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Brussels, December, 07. 2012 - Ahead of the International Day for the elimination of violence against women on 25 November, the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) released a press statement calling for urgent measures to end violence faced by ethnic minority and migrant women in Europe.

Brussels, December, 05. 2012 - Today in Brussels, during the second annual European convention Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion , non-governmental organisations from across Europe including, FEANTSA (the European Federation of National Organisations Working with Homeless people) and Eurodiaconia, called on the European Union and national governments to stop penalising the poor.

Brussels, 20. November, 2012 - European countries should take further steps to protect trans people from violence that has left in excess of a thousand dead worldwide in the past four years, Amnesty International urged on Trans Remembrance Day.

Prague, 13, November, 2012 - The European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH) and the Czech Helsinki Committee (Český helsinský výbor - ČHV) have issued a fundamental condemnation of the violence faced by Romani people in Europe.

Netherlands, September, 21. 2012 - Dutch Parliament has voted to suspend the deportation of young asylum seekers who have been in the Netherlands longer than five years at least until a new government is formed.

Slovakia, October 1, 2012 - Two independent protests against the Roma were organised during this past weekend. While the first was halted by the police, the second remained orderly and ended without serious problems, the TASR newswire reported.

September 7, 2012 - Almost a year after the Dale Farm eviction in October 2011, Dale Farm families are facing a second eviction. Basildon Council served enforcement notices on the homeless families on 24 July 2012. The planning inspectorate yesterday refused to hear an appeal by the residents, who argue that they have ‘nowhere else to go’, opening the way for a further forced eviction. Lawyers for the Dale Farm families are currently considering a Judicial Review of the rejection of the appeal. They have three months to respond by law.

Amsterdam, June 20, 2012 - Will You Turn A Blind Eye? More vigilant than ever, we are still campaigning. Against Fortress Europe

London, June 12, 2012 - Ignored, yet maligned, numerous, but powerless, the Roma minority live on the edge of society, making their living from other people’s waste. The ghosts of the Serbian capital have been moved from the banks of the Sava river, not far from the luxury hotel area of New Belgrade, to ‘construction containers’ on the outskirts. They soon may disappear altogether

Brno, June 07, 2012 - Although the proportion of Romany people in the Czech Republic ranges from 1.4 – 2.8 % of the total number of inhabitants, 32 % of pupils in practical elementary schools are Romany children. This figure is based on a survey carried out by the Public Defender of Rights in 67 randomly selected practical elementary schools in all the regions of the Czech Republic.