Again the TV series “Shut Eyes” featuring the actress Isabella Rosselini. Well, the series perpetuates stereotypes against Roma. So please shut your eyes…
– Rossellini embraces ruthless yet loving crime boss on ‘Shut Eye’. In: New York Post. 05.12.2017. https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/rossellini-embraces-ruthless-yet-loving-crime-boss-on-shut-eye/ [link-preview url=”https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/rossellini-embraces-ruthless-yet-loving-crime-boss-on-shut-eye/”]
The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in a report and survey stated that minorities and migrants are facing increased discrimination and racism. The agency surveyed 25’500 people belonging to minorities in their survey.
– Minorities across EU face widespread discrimination, rights body say. In: Daily Sabah. 06.11.2017. https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/12/07/minorities-across-eu-face-widespread-discrimination-rights-body-say [link-preview url=”https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/12/07/minorities-across-eu-face-widespread-discrimination-rights-body-say”]
An Israeli scholar claims that Roma are the descendants of the Israelite tribe of Simeon. Some Roma are following him.
Needless to say that there is no scientific evidence of this. Roma are from India, and came a bit later than Simeon’s times.
– Israeli Scholar: The Romani People Are Descendants of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon. In: Tablet. 06.12.2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/250842/israeli-scholar-the-romani-people-are-descendants-of-the-israelite-tribe-of-simeon [link-preview url=”http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/250842/israeli-scholar-the-romani-people-are-descendants-of-the-israelite-tribe-of-simeon”]
A Roma initiative in the Polish city of Prudnik: A centre for children where they can do their homework and get help, but also where they can hang out with others instead of being out in the street.
– Prudnik: Nowa świetlica dla Romów już działa. In: Radio Opole. 02.12.2017. http://radio.opole.pl/100,220781,prudnik-nowa-swietlica-dla-romow-juz-dziala&s=1&si=1&sp=1 [link-preview url=”http://radio.opole.pl/100,220781,prudnik-nowa-swietlica-dla-romow-juz-dziala&s=1&si=1&sp=1″]
A series of movies this week in Cologne on Roma and Sinti.
– https://www.facebook.com/events/301911143632484/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/events/301911143632484/”]
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted the 11th European Platform for Roma Inclusion on the 27th and 28th of November. The main topic centred on the path from education to employment for young Roma.
Let’s hope thst this will bring something concrete.
– EESC hosts Platform for Roma Inclusion addressing education and employment prospects for young Roma. In: EESC. 28.11.2017. http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases/eesc-hosts-platform-roma-inclusion-addressing-education-and-employment-prospects-young-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases/eesc-hosts-platform-roma-inclusion-addressing-education-and-employment-prospects-young-roma”]
A very good article on an industrial town near Athens, with its minorities of Roma and Pontus Greeks, an endemic criminality, pollution, and the rise of “Golden Dawn” the extreme rightist party.
– EUROPE’S HEART OF DARKNESS. 24.10.2017. https://www.1843magazine.com/features/europes-heart-of-darkness [link-preview url=”https://www.1843magazine.com/features/europes-heart-of-darkness”]
A young Sinto, Giano Weiss from the city of Paderborn, is engaging himself for the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust in his city and for trying to establish the facts. He was received by the Prime Minister of the State of Northwest Westphalia.
– Ministerpräsident Laschet ermutigt jungen Paderborner Sinto. In: Neue Westfälische. 24.11.2017. http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html [link-preview url=”http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html”]
Read, and comment. Tendency is to assimilate Roma to a social issue …
– 5 Recommendations from EPHA to the future EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies post 2020. In: EPHA. 24.11.2017. https://epha.org/5-recommendations-from-epha-to-the-future-eu-framework-for-national-roma-integration-strategies-post-2020/ [link-preview url=”https://epha.org/5-recommendations-from-epha-to-the-future-eu-framework-for-national-roma-integration-strategies-post-2020/”]
An article about the children movie “Nelly’s Adventures” which perpetuates clichés and sterotypes about Roma and which was funded in part by the sate.
The TaZ is organising a conference on the 22. November on the topic of Antitsiganism and on how to combat it.
– „Staatlich geförderter Antiziganismus“ In: TaZ. 18.11.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5460745/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5460745/”]
A Canadian ethnology professor studying Roma in the Prešov region has been arrested for possession of child pornography and for abducting an 11 years old girl.
– V Prešove zatkli profesora, ktorý skúmal Rómov. V počítači mal detské porno. In: Aktuality. 15.11.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/539262/v-presove-zatkli-profesora-ktory-skumal-romov-v-pocitaci-mal-detske-porno/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/539262/v-presove-zatkli-profesora-ktory-skumal-romov-v-pocitaci-mal-detske-porno/”]
Ten years ago, the European Court of Human Rights condemned the segregation of children, in this case 18 Roma who were placed in a school for children with mental impairments and asked for equal access for all children in the EU.
