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Serbia evicts Roma from slum, condemned by Amnesty [Apr 26, 2012] BELGRADE (Reuters) - Hundreds of Roma were evicted from a slum in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Thursday, over the objections of human rights groups, in the latest resettlement to make way for improvements to the city's creaking infrastructure. Rights watchdog Amnesty International accused the Belgrade authorities of carrying out the evictions without consultation, potentially leading to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia: Hundreds of families face uncertainty after Belvil eviction [Apr 26, 2012] Headline Title:? Serbia: Hundreds of families face uncertainty after Belvil eviction 26 April 2012 Belgrade city authorities are proceeding with a mass forced eviction on Thursday in the capital?s Belvil?s settlement despite failing to consult the Roma communities affected, denying them adequate information, notice and legal remedies, Amnesty International said. The lack of consultation has ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia must stop evicting Roma [Nov 25, 2011] Headline Title: [via YahooNews] More >>

Roma families in Belgrade face forced eviction by government agency [Nov 02, 2011] Twenty seven families may lose their homes to make way for new commercial housing built by a government owned company. November 2, 2011 International Twenty seven Roma families in Serbia's capital Belgrade face imminent forced eviction from their homes to make way for new commercial housing built by a government owned company, Amnesty International said today. On Tuesday, at the request of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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AI submits petition to deputy prime minister [Oct 19, 2011] BELGRADE -- Amnesty International has handed a petition requesting Serbia to pass a bill that will regulate forced evictions of Roma to Serbian Deputy PM Bo?idar ?eli?. [via YahooNews] More >>

Banning of Belgrade Pride is a dark day for human rights in Serbia [Oct 01, 2011] Serbian authorities have bowed into pressure from right-wing extremists and cancelled Sunday's Belgrade Pride march. September 30, 2011 International The Serbian authorities' decision to ban Sunday's Belgrade Pride event is a ?dark day for human rights?, Amnesty International said today. The Serbian National Security Council today said the Pride march would not be held due to security threats ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Banning of Belgrade Pride is a dark day for human rights in Serbia [Oct 01, 2011] 30 September 2011 Serbian authorities have bowed into pressure from right-wing extremists and cancelled Sunday's Belgrade Pride march. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian authorities urged to arrest all war crimes suspects as Mladic is detained [Jun 02, 2011] Serbian authorities must renew their efforts to arrest all war crimes suspects, Amnesty International said today, after Ratko Mladic was detained. May 26, 2011 International Alleged Bosnian war criminal Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Serbia, the Serbian President Boris Tadic announced today. Ratko Mladic, the commander of Bosnian Serb forces in the 1992-95 Bosnia war, was indicted in 1995 on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Roma day marked by demands for rights [Apr 08, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, April 8 (UPI) -- As International Roma Day was observed in Europe, Amnesty International called on Serbia to halt evictions of the ethnic minority from illegal settlements. [via YahooNews] More >>

Amnesty International urges Serbia to stop forced evictions of Roma in Belgrade [Apr 08, 2011] Amnesty International has urged Serbian authorities to stop forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, in the capital Belgrade and to provide them with adequate housing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Rights group tells Serbia to stop evicting Roma [Apr 08, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Amnesty International has urged Serbian authorities to stop forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, in the capital Belgrade and to provide them with adequate housing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia: Serbia Urged to Stop Forced Evictions of Roma in New Amnesty International Report [Apr 08, 2011] (Washington, D.C.) -- The Serbian authorities must halt a series of forced evictions of Roma in the capital Belgrade and to provide them with adequate housing, Amnesty International said on the eve of International Roma Day. [via YahooNews] More >>

Rights group tells Serbia to stop evicting Roma [Apr 08, 2011] Amnesty International urged Serbian authorities Thursday to "take urgent and immediate action" to halt forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from their settlements in the capital Belgrade and prevent "systematic... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia urged to stop forced evictions of Roma [Apr 08, 2011] The Serbian authorities must halt forced evictions of Roma in the capital Belgrade and provide them with adequate housing, Amnesty International said on the eve of International Roma Day [via YahooNews] More >>

Rights group tells Serbia to stop evicting Roma [Apr 07, 2011] Amnesty International urged Serbian authorities Thursday to halt forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from their settlements in the capital Belgrade and prevent "systematic discrimination" against them. [via YahooNews] More >>

Amnesty International urges Serbia to stop forced evictions of Roma in Belgrade [Apr 07, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Amnesty International urged Serbian authorities Thursday to ?take urgent and immediate action? to halt forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from their settlements in the capital Belgrade and prevent ?systematic discrimination? against them. [via YahooNews] More >>

Rights group tells Serbia to stop evicting Roma [Apr 07, 2011] DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia Amnesty International urged Serbian authorities Thursday to "take urgent and immediate action" to halt forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from their settlements in the capital Belgrade and prevent "systematic discrimination" against them. The rights group said in a report issued on the eve of the International Roma Day on Thursday ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Amnesty International urges Serbia to stop forced evictions of Roma in Belgrade [Apr 07, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Amnesty International urged Serbian authorities Thursday to "take urgent and immediate action" to halt forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from their settlements in the capital Belgrade and prevent "systematic discrimination" against them. [via YahooNews] More >>

Rights group tells Serbia to stop evicting Roma [Apr 07, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia Amnesty International has urged Serbian authorities to stop forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, in the capital Belgrade and to provide them with adequate housing. The rights group said in a report issued Thursday on the eve of the International Roma Day that a series of forced evictions since 2009 from informal settlements ... [via YahooNews] More >>