Do you spot the issue? Two parties in schoolyards in Serbia. In the first scantily clad go-go dancers, in the second, a Roma wedding.
Against which were protests logged? Clearly against the “depravation” of a Gypsy Wedding.
– Schoolyards in south: Go-go dancers and Roma wedding party. In: B92. 07.08.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=08&dd=07&nav_id=102007 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=08&dd=07&nav_id=102007″]
Two articles on the lead poisoning and its impact. And on the fact that many years after the fact, the UN refuses to apologise or to help these families. It is the UN who chose and ran the refugee camp for Roma on an industrial dump.
– Au Kosovo, les enfants du plomb attendent la justice. In: Euronews. 06.08.2017. http://fr.euronews.com/2017/08/06/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice
– Les « enfants du plomb » attendent réparation au Kosovo. In: Epoch Times. 08.08.2017. http://www.epochtimes.fr/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice-2-51010.html [link-preview url=”http://fr.euronews.com/2017/08/06/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice “]
Dire statistics on Roma in France: 4’382 Roma were expulsed in France in the first six months of the year from 50 camps or squats, 2’689 by the police, 867 after a fire, and 796 “voluntarily”… they haven’t been re-lodged, which is against the French law. This cat and mouse play has been lasting for serval years. In Marseilles, an article shows the impact of such constant expulsions on the families, while in Paris, the Roma in Montreuil are still on the street, a year after their expulsion. The fate of a family from Montenegro which will be expulsed gives a face to these policies.
– Des milliers de Roms toujours expulsés chaque année sans relogement. In: Boursorama. 10.08.2017. http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/des-milliers-de-roms-toujours-expulses-chaque-annee-sans-relogement-b483a202783105264df70980b4bc0c5a
– Marseille : la descente aux enfers, à force d’expulsions. In: La Marseillaise. 07.08.2017. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/societe/62667-la-descente-aux-enfers-a-force-d-expulsions
– Montreuil : une année d’errance pour les familles Roms de la Boissière. In: Le Parisien. 10.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-une-annee-d-errance-pour-les-familles-roms-de-la-boissiere-10-08-2017-7186014.php
– Des familles monténégrines, bientôt expulsées, vont se retrouver à la rue. In: La Voix du Nord. 11.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/203322/article/2017-08-11/des-familles-montenegrines-bientot-expulsees-vont-se-retrouver-la-rue [link-preview url=”http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/des-milliers-de-roms-toujours-expulses-chaque-annee-sans-relogement-b483a202783105264df70980b4bc0c5a “]
An example of what can be found in the Polish press… The account of an aggression of a woman by a “horde” or angry Roma, the poor woman just wanted to bring her car to the garage and parked it near the Roma housing estate.
This is more a reflection of the tensions in some part of Poland nowadays.
– Tłum Romów zaatakował Polkę. Byli wściekli, że „biała ku*wa” zaparkowała na ich ulicy (video). In: Pikio. 09.08.2017. http://pikio.pl/tlum-romow-zaatakowal-polke-byli-wsciekli-ze-biala-kuwa-zaparkowala-na-ich-ulicy-video/ [link-preview url=”http://pikio.pl/tlum-romow-zaatakowal-polke-byli-wsciekli-ze-biala-kuwa-zaparkowala-na-ich-ulicy-video/”]
An essay about racism against Roma in Slovakia. Forbidden to go in some swimming pools, even in public spaces, everyday racism in words and in social medias, etc.
Bad.
– Čo to tu tak smrdí? In: Nazory Pravda. 09.08.2017. https://nazory.pravda.sk/dnes-pise/clanok/437744-co-to-tu-tak-smrdi/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/dnes-pise/clanok/437744-co-to-tu-tak-smrdi/”]
The news is making rounds!
Good!
– ‘Historical day for Roma dignity’: Czech govt to shut down pig farm on concentration camp site. In: RT. 07.08.2017. https://www.rt.com/news/398919-pig-farm-roma-holocaust-closure/
– Czechs strike deal to move pig farm from Roma Holocaust site. In: Times of Israel. 08.08.2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/czechs-strike-deal-to-move-pig-farm-from-roma-holocaust-site/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rt.com/news/398919-pig-farm-roma-holocaust-closure/ “]
It seems that after nearly 30 years, the pig farm on the site of the Lety concentration camp will go. The Czech Government apparently convinced the owners to sell.
– Czech pig farm to quit WW2 Roma concentration camp site. In: Reuters. 07.08.2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-roma-idUSKBN1AN1RL
– Czech company accepts state offer to buy pig farm on Roma genocide site. In: Romea.cz. 07.08.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-company-accepts-state-offer-to-buy-pig-farm-on-roma-genocide-site [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-roma-idUSKBN1AN1RL “]
The victims of lead poisoning in the UN refugee camp in Kosovo are still awaiting justice and compensation. The UN had opened a camp for Roma IDPs on an industrial site contaminated by heavy metals.
No apologies, no compensation, nothing has been done.
– Kosovo: les enfants du plomb attendent la justice. In: 24 Heures. 05.08.2017. https://www.24heures.ch/monde/europe/kosovo-enfants-plomb-attendent-justice/story/22657714 [link-preview url=”https://www.24heures.ch/monde/europe/kosovo-enfants-plomb-attendent-justice/story/22657714″]
A long article on the commemorations on August 2nd in the Ukraine, a place where many Roma were killed, for example at Babi Yar – the site of the notorious Jewish killing.
