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Book Reviews BOOK REVIEWS Media monitoring on the Balkans 'Hate Speech in the Balkans', International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Athens, 1998, 130 pp.; 'Balkan Neighbours', ACCESS, Sofia, 1998, 112 pp. The role of the media in provoking internal and international conflicts became a very topical issue after the end of the Cold War. Two cases of ethnically- motivated violence are the most tragic examples. Bloodshed in the former Yugoslavia was facilitated, if not made possible, by state-sponsored war- mongering on all sides of the ethnic boundaries (Forging War, Article 19; 1994). The ominous radio station RTLM and some other Rwandan media incited genocide against the Tutsi people and acted as an instrument of the massacres by conveying orders to Hutu militias (Broadcasting Genocide, Article 19; 1996). These examples amply demonstrate the importance of timely media monitoring, particularly in unstable regions. Therefore, one should welcome two recent books published as a result of two similar media monitoring projects in the Balkans. The International Helsinki Federation (IHF) has published its record of hate speech in the Balkans, while ACCESS Association continued to produce its biannual reports on ethnic stereotypes under the title 'Balkan Neighbours' (BN). Both projects basically highlight how the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) Brill

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Brill
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© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0925-0972
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1571-814X
DOI
10.1163/157181499X00609
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BOOK REVIEWS Media monitoring on the Balkans 'Hate Speech in the Balkans', International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Athens, 1998, 130 pp.; 'Balkan Neighbours', ACCESS, Sofia, 1998, 112 pp. The role of the media in provoking internal and international conflicts became a very topical issue after the end of the Cold War. Two cases of ethnically- motivated violence are the most tragic examples. Bloodshed in the former Yugoslavia was facilitated, if not made possible, by state-sponsored war- mongering on all sides of the ethnic boundaries (Forging War, Article 19; 1994). The ominous radio station RTLM and some other Rwandan media incited genocide against the Tutsi people and acted as an instrument of the massacres by conveying orders to Hutu militias (Broadcasting Genocide, Article 19; 1996). These examples amply demonstrate the importance of timely media monitoring, particularly in unstable regions. Therefore, one should welcome two recent books published as a result of two similar media monitoring projects in the Balkans. The International Helsinki Federation (IHF) has published its record of hate speech in the Balkans, while ACCESS Association continued to produce its biannual reports on ethnic stereotypes under the title 'Balkan Neighbours' (BN). Both projects basically highlight how the

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