Amnesty International Report 2009: Slovakia 2009-05-28 · Amnesty International (AI) Amnesty International’s Report 2009 evaluates the human rights situation throughout 2008 in Slovakia. The report affirms that Roma continued to face discrimination in education, housing and health. The acceptance of diplomatic assurances against torture and other ill-treatment remained a cause of concern.

EU-MIDIS at a glance: Introduction to the FRA’s EU-wide discrimination survey 2009-04-22 · European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) The European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS) is a major research, culminating the basis of a series of “Data in Focus Reports” on different minority groups and key issues examined. It is the first survey of its kind to systematically interview minorities in all EU Member States about their experiences of discriminatory treatment, awareness of rights and where to complain about discrimination, being a victim of racially motivated crime, and experiences of law enforcement ...

Letter to the Slovak Ministers, General Prosecutor and Police Chief 2009-04-21 · European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) This letter, issued by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and Amnesty International (AI), is addressed to the government of Slovakia to ensure that a thorough and unbiased investigation is conducted of the recent incident of physical abuse, inhuman and degrading treatment of six Romani boys in Kosice, Slovakia, by the police.

Violence Against Roma 2009-04-07 · Human Rights First “Violence Against Roma”, is an excerpt from Human Rights First’s 2008 Hate Crime Survey, which includes sections examining six facets of violent hate crime in the 56 countries that comprise the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. This report documents violence and other forms of intolerance against Roma in eleven countries during 2007 and 2008. The most widely reported incidents occurred in Italy, where efforts to vilify Roma involved high-ranking government officials. Thousands of ...

Violence Against Roma: Factsheet 2009-04-07 · Human Rights First The “Violence Against Roma” factsheet is an excerpt from Human Rights First’s 2008 Hate Crime Survey, which includes sections examining six facets of violent hate crime in the 56 countries that comprise the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. It targets documenting violence and other forms of intolerance against Roma in eleven countries during 2007 and 2008.