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Struggling for Ethnic Identity - Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies (Paperback)
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Struggling for Ethnic Identity - Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies (Paperback)
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Loot Price R355
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The transformation of Czechoslovakia into a democratic society has
had both positive and negative effects on the Romanies. On the
positive side, Romanies have been recognized as a national
minority, guaranteeing them important cultural and legal protection
under the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Czech
and Slovak Federal Republic. Despite improvements in their legal
status, however, Helsinki Watch finds that the consequences of past
policies towards Romanies continue to affect the Romany community
in the 1990s. One matter is the government's failure to condemn
publicly and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for
medical procedures in which Romany women were sterilized without
their consent and, in some cases, without their knowledge. In
addition, Helsinki Watch notes the charges that Romanies suffer
from many human rights abuses. It shows that discrimination against
Romanies have reportedly increased in housing, employment, and
access to public and private services since the democratic changes
in 1989. It also notes that post-communist development has meant an
incrase in nationalist tendencies that has led to the formation of
several groups which have repeatedly attached members of the Romany
population both verbally and physically.
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