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

Summary/Abstract: The pages that follow include Roma rights news and recent developments in the following areas: - Deaths of Roma under suspicious circumstances implicating police in Hungary and Ukraine - Police Violence against Roma in Macedonia - Continuing racist violence against Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia - UNHCR finds serious security threats for Roma, Ashkalia and Egyptians in Kosovo - ERRC testifies about police violence, denial of justice and other discrimination facing Roma in Russia before the US Congress - Forced evictions of Roma in Italy and Slovakia - Discrimination of Roma in access to employment in Hungary and Serbia and Montenegro - Courts find discrimination against Roma in Bulgaria - Court orders Hungarian school to compensate Romani students educated in special classes without expert opinion - European Commission against Racism and Intolerance reviews Czech Republic, Germany and Greece - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights reviews Denmark - UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reviews Slovakia.

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