E/CN.4/1995/78 page 6 mission until 1995 because of the schedules of a number of persons whom the Special Rapporteur was due to meet. The Special Rapporteur informed the French authorities that he would contact them again during 1995. B. Activities planned for 1995 19. The Special Rapporteur suggests to the Commission that he should organize his visits in the following manner, taking into account an element of geographical balance: he would visit Germany and subsequently Brazil, as already agreed with the authorities of those countries; if agreement is reached with the authorities of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France, he would visit each of those countries in turn. II. CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS OF RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND INCIDENTS 20. The Special Rapporteur received communications 1/ from four Turkish organizations describing numerous racist and xenophobic incidents which occurred in 1994 in the following European countries: Germany, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. While most of the persons affected by these incidents were of Turkish origin, some were of African, Asian, Jewish and Yugoslav origin. The Special Rapporteur also received a communication from the Government of Swaziland. 21. An account of the facts, as brought to the Special Rapporteur’s attention, is given below. A. Germany Straubing (Bavaria), 1 January 1994 22. Ten German youths went on a destructive rampage in a home for foreign asylum-seekers about 2.30 a.m. It was reported that the attackers, aged between 18 and 23, forced their way into the building, damaging doors and furniture and pulling a telephone from the wall; three were arrested. None of the home’s 100 residents was injured. It is alleged that the incident had racist motivations. Dortmund, 3 January 1994 23. An arson attack resulted in fire in the basement of a residential building occupied mainly by Turkish families. The police investigation of the incident has ended. It is claimed that the attack was racially motivated. Halle, 10 January 1994 24. Suspected neo-Nazi skinheads carved a swastika into the cheek of Elke J., a 17-year-old girl in a wheelchair, after she refused their order to shout Fascist slogans, "Gas the cripples" and "Foreigners out". It was reported by the police that three assailants attacked the victim with a knife after she came out from a public toilet for the handicapped. The victim, who