Amnesty International Urges France to Heed European Union Call to End Roma Discrimination
(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International has urged the French authorities to comply with a European Parliament resolution to suspend its policy of mass expulsions of Roma from the country. "The European Parliament has taken a strong stand -- now France must show it is committed to the respect of human rights and the non-discrimination of particular ethnic groups, including Roma and Travellers," said David Diaz-Jogeix, deputy director of Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia program. European Members of Parliament passed a key resolution in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday