Violence and harassment in Czech Republic
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Anti-Roma violence
A group of ten Roma were attacked by a group of 20-30 non-Roma men outside a disco in Cesky Tesin on 9 August 2002.
1 September 2002 (142 words)
Neo-Nazi stabs Roma to death in disco attack
On 20 July 2001, in the town of Svitavy, a neo-Nazi stabbed a Romani man to death after objecting to the presence of the Rom at the local disco.
1 August 2002 (78 words)
Far-Right fail to register in general election
Two extreme-Right parties, the Republikani Miroslava Sladka, and its splinter group 'Republikani', put forward candidates in the June general election, which brought the Social Democrats to power.
1 August 2002 (68 words)
More skinhead violence in Orlová
There is renewed concern about skinhead violence against the Roma community in Orlová, where police recently reopened the investigation into the killing of Milan Lacko, in May 1998 (see Bulletin no's 29 and 30).
1 January 2001 (133 words)
Náchod - skinheads launch pub attack
In February, fifteen skinheads attacked five Roma and one non-Romani in a bar in Náchod.
1 January 2001 (64 words)
UN attacks anti-discrimination measures in 'apartheid' Republic
Segregation of the Roma community in the Czech Republic amounts to 'mini apartheid' claims the rapporteur for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, adding that measures undertaken by the government to combat discrimination against the Roma have so far proved 'insufficient and ineffective'.
1 January 2001 (57 words)
Brutal killing of Roma woman prompts national debate
Following the brutal murder of the 26-year-old Roma and mother of four, Helena Bihariova, there is increasing concern about anti-Roma violence.
1 May 1998 (408 words)
Government forced to respond as Roma leave for Canada
As an estimated 5000 Roma attemped to reach Canada to claim political asylum, the government has been forced to look at its treatment of the Roma.
1 November 1997 (644 words)
Anti-Gypsy racism
Another Romany murdered
1 March 1995 (214 words)
New proposals aimed at Roma
Following calls by the mayors of several towns in north Bohemia for new powers to 'expel unwanted elements' back to Slovakia and impose tough restrictions on those seeking to come in, the prosecutor general of the Czech Republic has asked parliament to approve measures that would allow, amongst other things, police to search private premises, impose a five-day limit on visits other than to relatives, and oblige would-be visitors to obtain approval from local authorities.
1 April 1993 (131 words)
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