One Czech Facebook page calling for the killing of "gypsies" shut down, one still open
Source: Romea
For the past several days the Facebook social networking site has hosted an openly hateful, racist page in the Czech language called "We demand impunity for shooting gypsies" (Požadujeme beztrestné vystřílení cikánů ). On 11 April at 11:08 AM, news server Romea.cz published an article about the fact that according to communications with those who reported the page, Facebook did not find that it violated its "community principles".
Three hours after the article was published on Romea.cz, the Facebook administrators re-evaluated their decision and closed this particular page. However, another page calling for the execution of the director of the ROMEA organization remains active on Facebook and most recently features a post threatening violence against three prominent Romani people: Jarmila Balážová, spokesperson for the Czech Human Rights Minister, journalist Tomáš Bystrý, and David Tišer, a Green Party candidate for the European Parliament.
"Kill them from birth", "That's why this PETITION to KILL these gypsy beasts WITH IMPUNITY!!!" - these are just two examples of the status updates to be found on the now-defunct Facebook page, which had 120 fans. The posts to the page openly called for the killing of a specific ethnic group.
"We noticed the page practically right when it was created, which was 7 April. Racist and vulgar posts began showing up on our own Facebook page with the name of that page," Ryšavý told news server Romea.cz.
Read more: http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/one-czech-facebook-page-calling-for-the-killing-of-gypsies-shut-down-one-still-open#
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