Ombudsman: Roma Family Under Illegal Police Surveillance

Ljubljana, 23 January - Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek told the press on Tuesday that the Strojans, the Roma family in the centre of a weeks' long controversy, had been under covert police surveillance, which he believes was illegal.

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office
Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office
Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office
Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office
Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office
Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Human Rights Ombudsman Office
Human Rights Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek at a news conference on allegedly illegal covert police surveillance of the Strojans, a Roma family.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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