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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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10 Feb 2012
 The right to freedom of expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the Russian city of St Petersburg could be severely restricted if a new bill is passed into law. The bill is due to have its third hearing in the city's legislative assembly in the coming days.
1 Feb 2012
 Nine homeless Romani families temporarily settled by the Albanian authorities in tents on private land have been threatened with imminent forced eviction. No adequate alternative housing has been offered to these families.
21 Nov 2011
 Twenty-seven Roma families, including some displaced from Kosovo, are facing imminent forced eviction from their homes in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. The government, responsible for the eviction, has not provided them with adequate alternative accommodation.
2 Nov 2011
 On 1 November, the City of Belgrade Inspectorate, an administrative body within the city authorities, gave the 27 families 48 hours' notice to leave their homes. The families all live in Block 61 in the New Belgrade area of the city.
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