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Sokolov, Czech Republic, Friday, 23 June 2021, a group of non-local boaters sparks conflict with local Roma. (PHOTO: Facebook, collage: Romea.cz)
Out-of-town youth assault Romani child and then other Roma in Sokolov - Czech Police defused the conflict and are investigating, local Roma not happy with their response
25.7.2021 8:51 full story
Dozens of Roma protest in front of restaurant in Czech town after food server allegedly assaults a Romani woman, police are investigating
12.7.2021 7:22 full story
Lifeguard gets state honors from Czech President for injuries sustained in brawl that sparked ultra-right anti-Romani demonstration
29.10.2019 10:48 full story
videoBulgarian media showed edited footage of interethnic altercation in shop - full footage shows a different story
14.4.2019 10:31 full storyCzech Police charge five more suspects in poolside brawl that sparked radical demonstration
29.11.2018 8:07 full story
Czech Republic: Allegations of police brutality against Romani youths at Prague housing estate
2.11.2016 19:59 Last week a young Romani man posted on the Facebook social networking site complaining of an improper intervention against him and others by police officers in the Černý Most neighborhood of Prague. The police have decided, on the basis of the speculation that has arisen about the case, to investigate the entire situation, including the police intervention. full story
Czech Republic: Two local assemblies memorialize Romani man's death
21.10.2016 9:31 In the Czech towns of Louny and Žatec, assemblies were held yesterday at 15:00 to memorialize the death of a young Romani man in a local pizzeria. The first gathering took place on Tyršovo Square in Louny, where more than 30 people gathered. full story
Czech Republic: Young Romani man has died after a scuffle, no charges filed yet
20.10.2016 20:32 On Tuesday, 18 October at around 19:00 a conflict took place among customers at a pizzeria in the Czech town of Žatec, one of whom, a young Romani man, died afterward. Local police officers intervened during the scuffle. full story
Czech Republic: More charges over brawl in Ostrava, six people being prosecuted
Ostrava, 30.1.2015 1:07, (ROMEA) Police have charged another assailant from the large group of people who attacked the security guards of a gaming room in mid-January in Ostrava. The serious scuffle between the bodyguards and the Romani assailants occurred after two customers were removed from the gaming room by bouncers. full story
Czech town implements "zero tolerance" over shooting between two Romani families
Šternberk na Olomoucku, 16.12.2014 16:39, (ROMEA) News server Deník.cz reported on 12 December that the town of Šternberk and local police applied security measures and a "zero tolerance" policy three weeks ago after a shooting took place between local Romani families. Today the situation is said to be calm. full story
Czech High Court refuses usual compensation to family of murdered Romani man
Prague, 3.6.2014 19:52, (ROMEA) On 28 May the High Court in Prague rejected an appeal regarding the amount of damages to be paid to the surviving relatives of a Romani man from Teplice who was stabbed to death. Stanislav Sýkora, who injured two other Romani men with a knife during the same incident, has been sentenced to five years in prison for involvement in a felony affray. full story
Czech Republic: Perpetrators of machete attack get up to 17.5 years
Prague, 26.10.2013 0:16, (ROMEA) Vojtěch Husák has been convicted of perpetrating an attack with a machete in Nový Bor in 2011 and will spend 17.5 years in prison, while his accomplices Antonín Sinu and Jakub Žiga will spend 15 years in prison each. The High Court in Prague handed down its verdict Friday 24 October and it has taken effect. full story
Czech Republic: Splinter DSSS faction plans 13 more anti-Romani events by year's end
Prague, 24.7.2013 20:48, (ROMEA) All of the right-wing extremists in the Czech Republic are currently feeling the need for publicity because of the upcoming elections next year (some of which may take place later this year). Now we can expect more violent election-related events than ever before because the Workers' Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti - DSSS) has split into two groups. full story
Czech Republic: Protest this Saturday over alleged problems at housing estate in České Budějovice
České Budějovice, 26.6.2013 22:37, (ROMEA) Yet another effort to draw publicity to the tribulations of ordinary coexistence is now underway with the scheduling of a public assembly this coming Saturday in České Budějovice. Those convening the demonstration want to draw attention to alleged problems at the Máj housing estate there, specifically to alleged difficulties in coexistence with members of the community of socially vulnerable people living at the housing estate, most of whom are Romani. full story
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