"U.N. human rights chief Zeid
Ra'ad al-Hussein accused the Czech Republic on Thursday of committing
systematic human rights violations by detaining refugees for up to 90
days and strip-searching them for money to pay for their own detention.
Human rights violations "appear to be an integral part
of a policy by the Czech Government designed to deter migrants and
refugees from entering the country or staying there,” he said in a
statement.
He also expressed alarm that the detention policy was
accompanied by increasingly xenophobic public statements, including
"Islamophobic" statements by President Miloš Zeman and a public petition
“Against Immigration” launched by former President Václav Klaus.
Zeman rejected the criticism and his spokesman said:
"The president has long warned of the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.
He stands by his opinion and he will not change it under pressure from
abroad.""
[Yahoo News]
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