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PRAGUE — The Czech Republic is defying a European court ruling by continuing to place thousands of healthy Gypsy children in schools for the mentally disabled, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Gypsies, or Roma, make up 80 percent of the students in schools for those with mild mental disabilities, the rights group said in a report Wednesday. The European Court of Human Rights said in 2007 that the Czech Republic must stop herding Roma children into special schools. Failure to comply could lead to a new court case, fines or sanctions.
