Daily Archives: February 4, 2017

Hungary: Jobbik’s Party Day

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Jobbik, the Hungarian extreme rightist party held its first conference of the year a few days ago. Its leader, Gabor Vona is trying to shed some of the most racist sides of his party to make it more “mainstream”.
Let’s not be fooled… They are all extremely anti-Rroma, anti-Jews, and anti-Moslems.

– HUNGARIAN FAR-RIGHT JOBBIK PARTY HOLDS YEAR-OPENING CONFERENCE. In: Hungary Today. 30.01.2017. http://hungarytoday.hu/news/hungarian-far-right-jobbik-party-holds-year-opening-conference-28046

Czech Republic: A Father’s Plea

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The father of a Rroma who was killed in front of a restaurant after having been beaten by customers and staff has filed a complaint against the Czech police decision to suspend the investigation in the death of his son.
BAD!

– VIDEO: Father of deceased Romani man says he has filed complaint against suspension of investigation. In: Romea.cz. 02.02.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/video-father-of-deceased-romani-man-says-he-has-filed-complaint-against-suspension-of-investigation

Slovakia: Fico, Trump, and Rroma

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An article on the recent statements from Fico, the Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the rightist Smer party is enjoying the Trump doctrine of natilonalism, and of course, using it to bash Rroma, who in his eyes and the ones of his followers, are anyhow alien and should vanish.
Shame!

– Fico vníma Trumpa ako šancu a útočí na Rómov. In: SME Domov. 04.02.2016. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20445398/fico-vnima-trumpa-ako-sancu-a-utoci-na-romov.html

Middle Eastern Cousins: The Nawar

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An article about the Rroma middle eastern distant cousins, the Nawari. Together with the Domari, they are the remnants of the same migration who brought Rroma to Europe, they staying in the Middle East.
And they are being discriminated against …

– Who are the Nawari, Gaza’s alienated ‘Gypsies’? In: Al Monitor. 02.02.2017. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/gaza-nawari-community-marginalized-begging-dancing-gypsies.html

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