Amnesty International criticizes the Czech Republic | iRADIO

Ukrainian refugees faced hate speech in the Czech Republic, segregation of Roma children in education continued, and sexual minorities did not see improvements in their rights. This is what the international human rights organization Amnesty International writes in its annual report. The Czech Republic also criticizes the outdated law regarding abortions. According to AI, racist forces are on the rise in the world, the position of women has deteriorated, and civilians are left to fend for themselves in armed conflicts.

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8:21 am April 24, 2024

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The report, which assesses the state of human rights in more than 150 countries and regions, strongly condemned the decline of the rule of law in the world. Criticism did not escape the Czech Republic either, to which Amnesty devoted a page and a half in the almost 420-page document.

“Against the background of economic recession and rising inflation, Ukrainians have been exposed to hate speech, harassment and hate crimes,” Amnesty International said about the situation of refugees in the Czech Republic.

Ukrajinci se podle zprávy potýkali i s překážkami v integraci. Ačkoliv míra jejich zaměstnanosti činila 64 procent, jednalo se většinou o špatně placená a nekvalifikovaná pracovní místa.

Loni Česko podle Amnesty nepokročilo ani v řešení přetrvávající faktické segregace romských dětí ve vzdělávání. Česká pobočka mezinárodní organizace poznamenala, že opatření, jak situaci zlepšit, představilo ministerstvo školství na počátku letošního roku.

Sexuální menšiny a potraty

Amnesty zaznamenala, že čeští poslanci odmítli novelu zákona o manželství pro všechny páry. „Což vytváří nejistotu ohledně budoucnosti rovných práv v manželství,“ uvedla zpráva.

Zároveň upozornila na to, že u transsexuálů, kteří usilovali o právní uznání pohlaví, byla ze zákona stále vyžadována sterilizace. „A to navzdory rozhodnutí Evropského soudu pro lidská práva z roku 2017, podle něhož se jedná o porušení lidských práv,“ poznamenala Amnesty.

Problematický v Česku podle Amnesty zůstává zákon o přístupu k potratům. „Mnohá zdravotnická zařízení odmítala poskytovat interrupce občanům zemí mimo EU kvůli nesprávným tvrzením České lékařské komory – opakovaně vyvráceným ministerstvem zdravotnictví a úřadem ombudsmana – že to zákon neumožňuje,“ uvedla zpráva.

Jako nezodpovědný označila Amnesty vývoz zbraní do Izraele, Saúdské Arábie a Spojených arabských emirátů kvůli riziku, že by mohly být použity k závažnému porušování lidských práv a mezinárodního humanitárního práva.

Zpráva také konstatovala, že česká vláda se sice hlásí k uhlíkové neutralitě do roku 2050, ale země dosud nepřijala žádný zákon s konkrétními klimatickými cíli.

‚Špatný rok‘

Lidská práva trpí nejen na Ukrajině, která čelí ruské invazi, ale také v palestinském Pásmu Gazy nebo v Číně, uvedla v Berlíně při představení výroční zprávy o stavu lidských práv ve světě šéfka německé pobočky mezinárodní organizace Amnesty International Julia Duchrowová.

„Sečteno a podtrženo, rok 2023 byl špatným rokem pro lidská práva, protože příliš málo vlád a lidí se za ně důsledně staví. Příliš mnoho (vlád a lidí) se chce lidských práv zbavit jako nepotřebné přítěže,“ řekla Duchrowová.

The entire report assesses the situation in more than 150 countries and regions. The document notes four negative trends affecting human rights in the world. The first is the worsening situation of civilians in armed conflicts, the second is the failure to fight for gender equality, the third is attacks on human rights activists, and the last area is the misuse of artificial intelligence and surveillance technology.

Duchrow called the war in Ukraine an obvious example of the suffering of civilians. “Even in 2023, Russia continued to commit massive war crimes in Ukraine,” she pointed out. She also mentioned the conflict in Sudan, which she said is not so visible in Europe, but which has left ten million people on the run and 25 million dependent on food aid.

She also strongly criticized the situation in Gaza. She said that the radical Palestinian movement Hamas had committed a war crime by attacking Israel last October.

“However, the military intervention of the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip has surpassed all peace. It is accompanied by numerous war crimes and violations of humanitarian law,” she assessed. In this context, Duchrow came out sharply against the German government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, because it is reluctant to name Israeli war crimes. “Instead, it supplies more weapons,” she added.

Women’s rights in the world

According to Amnesty International, the situation has also worsened in the area of ​​gender equality and the rights of sexual minorities. For example, the report mentions that it is increasingly difficult for women in the US to abort a pregnancy, as abortion is prohibited or severely restricted in 15 states there.

Women and girls in Afghanistan face new restrictions, who, according to Duchrow, can no longer work for the UN or non-governmental organizations or in public services. Iran has stepped up its crackdown on women who refuse to cover their hair. They face up to ten years in prison, Duchrow said.

In the section on activists, Amnesty International criticizes the deteriorating conditions for those who defend human rights, fight for better climate protection or promote equal rights of ethnic groups. According to Duchrow, the situation is serious in Colombia, for example, but also in Russia.

“In Russia, important representatives of the opposition are in prison, in exile, or after death. The death of Alexei Navalny in February this year was a tragic highlight,” she said about the death of the leader of the Russian opposition.

Abuse of artificial intelligence

Amnesty International’s expert on the digital world, Lena Rohrbach, pointed to the growing problem of abuse of artificial intelligence and control systems. Such technology is deployed by some governments against refugees, opposition and minorities.

Amnesty has documented how Facebook fueled violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and how Vietnamese journalists in exile in Berlin faced Predator spyware attacks.

Rohrbach drew attention to the fact that artificial intelligence is being misused by Russia for camera identification of regime opponents and anti-regime demonstrators. In this way, China in turn distinguishes members of the Uyghur Muslim minority, who face discrimination in the country. According to Rohrbach, artificial intelligence was also used by the New York police to recognize faces at demonstrations by activists from the Black Lives Matter movement.

Duchrow also drew attention not only in Germany to the growth of radical attitudes, which are fueled by growing social inequality, uncertainty and fear of the future. “Bad economic times are good times for populists,” Rohrbach warned. And she added that populists are also heard in the so-called middle-class civil society.

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