http://us.oneworld.net/article/country/703/ en_US OneWorld US - Slovakia Slovakia Romani Children Denied Education [video] http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81282 In eastern Slovakia, some of the poorest and most marginalized people in Europe are often denied their right to education and are subject to discrimination and segregation in schools, says Amnesty International. Carpathian Forests Declared World Heritage Site http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79545 Primaeval beech forests in the Carpathian Mountains have been inscribed on the UN's World Heritage List, underlining the global importance of this rare forest habitat — the most extensive in Europe. Slovakian romaneille taattava oikeudenmukainen turvapaikkamenettely http://fi.oneworld.net/article/view/81744/1/ Pakolaisneuvonta vaatii Ulkomaalaisvirastolle ja sisäasiainministeriölle lähettämässään kirjeessä yksilöllisen tutkinnan varmistamista Slovakian romaneille. Kirjeessä kritisoidaan turvapaikkahakemusten pikaista käsittelyä. Järjestö muistuttaa, että Slovakian romaneihin kohdistuneet ihmisoikeusloukkaukset, kuten naisten sterilisaatiot ilman heidän suostumustaan, ovat yleisesti tiedossa. Slovakia targets Roma for speaking out against forced sterilisation http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/37545 For decades, Roma women have been sterilised by the Slovakian government without their consent or knowledge, reports Shravanti Reddy. Neo-Nazism fears in Slovakia http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/2264 Despite recent police operations against skinhead groups, neo-Nazism is a dangerous and growing problem in Slovakia, warn police and human rights activists.