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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’

The prime minister, Robert Golob, speaking in front of Slovenian flag.
The prime minister, Robert Golob, introduced the law after a man was killed in an altercation with a young Roma man. Photograph: Borut Živulovič/Reuters

Slovenia’s government has been accused of turning Roma neighbourhoods into “security zones” after the passing of a law giving police powers to raid and surveil homes in so-called “high-risk” areas.

At midnight on Monday, the country’s parliament backed the “Šutar law”, named after Aleš Šutar, who was killed in an altercation with a 21-year-old Romany man after rushing to a nightclub after a distress call from his son.

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