Serbian Officials Provide Details on Arrest of Karadzic 2008-07-23 · New York Times Karadzic, one of the world’s most wanted war criminals until his arrest on genocide charges, lived and worked in Belgrade in disguise as practitioner of alternative medicine. Natasha Kandic of the Humanitarian Law Center said: "Now the door is open for the arrest of Mladic .. he probably won’t get any more official protection. This government has changed its policy. It’s an historical event."

Croatia wins in Roma pupils case 2008-07-17 · BBC News In a ruling that could affect Roma children across Europe, the ECHR ruled that Croatia did not discriminate against Roma pupils by putting them in separate, all-Roma classes at school. Last year, the ECHR found in favour of Czech Roma who were placed in Roma schools. But it ruled there was no discrimination in this case, because the Croatian pupils were placed in Roma classes within ordinary primary schools.

Canada, Hungary cooperate to prevent massive emigration 2008-07-17 · MTI The Canadian Minister of Immigration held talks with Hungarian government officials on measures to prevent a second migration wave, now that Canada has lifted the visa requirements it imposed in 2001 after large groups of Roma arrived seeking asylum. She said Canada would welcome all tourists and visa-holding workers, but that Hungarians have "practically no chance" of obtaining refugee status.

Move to fingerprint Gypsies reminds many of Italy's darker days 2008-07-03 · Catholic Courier Two months after Berlusconi won elections focused on crime and illegal immigration, the government has announced plans to fingerprint every Gypsy in Italy, including children. Archbishop Marchetto responded with "surprise, unease and sadness," calling the plan blatantly discriminatory. Famiglia Cristiana called it evidence of "creeping racism", likening it to when "Jewish children were identified with the yellow star."

Islam in the European Union: What's at Stake in the Future? 2007-05-14 · European Parliament Directorate Generale for the Internal Policies of the Union This report presents the current stakes concerning the Muslim presence in Europe. It adresses four main areas: organizational processes underway within Muslim communities; the questions of education and leadership; the juridical profiles and political management of Muslim’s; cohabitation as a decision to live together. Based on the findings of the study, policy proposals are made.

Cordoba Declaration on Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims 2007-10-10 · Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) The 2007 Cordoba Declaration of the OSCE was issued in the aftermath of the two-day OSCE Chairmanship Conference on Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims. With the declaration, 56 participating States affirmed that they are responsible for addressing acts of intolerance and discrimination against Muslims. The declaration also called on Muslim communities to engage in their societies and noted that international developments can never justify intolerance and discrimination, including against Muslims.

Access to information by the media in the OSCE region: Country Reports 2007-06-21 · OSCE - Representative on Freedom of the Media With the support of the 2006 Belgian OSCE Chairmanship, the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM) started a survey in May 2006 on access to information by the media in the OSCE participating States. RFOM sent a Questionnaire to all Governments of the OSCE participating States on the state of relevant legislation and practice in their nations. The country reports for this survey are based on data that have been received ...

The State of Media Freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Public Service Broadcasting 2007-03-29 · OSCE This report was prepared by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, in close cooperation with the OSCE Mission to BiH. It offers practical recommendations on how to improve freedom of the media in general and public service broadcasting in particular.

The Scottish Press - From 1955 to the Present Day: An Essay 2008-07-08 · allmediaSCOTLAND.com David Hutchison, a research fellow in media policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, is co-editor of the recently-published The Media in Scotland. Here, from a chapter in the book, he considers the Scottish newspaper industry during the last half century.