There is still work to be done!
– Call to action: Bring children together for diversity. In: FRA. 13.11.2017. http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2017/call-action-bring-children-together-diversity [link-preview url=”http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2017/call-action-bring-children-together-diversity”]
The council of Europe made a pledge towards equality in politics for Roma and traveller women. Let’s hope it will be more than a pledge.
– Council of Europe pledge to promote gender equality for Roma and Traveller women in politics. In: The Council of Europe. 06.11.2017. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/roma-latest-news/-/asset_publisher/Wf2OtrKpyHUY/content/council-of-europe-pledge-to-promote-gender-equality-for-roma-and-traveller-women-in-politi-1 [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/roma-latest-news/-/asset_publisher/Wf2OtrKpyHUY/content/council-of-europe-pledge-to-promote-gender-equality-for-roma-and-traveller-women-in-politi-1″]
More information on the case of Laszlo Bogdan, the mayor of Cserdi. On the fact that his conviction just came out in the press, it seems that the government was behind it, as it was not happy of his invitation to Syrian refugees. On the differing views among Roma, there are two views that contrast: one that is more civil right movement like, and one advocated by Laszlo Bogdan.
– HUNGARIAN ROMA DILEMMAS. In: Hungarian Spectrum. 06.11.2017. http://hungarianspectrum.org/2017/11/06/hungarian-roma-dilemmas/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianspectrum.org/2017/11/06/hungarian-roma-dilemmas/”]
The municipality of Sofia is planning to ban horse-drawn carriages from the centre of town. Reportedly it is for security reasons but it de-facto bans many Roma from the city centre and deprives them of their livelihood.
– Opinion: Horse-drawn carriage ban in Sofia would be institutionalised racism. In: The Sofia Globe. 07.11.2017. https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/11/07/opinion-horse-drawn-carriage-ban-in-sofia-would-be-institutionalised-racism-2/ [link-preview url=”https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/11/07/opinion-horse-drawn-carriage-ban-in-sofia-would-be-institutionalised-racism-2/”]
Today is the official international day of the Romani language!
– International Romani Language Day. COE-Romact. http://coe-romact.org/article/international-romani-language-day [link-preview url=”http://coe-romact.org/article/international-romani-language-day”]
The views of two members of the Open Society on Roma policies: These policies must tackle the latent racism against Roma.
– Roma policies must tackle anti-Gypsyism. In: EURACTIV. 03.11.2017. http://www.euractiv.com/section/freedom-of-thought/opinion/roma-policies-must-tackle-anti-gypsyism/ [link-preview url=”http://www.euractiv.com/section/freedom-of-thought/opinion/roma-policies-must-tackle-anti-gypsyism/”]
A concert of Ida Kelarova and her children Ensemble in Bratislava.
– Ida Kelarová a rómsky detský zbor Čhavorenge sa predstavia v Bratislave už budúci utorok. In: Web Noviny. 02.11.2017. https://www.webnoviny.sk/ida-kelarova-a-romsky-detsky-zbor-chavorenge-sa-predstavia-v-bratislave-uz-buduci-utorok/ [link-preview url=”https://www.webnoviny.sk/ida-kelarova-a-romsky-detsky-zbor-chavorenge-sa-predstavia-v-bratislave-uz-buduci-utorok/”]
A UNHCR survey on displaced and stateless people (as well as on Roma) clearly shows the discrimination they are subjected to.
– UNHCR: Staatenlose Minderheiten werden stark diskriminiert. In: Toponline.ch. 03.11.2017. http://www.toponline.ch/news/welt/detail/news/unhcr-staatenlose-minderheiten-werden-stark-diskriminiert-0075808/ [link-preview url=”http://www.toponline.ch/news/welt/detail/news/unhcr-staatenlose-minderheiten-werden-stark-diskriminiert-0075808/”]
An interview of the Swedish MEP Soraya Post. She is a strong advocate of Roma rights and is asking the EU to recognise that there are inherent anti-Roma attitudes and that the EU needs to do something against it.
– Rómska europoslankyňa: Spoločnosť sa nás snaží dehumanizovať už stáročia. In: EURACTIV. 30.10.2017. https://euractiv.sk/rozhovory/socialna-politika/romska-europoslankyna-spolocnost-sa-nas-snazi-dehumanizovat-uz-starocia/ [link-preview url=”https://euractiv.sk/rozhovory/socialna-politika/romska-europoslankyna-spolocnost-sa-nas-snazi-dehumanizovat-uz-starocia/”]
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