A group of experts discuss how Muslims and non-Muslims in Marseille can work together to create a more integrated and inclusive community.
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Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Alain Fourest, Claude Geant, discrimination, Djamel Bouriche, France, Francoise Lorcerie, Helene Irving, hjab, Marseille, Muslims, Nazia Hussain, niqab
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Tensions between the majority and the Roma population of the Czech Republic have long gone unaddressed. Is there enough political will to improve the situation?
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-Gypsyism, Czech Republic, discrimination, Filip Rameš, Northern Bohemia, Open Society Fund Prague, Roma
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The sensible approach to a shared sacrifice in the United States is simple: level the playing field to be more equitable. The impetus should be based on the building of human capital.
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The Czech government came under pressure from one of Europe's top political bodies last week for its failure to make sure all Roma children get a decent education—and was urged to lift its game starting with the next school year in September.
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The new Czech school year starts in September, and unless something drastic changes, many more Roma children could face segregation into "special schools" on the basis of their ethnicity.
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Italy attempted to use the threat of prison sentences to pressure illegal immigrants to obey removal orders. But it ignored European law that demands a more proportional response from governments.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, detention, discrimination, European Court of Justice, European Union, Hassen el-Dridi, immigration, Italy, migrants
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The International Day Against Homophobia is being celebrated—and no doubt hated—around the world on May 17.
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Roma schoolchildren in Greece and their families are returning to the European Court of Human Rights, demanding an end to segregation in Greek schools.
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By banning headscarves, what message is Europe sending to its Muslim population? That we are open, tolerant and pluralistic, but not towards you?
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Mona Nicoara discusses her documentary about Roma school segregation, which reveals how unexamined racism shapes the course of events on its own, even against the peaceful spirit of a small town.