Vienna - Amnesty International said yesterday that Austrian authorities were continuing to ignore serious police brutality and had failed to stop the abuse of detainees.
Presenting a report on the conduct of the Austrian police, the human rights watchdog said the most worrying aspect was that much of the reported police abuse was driven by racism.
"People with black or yellow skin are quite definitely seen as second-class citizens," Mr Heinz Patzelt, head of the Austrian arm of Amnesty International, said.