Member of Roma council warns of civil unrest

A member of the government’s Council for Roma Community Affairs (RZRK) has warned that the country faces civil unrest if the government does not address attitudes towards Roma with greater immediacy. Writing for the Roma website Romea.cz, Cyril Koky warned the Prime Minister and other members of the government that they are underestimating the situation in the Czech Republic. The comments follow a recent clash between the far-right Worker’s Party, which marched on a Roma area in northern Bohemia. He also called on the current Minister for Human Rights and Ethnic Minorities Džamila Stehlíková to resign.