A court in Odessa ruled that the expulsion of 7 Roma families from a village following the murder of an eight-year-old girl and a pogrom in 2007.
It took a while …
– В Одесской обл. суд признал незаконным изгнание ромов из Лощиновки. In: 112.ua. 10.08.2018. https://112.ua/obshchestvo/v-odesskoy-obl-sud-priznal-nezakonnym-izgnanie-romov-iz-loshhinovki-457776.html [link-preview url=”https://112.ua/obshchestvo/v-odesskoy-obl-sud-priznal-nezakonnym-izgnanie-romov-iz-loshhinovki-457776.html”]
An interview of a worker in a poor Roma neighbourhood where she teaches women to sew and start small businesses as a way out of poverty.
– Ako sa dá podnikať v chudobnom slume? Rozhovor so Slovenkou v Keni. In: Aktuality. 06.08.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/611440/ako-sa-da-podnikat-v-chudobnom-slume-slovaci-prispievaju-zenam-v-keni/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/611440/ako-sa-da-podnikat-v-chudobnom-slume-slovaci-prispievaju-zenam-v-keni/”]
The coordinator of the ultra-nationalist group and suspected organiser of the pogroms against Roma, Serguei Mazur is now only required to stay at home at night. In September, he will be able to apply for the end of the restrictive measures against him.
Seems that Ukraine is fairly lenient towards racism …
– Подозреваемому в погроме лагеря ромов Мазуру смягчили меру пресечения. In: 112. 07.08.2018. https://112.ua/obshchestvo/podozrevaemomu-v-pogrome-lagerya-romov-mazuru-smyagchili-meru-presecheniya-457287.html
– Координатору С14 смягчили меру пресечения за нападение на ромов. In: Komsomolskaya Pravda. 07.08.2018. https://kp.ua/politics/614916-koordynatoru-s14-smiahchyly-meru-presechenyia-za-napadenye-na-romov
– Напад на табір ромів у Києві: координатору С14 Мазуру можуть скасувати арешт у вересні. In: RBK. 07.08.2018. https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/napadenie-lager-romov-kieve-koordinatoru-1533652851.html [link-preview url=”https://112.ua/obshchestvo/podozrevaemomu-v-pogrome-lagerya-romov-mazuru-smyagchili-meru-presecheniya-457287.html “]
The State television of Slovakia has launched courses for journalism, and conducted a few specifically for Roma.
– RTVS robí kurzy pre rómskych novinárov, začnú aj s Maďarmi. In: Aktuality. 03.08.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/608335/rtvs-robi-kurzy-pre-romskych-novinarov-zacnu-aj-s-madarmi/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/608335/rtvs-robi-kurzy-pre-romskych-novinarov-zacnu-aj-s-madarmi/”]
A report of a project in Rankovce, a small village in Eastern Slovakia. The Roma there have been building their own houses, buying the land from the commune, and to the “astonishment” of the people, they keep their houses in good order.
This project should definitively be extended!
– V Rankovciach svojpomocná výstavba domov pre Rómov funguje. In: Kosice 24. 01.08.2018. https://kosice.dnes24.sk/v-rankovciach-svojpomocna-vystavba-domov-pre-romov-funguje-305382 [link-preview url=”https://kosice.dnes24.sk/v-rankovciach-svojpomocna-vystavba-domov-pre-romov-funguje-305382″]
A report of the situation and fears of Roma in the wake of the attacks against them in the Ukraine.
– Ukraine’s Roma live in fear amid wave of nationalist attacks. In: ABC News. 06.08.2018. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraines-roma-live-fear-amid-wave-nationalist-attacks-57057189
– Ukraine’s Roma live in fear amid wave of nationalist attacks. In: The Star Tribune. 06.08.2018. http://www.startribune.com/ukraine-s-roma-live-in-fear-amid-wave-of-nationalist-attacks/490146121/ [link-preview url=”https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraines-roma-live-fear-amid-wave-nationalist-attacks-57057189 “]
More and more attacks in Ukraine.
– Attacks on Roma people in Ukraine are on the rise. In: Deutsche Welle. 02.08.2018. https://www.dw.com/en/attacks-on-roma-people-in-ukraine-are-on-the-rise/av-44921786 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/en/attacks-on-roma-people-in-ukraine-are-on-the-rise/av-44921786″]
The Ukraine Ombudswoman for Roma says that “new strategies” are needed for Roma integration. How about less nationalism ….
– Ombudswoman office: Strategy for Roma integration needs revision. In: Kyiv Post. 02.08.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ombudswoman-office-strategy-for-roma-integration-needs-revision.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ombudswoman-office-strategy-for-roma-integration-needs-revision.html”]
Apparently, in Russia near Belgorod, a Rom raped and killed a 9 years old girl. This resulted in riots against Roma. The information may or may not be true, but it is bad that it is being published.
