One Year on From Roma Deaths, ERRC Highlights Low Sentence for Mass Murderer in Slovakia
Budapest, Bratislava, 17 June 2013: One year ago yesterday, an off-duty municipal police officer shot three Romani individuals dead and seriously injured two others in a killing spree in the town of Hurbanovo, Slovakia. He was sentenced to just nine years in prison, an exceptionally low sentence. The minimal penalty under the Slovak Penal Code for ...
Public Officials in Ukraine Should Cease Anti-Roma Statements
Budapest, Kiev, 28 May 2013: European Roma Rights Centre and Chiricli is urging Ukrainian authorities to refrain from anti-Roma statements and observe principles of equality and non-discrimination.
Italian Policies are Violating Human Rights of Roma
Rome, 15 May 2013: Italian policies towards the Roma and Sinti violate the basic human rights of thousands of families, and do not encourage their social integration. Associazione 21 luglio and the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) are drawing attention to the ongoing problem today, on the International Day of Families, promoted by the United Nations. ...
Macedonian Police Target Roma with Excessive Force
Budapest, Skopje, 13 May 2013: The ERRC is deeply concerned about media reports which indicate that a special police unit, along with the regular police force, used excessive and arbitrary force when they entered a Roma neighbourhood to arrest a man who had committed a crime while on leave from prison. Around 50 police officers used force against Roma ...
