On 31 August, Roma and non-Roma activists staged a powerful flashmob and delivered the international appeal signed by 38,334 people from across 94 countries to the Czech government urging them to end discrimination of Romani children in education. The campaign was launched in April 2015 and targeted the Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.
Photograph taken during Amnesty International?s High Level Mission to the Czech Republic. Amnesty?s Secretary General, Salil Shetty and John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International East and Central Europe Programme Director launch the campaign ? Must Try Harder ? at a school in Ostrava.
This photo shows Roma children at school.
this picture refers to the case of "preemptive rejection of Romani pupils in school X" in the report to be launched on 21/22 April 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Pictures of Roma children, school materials and Francisciho school in Levoca, Eastern Slovakia. Francisciho school created in September 2011 two Roma-only classes. The Roma parents, together with Amnesty International, have been campaigning since against the segregation and discrimination of Romani children in access to education. In September 2012, some of the Roma children were transfered into mainstream classes, however one Roma class remained. The case is included in the [email protected] portfolio.
The pictures feature Roma children that attended the community centre in Ostravony,village in Slovakia, well known for the wall that has been built by local authorities to separate the Roma settlement from the majority population. The Roma children from Ostrovany attend Sarriske Michalany school.
