Czech Republic

Romani politician Cyril Koky: Stanislav Křeček as Czech ombudsman would be absurd and ridiculous

16.1.2020 8:54  full story

Outgoing Czech Public Defender of Rights says her former deputy is not a good choice to succeed her

16.1.2020 8:09  full story

Czech Human Rights Commissioner says President supports her remaining in that position

16.1.2020 7:24  full story

Czech Republic: Driver runs into Romani boy in crosswalk, shouts racist abuse at him and drives off

16.1.2020 6:42  full story

Czech President to nominate former Deputy Public Defender of Rights candidate for next Public Defender of Rights

15.1.2020 9:16  full story

Czech EdMin proposes new system to harmonize differences among educational advisory centers' recommendations

14.1.2020 12:54  full story

Czech Republic's Museum of Romani Culture to educate students at memorial site of former concentration camp at Lety

14.1.2020 9:59  full story

Czech Govt Human Rights Commissioner refuses to resign despite some Human Rights Council members calling for her to do so

13.1.2020 19:54  full story

Czech Social Democratic Party has new candidate for President to nominate as ombudswoman after his first choice declines due to pressure over her past

13.1.2020 19:20  full story

Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion praises town for using EU funds to create social housing

11.1.2020 10:33  full story

Petr Kotlár: Filming with Václav Marhoul was a colossal experience

10.1.2020 11:46  full story

Czech Human Rights Commissioner accused of defending the persecution of dissidents during communism, she calls it a smear campaign

9.1.2020 19:41  full story

Czech expert says haters' attention is fixating on Roma again, "migration" as a subject is over

2.12.2019 8:01  full story

Czech lower house will not discuss accepting unaccompanied minor refugees - ANO, Communists, SocDems and ultra-nationalists opposed it

1.12.2019 10:12  full story

Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion publishes analysis of segregation in primary schools

30.11.2019 7:07  full story

Czech fan of ultra-nationalist party gets suspended sentence for wearing Nazi symbols to demonstration

25.11.2019 5:40  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2019 9:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2018 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivors, Descendants and Scholars Unite in Prague

26.9.2017 10:30 Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivors, Descendants and Scholars Unite in Prague By Clare Profous.  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2017 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story