Europe’s courts refuse to prosecute police officers who abuse Roma even when their crimes are caught on video.
![In March 2009, police officers in Kosice, Slovakia filmed themselves threatening and racially abusing six Romani children in a police station. In February, a City Court acquitted the accused officers for the third time, citing inconclusive evidence [Facebook, Romea/Screengrab]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/romachildrenabuse-1712758726.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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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.
![A pre-fabricated home with Police tape blocking entry is seen in an official Roma camp in Rome, Italy June 27, 2018 [Tony Gentile/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/RTS1UFHM.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the ugly, systematic state violence against Romani people.
