Complaint of police brutality at Roma settlement rejected

Last week, the Constitutional Court turned down a complaint of violence allegedly committed by police during a raid at Roma settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou, Košice region, Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák said last week. According to him "the Constitutional Court stated that not even a slightest shred of doubt could be cast over the effectiveness of the official investigation into the given police raid, with the bodies convincingly proving that the complaint submitters hadn't been treated by police members in the way they claimed in their testimonies." Local Roma complained about injuries and property damage suffered during the disputed police raid in 2013. The police disavowed any allegations of brutality, although criticism was also levelled at the police approach by public ombudswoman Jana Dubovcová, who claimed that a serious violation of basic rights and freedoms was committed against the local Roma.