The US State Department report on Human Rights also criticised the Czech Republic for its discrimination against Roma.
– USA critical of situation of Czech Roma. In: The Prague Monitor. 23.04.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/04/23/usa-critical-situation-czech-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/04/23/usa-critical-situation-czech-roma”]
A Czech man was condemned to 12.5 years in prison for the shooting and murder of a Rom in Ušti nad Labem. He had shot 13 bullets at a van driven by the Rom.
Cheap for a life, but better than nothing. The killer is appealing.
– VIDEO: First-instance verdict in the Chomutov shooting case – 12.5 years. In: Romea. 19.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/video-first-instance-verdict-in-the-chomutov-shooting-case-12-5-years
– BREAKING NEWS: Czech shooter of Romani man gets 12.5 years in prison. In: Romea. 17.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/breaking-news-czech-shooter-of-romani-man-gets-12-5-years-in-prison [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/video-first-instance-verdict-in-the-chomutov-shooting-case-12-5-years “]
Norway is ready to sponsor a monument to commemorate the victims of the Lety concentration camp in the Czech Republic.
Nice, but it would have been nicer if the Czech had done it themselves.
– Norway ready to sponsor Czech monument to Roma Holocaust. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 17.04.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/04/17/norway-ready-sponsor-czech-monument-roma-holocaust [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/04/17/norway-ready-sponsor-czech-monument-roma-holocaust”]
The Roma flag hangs on the US Embassy and on the Czech Foreign Ministry (yes – not the interior). And a report from Slovakia on the events in Prague.
– Czech Foreign Ministry flies Romani flag, outgoing Foreign Minister and Justice Minister meet with Roma. In: Romea. 10.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/zech-foreign-ministry-flies-romani-flag-outgoing-foreign-minister-and-justice-minister-meet-with-roma
– US Ambassador hangs the Romani flag at the US Embassy in Prague. In: Romea. 10.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/us-ambassador-hangs-the-romani-flag-at-the-us-embassy-in-prague
– V Prahe sa začínajú oslavy Medzinárodného dňa Rómov. In: Dobre Noviny. 06.04.2018. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/128884/v-prahe-sa-zacinaju-oslavy-medzinarodneho-dna-romov [link-preview url=”https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/128884/v-prahe-sa-zacinaju-oslavy-medzinarodneho-dna-romov”]
A very interesting interview of the construction of “enemies” that are used to fuel hatred in the Czech Republic and thir current increase to unprecedented levels.
Scary.
– MARTIN ŠMOK: LONG-STANDING CONSTRUCTS OF ENEMY BEING USED TO FUEL LEVELS OF HATRED UNSEEN SINCE WAR. In: Ragio Praha. 09.04.2018. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/martin-smok-long-standing-constructs-of-enemy-being-used-to-fuel-levels-of-hatred-unseen-since-war [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/martin-smok-long-standing-constructs-of-enemy-being-used-to-fuel-levels-of-hatred-unseen-since-war”]
The Czech State is now officially the owner of the site of the former Roma concentration camp of Lety. The pig farm is now definitively closed. Remains to be seen whether and when a commemorative monument will be erected.
– WIRD ROMA-GEDENKSTÄTTE IN LETY ENDLICH REALITÄT? In: Radio Praha. 03.04.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet
– Firm transfers pig farm at site of WWII Roma camp to state. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 04.04.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/04/04/firm-transfers-pig-farm-site-wwii-roma-camp-state [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet “]
The City of Prague and US Embassy are offering internships to Roma students.
– Prague and US Embassy offer internships to Roma students. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 27.03.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/28/prague-and-us-embassy-offer-internships-roma-students [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/28/prague-and-us-embassy-offer-internships-roma-students”]
A park in the city of Brno was named after Eugen “Jank” Horvath, a Roma folk musician.
– V Brně pojmenovali park po romském primáši Eugenu Horváthovi, podařilo se to napodruhé. In: Romea. 28.03.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/v-brne-pojmenovali-park-po-romskem-primasi-eugenu-horvathovi-podarilo-se-to-napodruhe
– Park in Brno City named after Roma musician. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 28.03.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/03/28/park-brno-city-named-after-roma-musician [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/v-brne-pojmenovali-park-po-romskem-primasi-eugenu-horvathovi-podarilo-se-to-napodruhe “]
A Romni was brutally assaulted in the street of a small Czech city for no apparent reason. The police refused to comment to Romea – a Roma organisations – but was happy to give lots of information to a local TV station.
No comments…
– Brutal assailant attacks Romani woman in front of her children, Czech Police can’t get their stories straight. In: Romea.cz. 23.03.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/brutal-assailant-attacks-romani-woman-in-front-of-her-children-czech-police-can-t-get-their-stories-straight [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/brutal-assailant-attacks-romani-woman-in-front-of-her-children-czech-police-can-t-get-their-stories-straight”]
The Roma museum in Brno opened an exhibition of the works of Anrej Pešta, a photographer who documented the Roma live in Czechoslovakia in the 1960-80s.
