Daily Archives: January 9, 2023

Hundreds of Roma gathered on the square in Michalovce on Sunday afternoon to honor the memory of 46-year-old nurse Erika, who was murdered at the beginning of the year. The leader of the LSNS party, Marián Kotleba, accused the entire Roma community of the murder and called an anti-Roma rally in Michalovci. Roma booed him on Sunday.

• VIDEO: Stovky Romů vypískaly Kotlebu v Michalovcích. Ten tam chtěl zneužít k politickým cílům smrt zdravotní sestry Eriky. In: Romea. 08.01.2023. https://romea.cz/cz/zahranici/video-stovky-romu-vypiskaly-kotlebu-v-michalovcich-ten-tam-chtel-zneuzit-k-politickym-cilum-smrt-zdravotni-sestry-eriky

The Slovak town of Michalovce saw manifestations on Sunday following the brutal murder of a woman by a young Rom.  A commemoration for the victim was planned for the Sunday, and the extreme right politician Marian Kotleba had called his supporters to manifest there, prompting several hundred Roma to come and manifest their sympathy to the family of the victim.

​The gathering was peaceful until Marian Kotleba appeared on the podium. At that time, the Roma made it clear that they did not agree with his presence. Subsequently, they gradually began to leave the square. There have been no clashes.

• Stovky Rómov sa zhromaždili na námestí v Michalovciach. Na protest pritom nabádal Kotleba. In: TV Noviny. 08.01.2023.https://tvnoviny.sk/domace/clanok/410178-stovky-romov-sa-zhromazdili-na-namesti-v-michalovciach-na-protest-pritom-nabadal-kotleba?campaignsrc=tn_clipboard
• Na námestie v Michalovciach prišli stovky Rómov, aby si uctili pamiatku zavraždenej Eriky (†46): Ukázal sa aj Kotleba! In: Novy Čas. 08.01.2023. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/2756781/na-namestie-v-michalovciach-prisli-stovky-romov-aby-si-uctili-pamiatku-zavrazdenej-eriky-46-ukazal-sa-aj-kotleba/
• Stovky Rómov prišli na zhromaždenie v Michalovciach, ktoré zvolal Kotleba. Vypískali ho a skandovali „fašista“. In: Interez. 08.01.2023. https://www.interez.sk/stovky-romov-prisli-na-zhromazdenie-v-michalovciach-ktore-zvolal-kotleba-vypiskali-ho-a-skandovali-fasista/
• Týždňový newsfilter: Vražda v Michalovciach opäť obnažila Ficovu posadnutosť Čaputovou. In: Dennik. 08.01.2023. https://dennikn.sk/3181611/tyzdnovy-newsfilter-vrazda-v-michalovciach-opat-obnazila-ficovu-posadnutost-caputovou/?ref=mwat
• Na zhromaždenie prišli kotlebovci aj Rómovia. Čo sa dialo v Michalovciach?In: SME. 08.01.2023. https://dolnyzemplin.korzar.sme.sk/c/23108021/pietne-zhromazdenie-po-vrazde-aj-stretnutie-kotlebovcov-co-sa-deje-v-michalovciach.html