– На Подолі у Києві, в Одесі – усюди були люди, які переховували ромів від геноциду. In: Radio Chiriklo. 06.08.2017. https://hromadskeradio.org/programs/chiriklo/na-podoli-u-kyyevi-v-odesi-usyudy-buly-lyudy-yaki-perehovuvaly-romiv-vid-genocydu [link-preview url=”https://hromadskeradio.org/programs/chiriklo/na-podoli-u-kyyevi-v-odesi-usyudy-buly-lyudy-yaki-perehovuvaly-romiv-vid-genocydu”]
An article in the Slovak Press on the occasion of the Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. Not helpful: Basically, it is the German who did it, who imposed the restrictions and racial laws, and who ultimately killed the Roma in Slovakia. Well, not really, let’s not forget that many Slovaks were for the government of the times there …
– Rómske utrpenie cítime dodnes. In: Dennik. 02.08.2017. https://dennikn.sk/blog/romske-utrpenie-citime-dodnes/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/blog/romske-utrpenie-citime-dodnes/”]
A virtual candle could be lit on social media for the Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was used by people of various background and is a first in that country.
– Symbolická sviečka spojila ľudí rôzneho politického presvedčenia. In: Dobre Noviny. 05.08.2017. http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/107369/symbolicka-sviecka-spojila-ludi-rozneho-politickeho-presvedcenia [link-preview url=”http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/107369/symbolicka-sviecka-spojila-ludi-rozneho-politickeho-presvedcenia”]
The Roma flag was flown on several official buildings in the Czech Republic for the Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day on August 2nd.
Would be good if they also remembered that the Czech themselves were responsible.
– International Roma Flag to Fly on Buildings Throughout Czech Republic Today. In: Prague Morning. 02.08.2017. http://www.praguemorning.cz/international-roma-flag-fly-buildings-throughout-czech-republic-today/ [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemorning.cz/international-roma-flag-fly-buildings-throughout-czech-republic-today/”]
A long article on the Roma Holocaust and its long denial in Slovakia. The article explains the basic facts and the reasons behind the denial (still promoted by Slovak Right Wing such as Kotleba’s followers).
– Ma bisteren! Nezabudnite! In: Nazory Pravda. 03.08.2017. https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/437163-ma-bisteren-nezabudnite/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/437163-ma-bisteren-nezabudnite/”]
The Bulgarian deputy prime minister has promised more police presence in the Roma parts of Plovdiv. Not to protect its citizen … But to “resolve” the problem of the Roma communities.
BAD
– Bulgarian Deputy PM promises stepped-up police presence in Roma area of Plovdiv. In: Sofia Globe. 03.08.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/03/bulgarian-deputy-pm-promises-stepped-up-police-presence-in-roma-area-of-plovdiv/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/03/bulgarian-deputy-pm-promises-stepped-up-police-presence-in-roma-area-of-plovdiv/”]
A series of reports on the Holocaust Remembrance Day.
– http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/07/remembering-roma-victims-holocaust-170728114822470.html
– https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/council-of-europe-honours-victims-of-roma-holocaust
– http://blog.nohatespeechmovement.org/look-and-dont-forget-young-europeans-commemorate-the-roma-genocide-in-krakow-and-auschwitz/
– http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-2241_en.htm
– https://www.voanews.com/a/romania-observes-deaths-thousands-roma-holocaust/3969832.html
– http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/02/european-commission-honours-roma-holocaust-memorial-day/ [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/council-of-europe-honours-victims-of-roma-holocaust”]
Will the pig farm move? On the 2nd of August, the question is still here.
– Roma activist hopes Czech pig farm moves away from camp site. In: The Prague Monitor. 03.08.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/03/roma-activist-hopes-czech-pig-farm-moves-away-camp-site [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/03/roma-activist-hopes-czech-pig-farm-moves-away-camp-site”]
The background of the events of the 2nd of August 1944, the date that marks the Roma Holocaust remembrance day.
– AUGUST 3, 1944: 3,000 ROMA GYPSIES GASSED AT AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. In: Oxygen. 03.08.2017. http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/august-3-1944-3000-roma-gypsies-gassed-at-auschwitz-birkenau-concentration-camp [link-preview url=”http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/august-3-1944-3000-roma-gypsies-gassed-at-auschwitz-birkenau-concentration-camp”]
An exhibition in Poland shows Auschwitz through the eyes of its inmates in the form of drawings done by the prisoners.
– New art exhibit in Poland shows Auschwitz through inmates’ eyes. In: The Chicago Sun Times. 114.07.2017. http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/new-art-exhibit-in-poland-shows-auschwitz-through-inmates-eyes/ [link-preview url=”http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/new-art-exhibit-in-poland-shows-auschwitz-through-inmates-eyes/”]
The Czech Roma activist Karel Holomek has been featured in a TV show honouring the elite of the nation. This is definitively a first in the Czech Republic.
– Karel Holomek is first Romani figure featured on Czech TV’s “Gallery of the Elite of the Nation” show. In: Romea. 25.07.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/karel-holomek-is-first-romani-figure-featured-on-czech-tv-s-gallery-of-the-elite-of-the-nation-show [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/karel-holomek-is-first-romani-figure-featured-on-czech-tv-s-gallery-of-the-elite-of-the-nation-show”]
A longer analysis of the statements of Zoltan Balog Hungarian Minister of Human Resources who is suggesting to segregate Roma in schools. He’s been saying that for a long time …
– Minister Balog suggests officially segregating Roma schools. In: The Hungarian Spectrum. 25.07.2017. http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/minister-balog-suggests-officially-segregating-roma-schools/49007 [link-preview url=”http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/minister-balog-suggests-officially-segregating-roma-schools/49007″]
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