– Andrej Pešta: Mire sveti / Světy Andreje Pešty. In: ArtMap. 22.03.2018. http://www.artmap.cz/en/andrej-pesta-mire-sveti-svety-andreje-pesty
– Andrej Pešta: Mire sveti / Světy Andreje Pešty. In: Go To Brno. https://www.gotobrno.cz/akce/andrej-pesta-mire-sveti-svety-andreje-pesty/
– Brno Museum displays Roma photographer’s unique works. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 26.03.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/26/brno-museum-displays-roma-photographers-unique-works [link-preview url=”https://www.gotobrno.cz/akce/andrej-pesta-mire-sveti-svety-andreje-pesty/ “]
The video of the Roma manifestation against racism and against Okamura, the MP and president of the rightist party who effectively denies the Roma Holocaust.
– https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/”]
The Norwegian Government wants to fund a memorial for the Roma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic.
– Norway wants to fund Czech Roma Holocaust memorial. In: The Prague Monitor. 15.03.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/15/norway-wants-fund-czech-roma-holocaust-memorial [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/15/norway-wants-fund-czech-roma-holocaust-memorial”]
An exhibition on the premises of the Nitra Gallery will last until 30 April and will showcase the HateFree project, which was first presented in the DOX Center of Contemporary Art in Prague. This project is responding to an increase in hate towards minorities in the Czech Republic. In its present form, the exhibition was established in cooperation with the Museum of Romany Culture in Brno and presents the work of artists from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.
– Nitrianska galéria ponúka pohľad na postavenie Rómov v spoločnosti. In: 24 Hod. 10.03.2018. http://www.24hod.sk/nitrianska-galeria-ponuka-pohlad-na-postavenie-romov-v-spolocnosti-cl572473.html [link-preview url=”http://www.24hod.sk/nitrianska-galeria-ponuka-pohlad-na-postavenie-romov-v-spolocnosti-cl572473.html”]
A Roma demonstration against racism is planned in Prague on March 17th.
Let’s hope many will attend!
– Romani people to demonstrate against racism on 17 March in the Czech capital. In: Romea. 10.03.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-people-to-demonstrate-against-racism-on-17-march-in-the-czech-capital [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-people-to-demonstrate-against-racism-on-17-march-in-the-czech-capital”]
Roma scholar Ethel Brooks, professor at the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology at Rutgers University in New Jersey, published last year “Europe is ours”. It sets out clearly against the cultural apartheid and accepted exploitation society the Roma face across Europe, referring to the movement of Roma-futurism, which it regards as a way to freedom. In February, the Roma-futurismo Library (Dittrichova 13/349, Prague 2) opened in Prague, making accessible the works of Roma authors and titles related to the issues of emancipation of discriminated ethnicities and cultures. The library also serves as a meeting place for cultural and political topics.
– Manifest romské akademičky Ethel Brooks: Evropa je naše. In: Romea. 09.03.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zahranicni/manifest-romske-akademicky-ethel-brooks-evropa-je-nase [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zahranicni/manifest-romske-akademicky-ethel-brooks-evropa-je-nase”]
An event in the Czech Republic to commemorate the deportation of Roma to Auschwitz. This is new in the Czech Republic …
– Event in Brno marks anniversary of Roma transfer to Auschwitz. In: The Prague Monitor. 07.03.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/03/08/event-brno-marks-anniversary-roma-transfer-auschwitz [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/03/08/event-brno-marks-anniversary-roma-transfer-auschwitz”]
Police in Toronto has arrested a Czech refugee – possibly a Romni – who, according to the report may be a member of a ring of Roma purse snatchers.
Well, why is ethnicity an important factor in information about crime? Is there a difference between a Gadžo and a Rom purse snatcher? Not really – then why write it?
– WARMINGTON: Cops target ring of thieves. In: Toronto Sun. 06.03.2018. http://torontosun.com/news/crime/warmington-cops-target-ring-of-theives [link-preview url=”http://torontosun.com/news/crime/warmington-cops-target-ring-of-theives”]
Following the statements by Tomio Okamura and consorts regarding the Roma Holocaust in the Czech Republic (almost all Roma were killed), a Czech historian reminds his fellow citizen of what really happened.
– Czech historian reminds public that cruel abuse was perpetrated at concentration camp for Roma in Moravia. In: Romea.cz. 20.02.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-historian-reminds-public-that-cruel-abuse-was-perpetrated-at-concentration-camp-for-roma-in-moravia [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-historian-reminds-public-that-cruel-abuse-was-perpetrated-at-concentration-camp-for-roma-in-moravia”]
The Czech Government Council is proposing to formally recognise the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (August 2nd), the day commemorating the liquidation of the Roma camp in Auschwitz.
– Gov’t council for declaring Roma Holocaust memorial day. In: The Prague Monitor. 19.02.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/19/govt-council-declaring-roma-holocaust-memorial-day [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/19/govt-council-declaring-roma-holocaust-memorial-day”]
The critique of a book inspired by the history of the Roma in former Czechoslovakia. It is easy for such books to bring out many of the stereotypes. So to be looked at carefully!
– Theresa Kishkan sur la route des Roms. In: Le Devoir. 17.02.2018. http://www.ledevoir.com/lire/520314/theresa-kishkan-sur-la-route-des-roms [link-preview url=”http://www.ledevoir.com/lire/520314/theresa-kishkan-sur-la-route-des-roms”]
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