Justice/fight against Discrimination : Executive Denounces Czech Phallometric Tests

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On 17 May, International Day Against Homophobia, the European Commission denounced the phallometric tests practiced by the Czech Republic on asylum seekers the check whether they are homosexualsaand thus to prove that they have suffered persecution in their country, according to a letter seen by Europolitics social. The Commission has opened an investigation.

"The practice of phallometric tests is an invasion of privacy and an assault to human dignity. This type of degrading treatment should not be accepted in the European Union or elsewhere," denounces Immigration Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom. Her staff has decided to open an investigation and to wrap up a procedure …