Daily Archives: January 17, 2023

Germany: Documentary

January 17, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

The members of the Schwarz family sit on the couch or camping chairs and talk about the past and present of antiziganism. Many of her grandparents were deported under the Nazis. While the contemporary witnesses have already died or have not returned from the camps, the traumatic experiences live on in the stories and return in antiziganism insults and violence in German schoolyards.

Grün ist die Hoffnung. In: ND. 16.01.2023. https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1170177.roma-trial-gruen-ist-die-hoffnung.html

Europe

Turkey, the Police, and Roma

January 17, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

A Rom who filed a complaint against the police in Istanbul alleging they racially abused him, beat him and tortured him is facing charges of “insulting and resisting against the police officers”. He goes on trial today.

ROMA TORTURED BY POLICE FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES BEFORE AN ISTANBUL COURT AFTER SEEKING JUSTICE AGAINST THEIR ABUSERS. In: ERRC. 16.01.2023. http://www.errc.org/news/roma-tortured-by-police-face-criminal-charges-before-an-istanbul-court-after-seeking-justice-against-their-abusers
Roma family complaining about police officers made the suspect through counter-charges. In: English Bianet. 16.01.2023. https://m.bianet.org/english/human-rights/272884-roma-family-complaining-about-police-officers-made-the-suspect-through-counter-charges

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