News Roundup: Snapshots From Around Europe
News Roundup: Snapshots From Around Europe

Summary/Abstract: News from Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, European Union, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom The pages that follow include Roma rights news and recent developments in the following areas: Ø Abusive treatment by police in France, Romania, and Ukraine; including the suspicious death of a Romani youth following police chase in Macedonia; Ø Racist attacks and harassment by skinheads and others in Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey; including those resulting in death in Bulgaria; Ø Forced evictions, threats of forced evictions and other right to adequate housing issues in Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, and United Kingdom; and European Committee of Social Rights Finds Italy in violation of the right to housing; Ø Discrimination against Roma in access to fundamental economic and social rights in Croatia and Macedonia; Ø Segregation and other right to adequate education issues in Macedonia and Spain; Ø CEDAW Committee finds violation in sterilisation case against Hungary; Successful employment discrimination legal action in Latvia; EU Action against 11 Member States for Non-Compliance with Race Equality Directive; updates on the European Court of Human Rights decision in Romania; legal action against hate speech in Russia; Ø Forcible expulsion of Romani asylum seekers from Germany; Ø Reports from international human rights monitoring bodies on the situation of Roma in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Romania and Slovenia; and Ø Holocaust memorial planned for Germany.

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