A woman who was attacked by a group of Romanies on New Year’s Day in the
North Bohemian town of Varnsdorf has died in hospital. Police said on
Wednesday that an autopsy will shed light on whether she died as a result
of injuries suffered at the hands of her attackers. Two of them have been
charged with assault and battery.
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Some 300 people gathered in the town Varnsdorf, in northern Bohemia, on
Sunday to call for protection against crime ascribed to local Romanies. The
protestors also criticized the authorities for not providing information
about crimes allegedly committed by the Romany minority. No incidents were
reported to have taken place at the rally.
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Prosecutors investigating a New Year’s Day shooting in the north Bohemian
town of Tanvald, which left a Romany man dead and injured another, have
ruled out murder or any other premeditated crime. The investigators on
Friday said the 63-year-old shooter was facing an intense assault by two
Romany men in a conflict that had no racial or material motives.
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Petr Kočí, a lawyer who in a current case has filed an objection against
the well-respected judicial expert Michal Mazel, told press on Thursday
that his principal reason for doing so was the fact that Mazel’s
assessments were overpriced. Michal Mazel has announced that he will be
taking legal steps against the advocate, who had previously also explained
his objection by stating that Mr. Mazel was biased due to his Jewish
background.
Many were shocked by the advocate’s objection against the judicial
expert, whose testimony was crucial in such cases as the Vítkov arson
attack and the dissolution of the rightwing Workers’ Party.
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Michal Mazel, a highly-respected judicial expert on extremism in the Czech
Republic (whose testimony was crucial in such cases as the Vítkov arson
attack and the dissolution of the rightwing Workers’ Party), has resigned
after an objection was filed against his assessment in a current case.
Lawyer Petr Kočí filed the objection on behalf of his client, a member of
the extremist Workers’ Party for Social Justice, charged with inciting
ethnic hatred, that Mr Mazel is biased because of his Jewish background.
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Some 200 people attended a funeral ceremony for a 22-year-old Romany man
that took place in Tanvald on Saturday. The man was shot in the north
Bohemian town on New Year’s Day. After an emotional service in the local
church, hundreds of people, among them Romanies from across the country,
accompanied the man’s coffin to the cemetery, where a minute of silence
in honor of the murder victim was held.
Police presence in Tanvald was heightened during the funeral and local
police forces were monitoring the situation closely.
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Saturday, December 3 at 19.00 Atelier Arco Amoroso, non-profit space run by
the Province of Ancona in Piazza of Plebiscito, will open the video
installation Lety by the artist Cristiano Berti.
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The regional court in České Budějovice has invalidated a ban on an
ultra right rally issued by the town of Vimperk in south Bohemia. The town
hall cited security reasons for its decision. In the wake of Friday’s
court ruling the mayor said he respected the court’s decision and had
requested police reinforcements.
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