Joint Press Release on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Budapest, 27 January 2015: On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, civil society organisations working on anti-racism and anti-discrimination issues1 are joining forces to raise awareness about this dark period of history and commemorate the victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime agai ...
Segregation: A Presidential Policy in Prague?
School segregation does not lead to equality or happiness; promoting it is divisive. It damages the educational prospects of children and contradicts the letter and spirit of binding domestic and international laws.
Coastei Street Evicted Roma – 4 Years Fighting for Justice, but Not Giving Up
Today marks the anniversary of the eviction of over 300 Roma from Coastei street, in the heart of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This video shows an event this week which commemorated the eviction. Here are the voices of some of those who were evicted and those organising the fight for justice.
Five Years after the Government Officially Expressed Its Regret, Victims of Involuntary Sterilisation Still Waiting for Compensation
Budapest, Prague, 10 December 2014: For almost three decades, until the end of the 1990s, Romani women and women with disabilities in the former Czechoslovakia were sterilised without free and informed consent. The practice continued occasionally in the 2000s.
