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In a press release (August 31st, 2012) Amnesty International denounces the segregation of Romani students.

« Across Slovakia, thousands of Romani children remain trapped in substandard education – the fruit of widespread discrimination and a school system that keeps failing them.

Thousands of Romani children are segregated in mainstream Roma-only schools and classrooms, and are disproportionately placed in special schools or classes, often aimed at children with “mild mental disabilities”.

Sometimes, Romani children are literally locked into separate classrooms, corridors or buildings to stop them from mingling with non-Roma students.

“Segregation in Slovakia’s schools is a huge obstacle for Romani children to access a quality education,” said Jezerca Tigani, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia Programme.

“Besides violating their right to a discrimination-free education, in the longer term it deprives them of a wide range of other human rights, including the right to health, work and freedom of expression. Such systemic human rights violations exclude Roma from full participation in Slovak society and lock them into a cycle of poverty and marginalization.”

Amnesty International :http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/class-apart-slovakia-s-segregation-romani-students-2012-08-31