Almost all the pupils at the primary “special school” in Pavlovce nad Uhom, eastern Slovakia, are Roma. The school is intended for children who have mental disabilities. This case study details how the Romani children are placed in the special school erroneously. Amnesty International calls on the...

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In this joint letter, the undersigning organizations are calling on the Government of Slovakia, as well as all members of the Slovak National Council, to use the opportunity of the education reform process and consider the inclusion of the following measures on the occasion of the second reading of...

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On 13 March 2008 the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic ruled that Mustapha Labsi cannot be extradited to Algeria until the Court has made its final decision on his appeal. Mustapha Labsi appealed to the Constitutional Court after the Supreme Court of Slovakia decided that his extradition...

Europe has taken a further step towards protecting people who have been trafficked with the entry into force of a new convention on Friday. The 14 states that have so far become parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings have committed themselves to...

On 22 January 2008, the Supreme Court of Slovakia decided that extradition of Mustapha Labsi to Algeria is admissible. The Slovakian authorities are now preparing to forcibly return him, which would put him at serious risk of torture. Only the Minister of Justice now has the power to stop the...

Amnesty International is deeply dismayed at today’s decision by the Supreme Court in Slovakia which gives the green light for the extradition of Mustapha Labsi to  Algeria, where he is at serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment. The organization is calling on the Slovak Minister of Justice,...

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This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between January and June 2007. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where Amnesty...

1) Needed but unwanted 2) Habeas corpus denied 3) Education system still failing Romani children in Slovakia 4) Training event addresses Roma discrimination in schools 5) Former ‘comfort’ women seek European Union help to secure apology from Japan 6) Individual action, mutual rights 7) Update:...

The Slovakian authorities are preparing to forcibly return Mustapha Labsi to Algeria. This would put him at serious risk of torture.