Monthly Archives: June 2022

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Slavery

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A Slovak man and a Polish woman were sentenced respectively to 16 and 9 years of jail in the UK for having enslaved at least 29 young Roma who were brought to the UK on false promises, and then forced to work for 16 to 18 hours per day, seven days a week.

Had it been Roma who had done that, this would be splashed all over the papers …

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Brno: Protests

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Ahead of the meeting of the Brno City Council, a group of people demonstrated in front of the town hall, drawing attention to the poor conditions of Roma refugees from Ukraine. They had banners with slogans such as “We are all human, let’s treat each other humanly”, “Solidarity without differences”, “Their husbands are fighting for their homeland and their wives are sleeping on the ground with their children” or “Stop selective solidarity”.

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Slovakia, the Police, and Roma

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In the aftermath of the condemnation of Slovakia and the compensation of the victims of a police beating in Moldova nad Bodvou, a round table on the subject in Slovakia.

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Leipzig – Roma Festival

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For the second time.

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Ida Kelarová

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The famous Romani musician Ida Kelarová was nominated for a Czech state award. She refused the nomination for as long as Miloš Zeeman is the president.

She is right.

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Slovakia: Condemned

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The Slovak government is to compensate the victims of the police raid from Moldava nad Bodvou nine years ago, the European Court of Human Rights ruled. The court ruled on the compensation of eight men, to whom the Slovak Republic would pay a total of 110,000 euros.

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Germany and Racism

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The fight against anti-Roma racism has been declared a state goal in some of Germany’s Laender, and the Federal government also want to act. Victims of this pervasive racism report.

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Slovakia and Roma Education

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The Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe (CoE) to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities called on the Slovak authorities to eliminate discrimination against Roma children in education and to improve the mechanism for promoting cultures of national minorities. RE spokesman Jaime Rodríguez informed TASR on Wednesday.

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Czech Republic and Lies

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The Czech police finally admitted it: The Czech government rhetoric that they would not support Roma refugees from the Ukraine because most of them have the Hungarian nationality is a lie. According to the police only 150 out of more than 5’000 registered Roma had a Hungarian passport and background.

This is called institutional racism.

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Copenhagen Summit

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Roma activist Selviya Mustafi from North Macedonia discussed a “Democratic Digital Organization” with former US President Barack Obama at the Copenhagen Democratic Summit in a panel.

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Really ????

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The Czech have been saying that they had many Roma refugees from the Ukraine that had a Hungarian passport, thus justifying the blanket denial of help.

Well, it is not quite like that. 150 Roma out of 5’000 had a Hungarian passport, according to the Czech police.

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