Amnesty International said today (April 23, 2015) that the Czech Republic has failed to comply with a European court order -- nearly 10 years ago -- to stop placing healthy Gypsy (Roma) children in schools for the mentally disabled, and calls the practice discriminatory and racist, according to the ABC News website.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2007 that the Czech Republic must stop the practice.
In the report, the human rights group said it found that Roma still make up almost 30 percent of students in schools for those with mild mental disabilities, while the community makes up less than three percent of the nation's population.
"The widespread segregation of Romani children is a horrifying example of systematic prejudice, with schools introducing children to bitter discrimination at an early age," said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International's secretary-general.
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