Europe’s courts refuse to prosecute police officers who abuse Roma even when their crimes are caught on video.

Jonathan Lee is a Romani activist from Wales, working at the European Roma Rights Centre.
Europe’s courts refuse to prosecute police officers who abuse Roma even when their crimes are caught on video.
As the new Italian government emboldens fascists, the EU must not turn a blind eye to the Romani people’s victimisation.
For Roma, Italy’s so-called ‘Nomad Emergency’ never really ended, it just became invisible.
The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the ugly, systematic state violence against Romani people.