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8.2.2021 9:44
The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (PHOTO: Czech Television)
An amendment to the law on aid to those in material distress currently awaiting a second reading in the Czech lower house does not respect the fundamental principles and rights that such welfare benefits are meant to guarantee, according to some of the volunteer civil society members of the Czech Government Council on Romani Minority Affairs. Romani community members and others on the Council point out that during the last six years, seven such amendments to the law on aid to those in material distress have been submitted to the legislature for consideration.
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Volunteer civil society members of Czech Govt Roma Council: ombudsman intentionally undermining the dignity of Romani people
19.1.2021 15:31
Czech ombudsman Stanislav Křeček (left) and chair of the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust, Čeněk Růžička (right - photographed during a previous session of the Czech Government Council for Romani Minority Affairs). (Collage: Romea.cz)
Several volunteer civil society members of the Czech Government Council for Romani Minority Affairs issued a statement yesterday criticizing the current Public Defender of Rights (ombudsman) in the Czech Republic, Stanislav Křeček, for his publicized remarks about the Government s draft Roma Strategy for 2021-2030. The civil society members observe that the ombudsman seems not to understand the extent of his own powers when he alleges that the production of a report reflecting new findings in relation to the issue of illegally-performed sterilizations would not be part of hi