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Latest News from Radio Prague UN: the Czech Republic is trying to introduce reforms beneficial to its Roma community April 7th - United Nations' special envoy on racial discrimination says the Czech Republic is trying in earnest to introduce reforms beneficial to its Roma ethnic community which, if successful, could bring positive results in the shorter and long-term perspective. Constitutional Court rules that Parliament should not have interfered with Maticni Street Wall April 6th - The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the Lower House of Parliament does not have the right to interfere with the decision-making process of local councils. The ruling was made in connection with the case of the infamous Maticni Street Wall in Usti nad Labem, where Parliament ordered the local council to tear down a wall separating a predominantly Roma housing estate from white-owned houses opposite. Amnesty International says Roma citizens discriminated April 6th - In its 1999 human rights report Amnesty International has criticized the Czech Republic for not providing minorities with adequate protection against various forms of discrimination. |
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