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New Book on the Genocide

January 30, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

The book “Samudaripen Roma u Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska” by Dragoljub Acković is the first of its kind that documents the horrific crimes committed by Ustasha regime against Roma. It was presented yesterdayThe book written in an encyclopedic format, very detailed and comprehensive, relying on an exhaustive number of documents, photographs and objects.

“Jako sam tužan što ne postoji neko ko nije okrvavio ruke”: Predstavljena knjiga o stradanju Roma u Jasenovcu (FOTO). In: 24 Sedam. 30.01.2024. https://24sedam.rs/kultura/24-sata-kulture/277382/predstavljena-knjiga-o-stradanju-roma-u-jasenovcu/vest

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Ukraine and a Murder

January 30, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

A riot in Transcarpathian Ukraine a few days ago was started by Roma to protest the release of murder suspects. Now the Court decided to still keep other suspect in this murder that occurred during a fight on November 27^th of last year in custody.

Учасників масової бійки в Підвиноградові знову затримають: триває розслідування резонансної справи (ФОТО). In: Golos Karpat. 30.01.2024. https://goloskarpat.info/criminal/65b8c2e63a298/

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Slovenia and Education

January 30, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

In December last year, a new association for helping Roma youth was founded in Maribor – Sprememba takoj, the second Roma association in Maribor, founded and run exclusively by Roma. It was registered by Murim Baftiaro, who says that the position of the Roma community in Maribor is declining and that the eternal problems of the Roma – especially poor education and chronic unemployment – must finally be fixed.

Trenja v romski skupnosti: Bećirijev nečak ustanovil svoje društvo. In: Večer. 30.01.2024.https://vecer.com/maribor/aktualno/trenja-v-romski-skupnosti-becirijev-necak-ustanovil-svoje-drustvo-10349158

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Slovakia, Fico, and Roma

January 30, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

In the Slovak Parliament, Thursdays has a question hour. Normally, Fico’s party (SMER) dopminates the questions but there are exceptions. One such case happened last week. They randomly drew a question from the member of the Slovakia movement (former OĽaNO) Petar Pollák. He wanted to confront Prime Minister Robert Fico with his statement at the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he made claims that it is difficult to force Roma to work. In addition, Fico used the term Gypsy in English to refer to Roma, which is considered racistic.

Pollák did not expect what followed. Instead of answering, he heard accusations from the prime minister that the Slovakian movement had corrupted the inhabitants of Roma communities before the parliamentary elections. Fico is said to do everything to let the public know how it was. The Slovakia Movement rejects any corruption and is considering filing a criminal complaint against the prime minister.

Robert Fico sa vyhráža hnutiu Slovensko. Keď bol v opozícii, podobné praktiky mu prekážali. In: Aktuality. 30.01.2024. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/Fskeb1t/robert-fico-sa-vyhraza-hnutiu-slovensko-ked-bol-v-opozicii-podobne-praktiky-mu-prekazali/