A deaf Rom was locked up in a police detention cell in Slovakia for 48 hours without water and without knowing why, says Tomáš Dunko from the organization Svet ticha, who was then called to the police department to interpret into sign language.

Tomáš Dunko is a deaf Rom who strives to help marginalized communities, especially people with hearing impairments there. He says that not only in the area of ​​criminal or administrative law, there is enormous injustice for hearing-impaired Roma, bordering on human rights violations.

• Nepočujúci Róm strávil 48 hodín v cele a netušil prečo. Systém si týchto ľudí nevšíma, hovorí Tomáš Dunko. In: Dennik N. 01.05.2026. https://dennikn.sk/5304938/nepocujuci-rom-stravil-48-hodin-v-cele-a-netusil-preco-system-si-tychto-ludi-nevsima-hovori-tomas-dunko/