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Discrimination
9 Jan 2012
 The elementary school in the Slovak village of Šarisské Michaľany in the Prešov region must desegregate Roma classes as ordered by a court decision communicated earlier this month, said Amnesty International and the Slovak non-governmental organization (NGO) Center for Civil and Human Rights.
8 Dec 2011
 Romani children continue to languish in sub-standard schools as the Czech Republic flouts its legal obligations to make inclusive education a reality for all children in the country. Regrettably, the Council of Europe is doing far too little to pull the Czech authorities into line, three major international human rights groups said today.
29 Nov 2011
 The Italian authorities must act immediately to combat discrimination against Roma and provide redress for those affected by the widespread human rights violations perpetrated under the illegal state of emergency.
18 Nov 2011
 Amnesty International has called on the Italian authorities to end discriminatory measures against Roma after the country’s 'Nomad Emergency' decrees were declared unlawful by the country's highest administrative court.
18 Nov 2011
Amnesty International today urged authorities in Russia’s second largest city not to enact a homophobic bill, saying it would threaten freedom of expression and fuel discrimination against the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community.
15 Nov 2011
Amnesty International is extremely concerned that four years after the 2007 decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case D.H. and Others, the Czech authorities have failed to address the problem of systemic discrimination of Romani children in education. As a result, unlawful segregation of children of Roma in education continues. No matter what form it takes, segregation has a detrimental impact on Romani children for the rest of their lives.
20 Oct 2011
Following the adoption by the Council of Europe’s Congress for Local & Regional Authorities of a resolution and recommendation on the situation of Europe’s Roma, Amnesty International has called on local and regional authorities to meet their legal obligation not to discriminate against these people, and to ensure their human rights are respected.
20 Oct 2011
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the assault on a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community that took place in Belgrade city centre, in Serbia, on 15 October 2011.
23 Sep 2011
 Romani CRISS, the Working Group of Civil Organizations (gLOC) and Amnesty International welcome the decision by the Cluj-Napoca Court on Monday 19 September, to reject the request of a public company, the National Railways (CFR) SA Bucuresti, to remove the houses inhabited by around 450 persons (including 200 children) living in a Romani settlement on Cantonului Street, at the outskirts of the Romanian town Cluj-Napoca.
22 Sep 2011
The first fines issued in France today against two Muslim women wearing full-face veils in public are a violation of their rights to freedom of expression and religion, Amnesty International said today.
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News and Events
9 Feb 2012
 On 25 January 2012, a Court of First Instance in Madrid upheld the decision of the Institute José Cela, a public secondary school in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), to exclude Najwa from regular classes because she wore the headscarf at school.
9 Jan 2012
The elementary school in the Slovak village of Šarisské Michaľany in the Prešov region must desegregate Roma classes as ordered by a court decision communicated earlier this month, said Amnesty International and the Slovak non-governmental organization (NGO) Center for Civil and Human Rights.
16 Dec 2011
 One year after the forced eviction of 76 families (356 people), the majority Roma, from the centre of Cluj-Napoca in north-western Romania, Amnesty International stands in solidarity with the individuals affected in their fight for justice.
16 Dec 2011
Amnesty International welcomes the first ever United Nations report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. The report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people worldwide, and calls on States to end human rights violations and abuses, in accordance with international human rights law.
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