News Roundup: Snapshots from Around the World
01 February 2006
Albania
Albanian Officials Meet to Discuss Strategy Regarding Romani Living Conditions
Austria
Austrian Campsite has “No Place for Gypsies”
Bulgaria
European Court Affirms Failure to Investigate Racial Motivation Amounts to DiscriminationERRC Prevails in Court against Bulgarian Ministry of Education on School Segregation of Roma
ERRC Wins Anti-discrimination Case against Bulgarian Restaurant
Romani Infant Dies in Fire in Bulgaria after Electricity Cut in Settlement
Croatia
Investigations into Forced Child Labour in Croatia
Czech Republic
First Court Victory in Central Europe on Coercive Sterilisation of Romani Women
Planned Lowered Welfare Benefits May Harm Unemployed Roma in Czech Republic
Roma Denied Entry to Czech Discotheque
“Guests of Mrs. Scukova” Action Challenges Housing Segregation in Bohumin
Finland
Roma Most Frequently Subjected to Racist Assaults
Germany
German High Court Rules “Gypsy Jew” Libellous Speech
German State of Rhineland-Palatinate Recognises Roma as National Minority
Greece
ECtHR Finds Greece Guilty of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of Two Romani Men
Hungary
Racist Game Reappears in Internet After Removal
First Instance Court Upheld Segregated Education
Court Punishes Disco for Denying Entrance to Roma on Racist Grounds
Kosovo
Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Expresses Concern over Romani IDPs and Victims of Lead Poisoning
European Roma Rights Centre Presses for Criminal Charges Related to Extreme Harms in Northern Kosovo
Roma Rights in Kosovo: Joint Statement to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Macedonia
Shadow Report submitted to CEDAW on the Situation of Romani Women
Survey Finds Large Number of Un-insured Roma in Macedonia
Moldova
Police Violence
Romania
European Human Rights Court Moves to Redress Romanian Pogrom
Roma Houses Destroyed in Romanian Town of Seica Mare
Town Hall in Southern Transylvania Fined for Violating Roma Rights
Russia
Russian Prosecutorial Authorities Decline Investigation of Hate Speech
Women’s Rights Workshop in Volzskhiy
Serbia and Montenegro
Police Brutality Against Roma in Serbia and Montenegro
UN CAT Rules Serbia and Montenegro in Violation of Convention Against Torture
Roma Discriminated Against in Access to Social Services in Serbia and Montenegro
Community Opposition Prevents Temporary Housing for Roma in Belgrade
City of Belgrade Initiates Coordination Centre for the Inclusion of Roma
Slovakia
40 Roma Homeless Following Evictions in Slovakia
Slovenia
Bomb Attack on Roma in Slovenia
UN Human Rights Committee Reviews Slovenia
Spain
Health Access for Roma Improves with Award- Winning Programme
Evictions in Valencia
Sweden
Discrimination against Swedish Roma at Campsites
United Kingdom
Dale Farm Evictions
British Newspaper Report Provokes Complaints of Racism
