The Debrecin Court of Appeal ruled in its final decision that from 2004 to 2017 Roma students at Gyöngyöspat Primary School were separated, and that this segregation violated their rights.

The Hungarian government has appealed a court ruling ordering to pay damages to Roma children who were victims of segregation.
This form of segregation has been going on for many years in Gyöngyöspat in northwestern Hungary.

Human Resources Minister Bence Rétvári said at a news conference Wednesday that the primary and appeals courts "ignored the evidence" presented by the school and the local community.
That evidence allegedly proved that no harm had been done to the victims of this discrimination.

He said the government was ready to take over the legal obligation and offer the damaged "Training Courses" or "Educational Program" to the damaged. These programs will be in a non-financed form of compensation, as the government is against cash payments.

How this all started. In 2011, when Commissioner for Minority Rights Ernő Kállai released a report stating that Roma pupils were physically segregated at the Nekcesi Demeter Elementary School in Gyöngyöspat

The documentation states that Roma children in primary school were separated from non-Roma children. Children were even illegally separated in swimming lessons.

Based on these documents, the Children's Chance Foundation (CFCF) filed a lawsuit. The Eger Basic Court in 2012 ruled that these students were being provided poorer services.

The court also decided to discontinue the practice in the following school year.

The aforementioned judgment was later upheld by both the Metropolitan and the Supreme Court. They also claimed compensation for those Roma children.

The Debrecin Court of Appeal ruled in its final decision that between 2004 and 2017 Roma children were educated separately and the court ruled that the school and the local community would have to pay a total of 100 million forints (300,000 euros) in damages.

Link: http://www.portal-udar.net/madjarska-ne-zeli-platiti-odstetu-romima-zrtvama-segregacije/

The Czech bookstore chain Kanzelsberger in the Czech Republic has decided to fire the shopkeeper who racially insulted a Roma colleague on Twitter, after which he made other racist comments.

Last week, Daniel Fule of the “Ljudi u potrebi organization” shared controversial reports about whether the bookstore would tolerate this behavior.
The bookstore responded that Mr Kanczelsberger thought this saleswoman's behavior was unacceptable and would no longer work for that company.

The woman whose Twitter account was named "Theresa Bart" announced that "a walk in the Yale quarter in Brno would have been much more pleasant than teaching a Gypsy at work."

The woman continued her racist insults. "In the end everyone knows that normal color is white," she wrote.

The company distances itself from the opinions of its employees.
"Her behavior was inappropriate with human behavior. He must not offend his colleagues. This is not the attitude of the companies towards minorities, "said Jana Kmunchikova, Head of Marketing.

The whole situation has caused controversy in the Czech Republic, especially on social networks. While some condemned the saleswoman's behavior, others said the dismissal was a severe punishment.

Journalist Sasha Uhlova in her comment on the firing of a saleswoman was comforted by those who were hurt by her comment.
But it added that unfortunately this will not reduce the discrimination faced by Roma.
Uhlova wrote that discrimination is present and "destroys the lives of Roma in the Czech Republic".