January 5, 2018
Under an amendment to the anti-discrimination law which took affect on the 1st January 2018, the Czech ombudsman will observe whether foreign workers from EU countries are discriminated in the Czech Republic over their citizenship.
January 2, 2018
The Czech ombudsman has taken up the case of around 70 Chinese Christians who applied for asylum in the Czech Republic on the grounds that they fear persecution at home.
December 20, 2017
December 14, 2017
December 1, 2017
November 20, 2017
October 30, 2017
October 17, 2017
A married couple turned to the ombudsman in a case involving the procedure of authorities (the Nature Conservation Body, the Construction Authority) in connection to granting permission to fence a fallow deer farm on their land.
September 4, 2017
August 30, 2017
Ombudsman published a report summarizing her findings from unannounced visits to 47 cells for provisional detention at 14 district police stations. Ombudsman came to conclusion that provisionally detained people are sometimes humiliated and their rights, privacy and dignity might be violated.
June 19, 2017
(with CTK) – Czech parents have to pay up to 70,000 crowns for the transfer of their child from one ice-hockey club to another, which is quite absurd and unethical, they complain. Ombudsman Anna Sabatova criticised the system.
June 12, 2017
May 31, 2017
May 23, 2017
Complainant stated that she owned a specific real estate in the city. The city informed her that pursuant to the regulation concerning the issuance of parking cards, only a natural person with his/her permanent address within the defined area was allowed to apply for the issuance of a parking card.
May 16, 2017
A total of 2170 complaints were received in the first quarter of 2017, which is 60 more than in the same period last year. The ombudsman was approached by 1462 persons in matters falling within her competence under the law, which is 79 more than in the first quarter of the past year.
February 13, 2017