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Dear friends of Meltingpot. We are very sorry, but this July we will not meet in person in the Dolní Vítkovice area. The 19th year of
the Colours of Ostrava festival, which we host every year, has had to be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. See you on 14th - 17th July 2021.
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Lydia Gall (HUN)

Western Balkans and Eastern Europe researcher at Human Rights Watch

„If the EU is serious about its own membership criteria, they should push to ensure the governments create a safe environment for journalists to be able to do their jobs as public watchdogs.“

 

A native Swedish living in Hungary, Lydia Gall, is a human rights lawyer by training and comes with a background in Roma rights and the Middle East. She has previously worked on documenting violations of humanitarian law and human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory followed by extensive work protecting and promoting the rights of the Romani minority in Europe.

  Before joining Human Rights Watch, Lydia worked as a staff attorney involved in strategic litigation on behalf of Romani victims of human rights abuses, particularly in the fields of More…