, which included analysis of hate crimes.
Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report
Official figures record 18 hate crimes based on bias against ethnicity and/or national origin.
NGO
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report
World Without Nazism reported one attempted arson attack against a chapel in a Jewish cemetery in Riga.
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report
Mozaika reported two cases of threats, against a gay man and against an activist who announced that Riga would be hosting Europride 2015.
Bias Motivation
Holy See
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report
The Holy See reported a case of arson and a case of damage to a church.
ODIHR Recommendations
ODIHR observes that Latvia has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.