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On 6 September 2018 the District Court for Prague 10 began to hear the trial of three football fans indicted for assaulting a dark-skinned man on a tram in 2017. If convicted of battery and other felonies the three young men face up to eight years in prison. Defendants Štěpán Černín (left) and Tomáš Satora (right) are shown here arriving in court. (PHOTO: Czech News Agency)
Czech court again acquits youths accused of assaulting man because of his skin color, prosecutor may appeal
12.12.2019 5:45 full story
Czech Police say man and woman who committed racist attack against Romani children should be prosecuted
15.9.2019 16:26 full story
European Roma Rights Centre gives legal aid to victims alleging Slovak police brutality
22.8.2019 10:24 full story
Czech town sees street fight, mayor writes about the "gypsy nuisance" - then ignores other violence involving non-Romani people
11.6.2019 9:09 full story
Ukraine: Aggressive armed man from the extremist Azov Battalion disrupts human rights discussion in Kyiv
6.6.2019 18:28 full story
Czech Police charge adults who assaulted Romani children with three felonies including racial defamation
5.6.2019 7:38 full story
Czech Police investigating brutal assault on Romani children as a misdemeanor for now
9.4.2019 8:05 full story
Czech eyewitnesses to assault on African man say they fear for their lives if they testify
14.1.2019 9:32 full story
videoCzech Police have yet to take statements of 10 foreign students assaulted two weeks ago in Ostrava
2.12.2018 9:44 full storySlovakia: Victims of police raid on Romani settlement on trial for perjury
22.11.2018 8:06 full story
Czech trial of racist assault on Prague tram: Eyewitnesses can still come forward, next hearing in January
11.11.2018 13:05 full storyCzech Police charge right-wing extremists who assaulted citizens of India
6.9.2018 7:40 The Czech Police have charged three men from the group of right-wing extremists who assaulted a group of Indian citizens in the town of Písek at the end of July. If convicted they face between one and five years in prison. full story
Slovakia: Romani youth in critical condition after brutal racist attack, police say they see no racist motive and make racist remarks themselves
25.7.2018 9:26 Slovak news server Denník N reports that accusations of battery and the co-perpetration of rioting have been made against four men in their early twenties from Žilina, Slovakia. In the early morning hours of Saturday, 21 July, along with other racists, the four men identified are said to have assaulted a group of Romani people. full story
Germany: Trial begins of Syrian citizen who assaulted man wearing yarmulke
20.6.2018 10:50 Accompanied by great media interest, the trial began yesterday in Berlin of a 19-year-old Syrian who assaulted two youths wearing yarmulkes in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood in April. The accused has admitted committing the crime, expressed regret for it, and assured the court that he does not hate Jewish people. full story
Czech Police propose indicting football fans who assaulted African man on a Prague tram for racist reasons
4.6.2018 14:33 After an investigation lasting six months, the Czech Police are proposing charges against the three Sigma Olomouc football fans who assaulted a man from West Africa on a tram in Prague last November, resulting in his hospitalization. Several assailants were arrested by police the same day of the incident and the investigation was begun. full story
Czech media again exaggerate assault incident, promote antigypsyist stereotypes
14.4.2018 19:00 Media in the Czech Republic keep reporting increasingly higher and higher numbers of Romani people who are alleged to have assaulted a police patrol in the town of Krupka. The incident happened Tuesday evening when a two-member patrol of a female and a male officer were addressing a traffic accident. full story
Brutal assailant attacks Romani woman in front of her children, Czech Police can't get their stories straight
23.3.2018 16:48A brutal assailant attacked Lucie Badyová in front of her seven-year-old son and three-year-old daughter last Thursday afternoon on Kapitána Jaroše Street in the Czech town of Kadaň. He punched her, knocking her to the ground and continued his brutal assault as she was prone.
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