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Roma woman breaks legal barrier for minorities

May 31, 2006
By Elizabeth Celms

Roma in Latvia continue to struggle against harsh stereotypes.
RIGA - A Jelgava woman made judicial history last week as the first Roma in Latvia to win a case of employment discrimination. On May 25, the Jelgava City Court ruled in favor of Sanita Kozlovska, who claimed that a local retail shop had refused to hire her because she was Roma. The court ruled that the Palso company, which owns the Jelgava clothing shop, must pay 1,000 lats (1,422 euros) in compensation to the plaintiff. The National Human Rights Bureau had requested 5,000 lats in moral d ...

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