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Czech Constitutional Court sides with attorney Klára Kalibová: The criminality of hateful e-mails cannot be downplayed by the courts
31.3.2022 7:32 full story
Czech NGO signs agreement with police to cooperate for the benefit of bias crime victims
15.12.2021 8:05 full story
Czech appeals court upholds sentences against married non-Romani couple who assaulted Romani children, compensation for mental anguish still has to be sued for separately
20.10.2021 8:43 full story
Czech man sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for one year, for assaulting Romani boy, but racial motivation is ignored
18.9.2021 16:19 full story
Czech Constitutional Court: Human rights defender has to count on "frustrated" people sending her death threats
21.6.2019 10:49 full story
Czech gunman convicted of shooting Romani man moved from prison to temporary custody pending appeal
15.5.2019 7:10 full story
Czech court finds author of death threats against human rights defenders committed a politically-motivated hate crime
14.11.2018 8:46 full story
Romani celebrity files complaint with Czech Constitutional Court over lower court rejection of his victimization by racist threats
2.1.2018 17:24 News server iDNES.cz reported last week that the singer Radek Banga has filed a complaint with the Czech Constitutional Court against a decision by the District Court in Kladno. The first-instance court did not consider him to have been harmed by the hateful remarks against minorities that were posted to his Facebook profile. full story
NGO's quarterly report on hate violence notes Czech President, Deputy Ombudsman made xenophobic statements
21.4.2017 7:27 During the first quarter of 2017 the In IUSTITIA organization was contacted by members of the public to report a total of 22 hate incidents on the territory of the Czech Republic in which people were targeted by various forms of bias violence because of their actual or perceived homelessness, nationality, political convictions, religion or skin color. Muslims and Romani people were among the most-endangered groups. full story
Czech Republic: New handbook advises foreign nationals on how to respond to hate
24.5.2016 10:31 Foreigners who become the target of hateful assaults in the Czech Republic can find advice on how to address their situations in a new handbook. Instructions on how to report a crime and what a criminal investigation and trial entails are described there. full story
Czech center for crime victims decorates new branch with children's pictures from Lidice Memorial
Kladno/Prague, 3.2.2015 21:53, (ROMEA) The In IUSTITIA public benefit corporation has opened up a branch of its Justýna counseling center in the town of Kladno, where staff will provide legal and social advice to crime victims on Mondays and Thursdays. The spaces have been refurbished with pictures from the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts on loan from the nearby Lidice Memorial. full story
Hate violence and Romani people in the Czech Republic
Prague, 4.7.2014 16:34, (ROMANO VOĎI) According to research by the European Commission, 32 % of Romani people living in the Czech Republic have been physically assaulted or threatened with such an attack because of their nationality. Almost two-thirds of Romani assault victims never reported the attack. full story
Czech Republic: Number of victims of hate violence rose in 2013
Prague, 20.2.2014 19:07, (ROMEA) Last year in the Czech Republic the number of victims of hate violence motivated by nationality, religion, sexual orientation or skin color rose year-on-year from 38 to 211 cases. Those numbers are based on police statistics acquired by the In IUSITITIA organization, which helps the victims of violence motivated by prejudice. full story
Czech Republic: Real time coverage online of more than five simultaneous anti-Roma hate marches
Prague, 24.8.2013 21:07, (ROMEA) Neo-Nazis announced hate marches against Romani people in five towns across the Czech Republic for Saturday, 24 August 2013: České Budějovice, Duchcov, Jičín, Ostrava and Plzeň. News server Romea.cz followed the situation on-line, beginning with the afternoon of Friday, 23 August 2013. full storyCzech Republic: Director of the Lidice Memorial stands by his remarks about "inadaptable" Roma
Prague, 21.8.2013 2:07, (ROMEA) Several human rights associations and Romani organizations have recently complained to the Czech Culture Ministry about the head of the Lidice Memorial, the body also in charge of the monument to the victims of the Roma Holocaust at Lety by Písek. The civil society groups say director Milouš Červencl has made light of recent manifestations of racism and has incited hatred against Roma. full storyCzech Republic: Suspended sentences for 2011 attack on Roma
Prague, 28.6.2013 2:26, (ROMEA) Of the five aggressive youths who brutally beat up two Romani people in Prague two years ago, three have been given suspended sentences and two will not be punished for their involvement at all. The victims were provided legal aid by the In IUSTITIA association, and without their involvement the case might never have even made it before a court, since police downplayed the severity of the assault from the beginning. full story