Monthly Archives: May 2017

New-Zealand – Gypsy Day

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Some controversy in New Zealand: Should one continue to use the term “Gypsy Day” for the day where cows are moved between farms or should one stop it …
There are probably more pressing problems …

– Your views: Is the term Gypsy Day offensive? In: The Country. 30.05.2017. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=11865961
– Poll: Should farmers stop using the term ‘Gypsy Day’? In: The Country. 29.05.2017. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=11865674

Bulgaria: Integration and Extreme Right

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The president for the governmental council for the integration of ethnic minorities in Bulgaria has been selected… And he is from the extreme right. With views that all those minorities shouldn’t be there.
BAD!!!!

– Bulgarie: l’intégration des minorités confiée à l’extrême droite. In: RTL.be. 25.05.2017. http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/international/bulgarie-l-integration-des-minorites-confiee-a-l-extreme-droite-921248.aspx

Slovakia – More on the Attacks

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More links on the videos and the facts about the police beating up Roma in the Roma settlement in Zborov in North Eastern Slovakia.

– VIDEO: Policajti bili obuškami Rómov v osade. Zaháňali sa aj na deti. In: TV Noviny. 24.05.2017. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1871387_video-policajti-bili-obuskami-romov-v-osade-zahanali-sa-aj-na-deti
– Video: Policajti bili Rómov na východe obuškami. In: Aktuality. 24.05.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/490877/video-policajti-bili-romov-na-vychode-obuskami/
– Drsný policajný zásah pri konflikte Rómov zachytili kamery: Videom sa bude zaoberať policajná inšpekcia! In: Novy Cas. 24.05.2017. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/552082/drsny-policajny-zasah-pri-konflikte-romov-zachytili-kamery-videom-sa-bude-zaoberat-policajna-inspekcia/
– Ombudsmanka Patakyová preskúma policajný zásah v Zborove. In: Spravy Pravda. 25.05.2017. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/430586-pollak-policajti-by-mali-mat-bezodkladne-kameru-pripevnenu-na-svojom-odeve/
– Policajti bili obuškami Rómov, Gašpar vidí neprimerané zákroky. In: SME Domov. 24.05.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20541316/policajti-bili-obuskami-romov-gaspar-vidi-neprimerane-zakroky.html#axzz4iTVRm6KC
– Zborov : Video ktoré zachytáva ako policajti bijú Rómov. In: SME Blog. 24.05.2017. https://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/455799/zborov-video-ktore-zachytava-ako-policajti-biju-romov.html

Czech Republic: Abuse and Death

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A Czech man shouted abuse at a Rom in Chomutov, a small town in the North West of the country, and then shot the Rom … Really – This is 21st century?

– Czech Republic: Non-Romani man shouts racial abuse at 34-year-old Romani man before shooting him dead. In: Romea.cz. 27.05.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-non-romani-man-shouts-racial-abuse-at-41-year-old-romani-man-before-shooting-him-dead#.WSnTnYwttuM.facebook

Kosovo Relief Fund …

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18 years after the facts, a relief fund is being established for displaced Roma in Kosovo. Well, less than 10% of the overall Roma population is still there. The rest have fled.
To late, to little.

– Secretary-General to Establish Trust Fund for Displaced Roma, Askhali, Egpytian Communities in Northern Kosovo Following Human Rights Panel’s Findings. In: Relief Web. 26.05.2017. http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities

Kosovo Witnesses

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An article about the dangerous lives of witnesses of UCK crimes in Kosovo. The new tribunal to close the last chapters of the Kosovo war has a problem, as witnesses are regularly intimidated, threatened, and in some prior cases, even killed.
– Zeugen leben in Kosovo gefährlich. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 23.05.2017. https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817

Slovakia: Police Attack

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A video showing random attack of Roma by the police in the small Slovak town of Zborov in the North East of the country has surfaced. The attacks occurred on April 16th but the video was shared only recently with the ERRC.
SHAME

– Police Attack Roma Community in Slovakia: Children and Elderly Injured. In: ERRC. 24.05.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/police-attack-roma-community-in-slovakia-children-and-elderly-injured/4579

Austria – Romane Thana

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The exhibition Romane Thana – where Roma themselves come to word, is opening in the Westernmost part of Austria. A place that is often not welcoming to Roma.

– Vorarlberg museum will mit “Zigeuner”-Vorurteilen aufräumen. In: VOL.at. 23.05.2017. http://www.vol.at/vorarlberg-museum-will-mit-zigeuner-vorurteilen-aufraeumen/5295962
vorarlberg museum: Romane Thana. In: ORF. 23.05.2017. http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2845120/

Roma for Roma

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The Hildegard-Langrenne is Germany’s first foundation founded by Roma and Sinti for Roma and Sinti. It wants to further the inclusion of this minority in the education system and as started a new program searching for role models to help Roma and Sinti who want to work in pedagogy.

– Programm “Vorbilder gesucht” fördert Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben. In: Deutschlandfunk. 23.05.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-bildungschancen-fuer-sinti-und-roma-programm-vorbilder.680.de.html?dram:article_id=386905

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