– Riots break out in village near Belgorod following murder of child by gypsy pedophile. In: Crime in Russia. 04.08.2018. https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/riots-break-out-in-village-near-belgorod-following-murder-of-child-by-gypsy-pedophile/ [link-preview url=”https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/riots-break-out-in-village-near-belgorod-following-murder-of-child-by-gypsy-pedophile/”]
A video of the Roma life in Ukrainian ghettoes.
– THE JOURNALISTS SHOWED THE LIFE OF ROMA IN UKRAINE. VIDEO. In: The Bobr Times. 03.08.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/the-journalists-showed-the-life-of-roma-in-ukraine-video/81451/ [link-preview url=”https://bobrtimes.com/the-journalists-showed-the-life-of-roma-in-ukraine-video/81451/”]
Papers in Slovakia chose to publish a stern reminder of what happened to Roma during the Holocaust.
– Rómovia ako etnická skupina boli vystavení likvidácii, upozorňuje druhý august. In: Info.sk. 02.08.2018. http://www.info.sk/sprava/147649/romovia-ako-etnicka-skupina-boli-vystaveni-likvidacii-upozornuje-druhy-august/
– Rómovia ako etnická skupina boli vystavení likvidácii. In: Teraz. 02.08.2018. http://www.teraz.sk/magazin/romovia-ako-etnicka-skupina-boli-vysta/340142-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.info.sk/sprava/147649/romovia-ako-etnicka-skupina-boli-vystaveni-likvidacii-upozornuje-druhy-august/ “]
Quite a few articles in Slovenia on the Roma Holocaust for the commemorations of August 2nd.
– Pred 74 leti so nacisti usmrtili več kot 3.000 Romov. In: RTV. 02.08.2018. https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/pred-74-leti-so-nacisti-usmrtili-vec-kot-3-000-romov/462198
– Mednarodni dan spomina na zamolčane žrtve porajmosa, nacističnega genocida nad Romi. In: STA. 02.08.2018. https://www.sta.si/2539150/mednarodni-dan-spomina-na-zamolcane-zrtve-porajmosa-nacisticnega-genocida-nad-romi
– Dan spomina na žrtve nacističnega genocida nad Romi. In: SIOL.net. 02.08.2018. https://siol.net/novice/svet/dan-spomina-na-zrtve-nacisticnega-genocida-nad-romi-474285
– Porajmos – pozabljeni romski holokavst. In: Dnevnik. 02.08.2018. https://www.dnevnik.si/1042835049 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/pred-74-leti-so-nacisti-usmrtili-vec-kot-3-000-romov/462198 “]
– Head of Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo paid respects to Roma victims of the Holocaust in Donja Gradina. In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/sarajevo/-/head-of-council-of-europe-office-in-sarajevo-paid-respects-to-roma-victims-of-the-holocaust-in-donja-gradina [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/sarajevo/-/head-of-council-of-europe-office-in-sarajevo-paid-respects-to-roma-victims-of-the-holocaust-in-donja-gradina”]
– Commemoration of the Roma Holocaust: our duty to remember, and to combat persisting anti-Gypsyism in today’s Europe. In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commemoration-of-the-roma-holocaust-our-duty-to-remember-and-combat-persisting-anti-gypsyism-in-today-s-europe [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commemoration-of-the-roma-holocaust-our-duty-to-remember-and-combat-persisting-anti-gypsyism-in-today-s-europe”]
Let’s not forget that Croatia killed nearly ALL Croatian Roma during World War Two. This was not the Germans, but the Ustaša. If you want to meet the few Croatian Roma who survived, you have to go to Milan …
– Croatia Marks International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. 02.08.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/30176-croatia-marks-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/30176-croatia-marks-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day”]
– Bulgaria and Romania Mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. In: Balkan Insight. 02.08.2018. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/gallery/bulgaria-and-romania-mark-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-08-02-2018 [link-preview url=”http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/gallery/bulgaria-and-romania-mark-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-08-02-2018″]
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A summary of Holocaust for Roma in Slovakia and the Commemorations and remembrance on Holocaust.
– Rómsky holokaust nesmie upadnúť do zabudnutia, pripomenú ho viaceré podujatia. In: Spravy Pravda. 01.08.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/478859-romsky-holokaust-nesmie-upadnut-do-zabudnutia-pripomenu-ho-viacere-podujatia/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/478859-romsky-holokaust-nesmie-upadnut-do-zabudnutia-pripomenu-ho-viacere-podujatia/”]
The UN is urging Ukraine to stop violence against Roma.
– Hromadske International: UN urges Ukraine to crackdown on anti-Roma violence. In: Kyiv Post. 31.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/hromadske-international-un-urges-ukraine-to-crackdown-on-anti-roma-violence.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/hromadske-international-un-urges-ukraine-to-crackdown-on-anti-roma-violence.html”]
Slovenia will mark the International Roma Holocaust Day with several events.
– Roma Holocaust remembered in Slovenia. In: STA. 01.08.2018. https://english.sta.si/2539494/roma-holocaust-remembered-in-slovenia [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2539494/roma-holocaust-remembered-in-slovenia”]
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