In June, 2007, Human Rights First, one of the leading human rights advocacy organizations, released a new report 2007 Hate Crime Survey. It is a review of the rising tide of hate crimes covering the region from the far east of the Russian Federation and the Central Asian states across Europe to North America: the 56 participating states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

In releasing this survey, Human Rights First documents and analyzes the reality of racist violence and other forms of intolerance. Review of available reports on violence motivated by prejudice and hatred, including the findings of the handful of official monitoring systems that provide meaningful statistical information, combined with the findings of nongovernmental monitoring organizations, provide important insights into the nature and incidence of violent hate crimes.

This general survey is accompanied by three companion surveys which look in greater detail at specific forms of discrimination and violence: antisemitism, Islamophobia, and homophobia.

This survey builds upon the findings of Human Rights First's 2005 report Everyday Fears: A Survey of Violent Hate Crimes in Europe and North America, which similarly addressed antisemitic and other racist and religiously-motivated violence as well as violence motivated by biases based on gender, disability, and sexual orientation.

The text of the report is available here. Preface, executive summary, introduction, recommendations and summaries of companion surveys are available in Russian in PDF format.