Leading European rights agencies concerned by continuing discrimination of and violence against Roma - International Roma Day 8 April

«In a joint statement issued on the occasion of International Roma Day (8 April), four leading European human rights bodies today expressed deep concern about the continuing discriminatory treatment and exclusion of the Roma. The statement was released by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM).

«Our organisations are deeply concerned by the continuing discriminatory treatment and exclusion of the Roma, and particularly by the recent escalation in hate motivated incidents and racist rhetoric reported in a number of States,» the statement says.»

Source

http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/home/home_en.htm

http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/Roma-day-joint-statement-0409_en.pdf

Leading European rights agencies concerned by continuing discrimination of and violence against Roma - International Roma Day 8 April