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19th Mar 2024

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Slovakia criticised on Roma segregation

Almost two years after the European Commission launched infringement proceedings against Slovakia, Romani children continue to suffer from a discriminatory school system, Amnesty International and the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) said in a new report published on Wednesday. The report reveals that Romani children are being placed in segregated Roma-only schools or classes and that non-Roma parents often remove their children from schools with “too many Romani pupils”.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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