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Czech lawmakers urged to compensate sterilised Roma women

Europe Roma activists Elena Gorolova and Helena Baloghova

London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of women in the Czech Republic who were sterilised under an unofficial policy to curb the country’s Roma population are hoping to finally win a long battle for compensation. A bill expected to be debated in the Czech parliament on Wednesday envisages granting each woman a one-off payment of […]