Ten years ago, the European Court of Human Rights condemned the segregation of children, in this case 18 Roma who were placed in a school for children with mental impairments and asked for equal access for all children in the EU.
There is still work to be done!
– Call to action: Bring children together for diversity. In: FRA. 13.11.2017. http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2017/call-action-bring-children-together-diversity
Roma Ostrava demonstrated for equal access to quality education. In the Czech Republic, it is well known (and noted by the UN and EU) that Roma are discriminated against in the school system.
– Almost 2 000 Roma assemble in Czech town to ask for equal access to quality education. In: Romea. 13.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/almost-2-000-roma-assemble-in-czech-town-to-ask-for-equal-access-to-quality-education
The Czech President Miloš Zeman, in an interview broadcasted on Cable TV in the Czech Republic stated that 90% of “inadaptable citizen” are Roma and only10% are white.
The Full quote is: “It is probably true that 90 percent of them are Roma. Nevertheless, there may also be 10 percent of white lazybones and we have to approach both [groups] equally. Only if we discriminated against either of the two groups, either positively or negatively, it would amount to human rights violation,”
Not sure how Mr. Zeman arrived at his numbers, but he certainly has preconceived views of the world. Shame on him. Activists are protesting and calling for people not to re-elect Zeman in the January 2018 elections.
– Czech President says 90 % of “inadaptable citizens” are Romani. In: Romea. 13.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-says-90-of-inadaptable-citizens-are-romani
– Roma reps condemn Zeman’s words, warn of his re-election. In: The Prague Monitor. 13.11.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/11/13/roma-reps-condemn-zemans-words-warn-his-re-election
– Civil society members of Czech Govt Roma Council call on voters not to re-elect Zeman. In: Romea. 13.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and-commentary/reportage/civil-society-members-of-czech-govt-roma-council-call-on-voters-not-to-re-elect-zeman
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