For information on the above-mentioned subjects, please consult the attachments.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Attachments

Czech News Agency (CTK). 12 October 1995. "Racism in the Czech Republic." (NEXIS)

_____. 16 August 1995. "Law and Order; North Bohemia Police Deny Need for Gypsy Self-Defence." (BBC Summary 17 Aug. 1995/NEXIS)

_____. 15 August 1995. "Internal Affairs; Romany MP Tells Slovak Paper Czechs Closer to Racism." (BBC Summary 16 Aug. 1995/NEXIS)

Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 13 December 1995. BC Cycle. "Czech Skinhead Sent to Prison for 12 Years for Murdering Gypsy." (NEXIS)

_____. 25 October 1995. BC Cycle. "Czech Gypsies Hold Protest in Prague Against Racism." (NEXIS)

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1995. Human Rights Watch World Report 1996. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 213-14.

Los Angeles Times. 23 July 1995. Laura Randall. "Whatever's Wrong, Deep-Rooted Czech Prejudice Puts Blame on Gypsies." (NEXIS)

The New York Times. 27 December 1995. Jane Perlez. Final Edition. "Czechs Use Laws to Exclude Gypsies From Gaining Citizenship and Voting." (NEXIS)

Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) Daily Digest [Prague]. 6 February 1996. No. 26, Part 2. Alaina Lemon. "Czech Officials Finally Meet with Romani Representatives." (Internet mailing list: LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU)

_____. 2 February 1996. No. 24, Part 2. Alaina Lemon. "Roma Allege Police Racism in Czech Republic." (Internet mailing list: LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU)

The Ottawa Citizen. 27 July 1995. Julian Duplain. Final Edition. "Racism Runs Rampant in Czech Republic; Skinhead Attacks on Gypsies." (NEXIS)

The Prague Post. 6 December 1995. Tomas Kellner. "Lidove Noviny: Romanies Also Responsible for Racist Crimes." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 13 December 1995. BC Cycle. "Czech Court Convicts Skinhead of Gypsy Murder." (NEXIS)

_____. 11 October 1995. BC Cycle. "Czech Government Moves to Prevent Racist Attacks." (NEXIS)

Transition: Events and Issues in the Former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe [Prague]. 23 June 1995. Vol. 1, No. 10. "Czech Republic: Specter of Racism," p. 18.

Tyden [Prague, in Czech]. 20 November 1995. "Statistics on Romany Population in Country." (FBIS-EEU-96-004 5 Jan. 1996, p. 7)