The Government of Slovakia officially apologized for the forced sterilization of the Gypsy women, which was conducted in the country for decades. It is reported by Kronen Zeitung.
According to the publication, in the accepted statement, the country’s four-party coalition condemned the violation of the rights of the Gypsy population and apologized to all victims. Commissioner of the Council of Europe on Human Rights of Dunya Miyatovich called this decision “the first important step” in the direction of payment of compensation to victims of Bratislava policy.
According to the reports of the Cabinet of Ministers, the forced removal of the uterus Gypsy women was practiced in Slovakia from 1966 to 1989 in order to limit the number of children from a disadvantaged ethnic minority. At the same time, after the fall of the communist regime, in the period from 1990 to 2004, women were increasing towards the sterilization after the birth of a child. The human rights organizations of the European Union have repeatedly called on Bratislava to pay compensation victims.
March 18 reported that the Czech Republic will pay compensation to compensation for a compulsory operation to remove the uterus. Each victim will receive a payment in the amount of about 12 thousand euros. In the period from the 1970s to the 1980s, thousands of gypsies living in the Czech Republic were violently sterilized.