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Romani children segregated in Slovakias schools

Posted on 24/07/2008

Large numbers of Romani children are still being segregated within Slovakia’s public school system according to a new Amnesty International report. A tale of two schools: Segregating Roma into special education in Slovakia documents the violations of the human right to education of Romani ...

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Slovakia urged to end segregation of Romani children

Posted on 24/07/2008

“In grade 7 of the special school I learned the same things that I learned in grade 3 of the mainstream school.” 14-year-old Romani boy, found to have been erroneously placed in the special school In Slovakia, huge numbers of Romani children are inappropriately placed in " ...

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Serbia: African Bloggers' Reactions to Karadi's Arrest

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 23/07/2008

After news broke on Monday night that former Bosnian Serb leader and one of the worlds most wanted war criminals Radovan Karadi had been arrested, astonished bloggers in the Balkans and all around the world started reacting to the story. And because of the recent request by the International Crimina ...

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Dominican Republic: Tires as Toys

Posted by Eduardo Avila on 22/07/2008

Children in the Dominican Republic can be seen playing with tires for a lack of other toys. Reynaldo Brito of Imagenes Dominicanas [es] writes about his experiences in the Herrera neighborhood.

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D.R. of Congo: Ceasefire violations

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 21/07/2008

Accross the divide: Analysis and anecdote from Africa comments on the ceasfire violations of the Goma Peace Agreement, according to a Human Right Watch communique. He says: “civilians continue to die in far greater numbers than before the Goma Agreement was reached six months ago. A serious la ...

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