Claiming Civil Rights for Roma All over the former East bloc Roma are suffering a wave of racist violence and discrimination which belies the grand claims of budding NATO and EU aspirants to democracy and the rule of law. Worse still, instead of condemning the misconduct, judges and prosecutors continue to explain it away with patently absurd rationalizations. We welcome your Letters to the Editor. Be sure to include your name and address on the e-mail form if you want the letter to be published. Only a selection can be published in the Monitor and its Web site and none acknowledged.
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