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ROMA The city of Most, which has a large Roma community, joined a declaration Aug. 18 on local partnership to improve life for socially excluded localities, Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. The project was initiated by the Agency for Social Integration. Human Rights and Minorities Minister Džamila Stehlíková said the declaration has been signed in all locations except for Ostrava, where the signing is scheduled for Aug. 25.

RALLY Some 300 people took part in a calm, unauthorized rally of the Czech extreme-right Workers Party Aug. 16 in Hradec Králové, east Bohemia, the ČTK reported. The extremists originally wanted to meet in a cinema where a concert was to be held. Town officials will start administrative proceedings against party Chairman Tomáš Vandas over the unauthorized event, for which he may be fined up to 5,000 Kč ($312.50).
ARREST Brno police Aug. 15 detained a 20-year-old German tourist who allegedly gave a Nazi salute, a police spokesman told ČTK. The man faces up to three years in prison if found guilty of support and propagation of a movement aimed to suppress human rights and freedoms.
RAILROAD Pendolino trains are successfully passing through the Studénka station again, after a collapsing bridge destroyed overhead lines 10 days ago, Petr Šťáhlavský of Czech Railways told ČTK Aug. 17. Trains must slow to 50 km/hr along the affected stretch. The original speed limit of 140 kilometers might be permitted in November.
COURTS One mother and two fathers filed complaints with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg because they believe Czech courts infringed upon their custodial rights, ČTK reported Aug 14. Karin Lissniková, mother of a 16-year-old boy, said the court that tried her case was biased toward the father. Luboš Meszner and Jiří Krám say the courts are unable to ensure contact with their children.


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