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Skopje, June 21, 2010. - A high-level OSCE-supported conference which started in Skopje today will discuss the establishment of an effective national mechanism for protection from discrimination.
Pančevo, June 15, 2010. - The Pančevo prosecution has filed a request to investigate five residents of a village who participated in attacks against Roma in the community.
April 22, 2010 - The authorities in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital are preparing to carry out forced eviction of a Roma community, living in an informal settlement in an area known as Belvil. At least 300 households will be demolished to make way for a new road. The families could be left homeless as a result of the evictions, which are due to start within days.
Skopje, April 13,2010 - Macedonia's new anti-discrimination law sparked controversy on Friday, as gay activists and the European Union criticised the bill for not including sexual orientation discrimination.
Moscow, April 13, 2010 - A leading Russian judge who received death threats after handing out long prison sentences to nationalist and neo-Nazi groups was shot dead yesterday in Moscow.
Forced evictions are cruel, humiliating and in breach of international law. In Europe, they happen all too often and affect those who are least able to resist. Romani people are one such easy target; they are poor, socially excluded, and treated with hostility by the public. This is why governments are able to forcibly evict them and show little regard for their human rights. It is time to end this injustice.
April 7, 2010 - Amnesty International is calling on the European Union (EU) and its member states to take concrete action to break the cycle of discrimination, poverty and exclusion experienced by Romani communities in Europe.
Warsaw, Strasbourg, Vienna, March 19, 2010 - In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) strongly condemn manifestations of racism and xenophobia, with a particular focus on the Internet:
March 11, 2009 - Amnesty International has called on the Italian authorities to review a controversial housing plan that has resulted in the forced eviction of hundreds of Roma and paves the way for thousands more over the coming months.
In a decision of 27 February with regard to the collective complaint European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) v. France, the European Committee of Social Rights held that there is a violation of the effective right to housing of Travellers leading to social exclusion and discrimination.