August 22, 2017 - rroma.org

Response to Slavery

August 22, 2017 Published by: RF

The UK press had a field day when the details of the slavery case were highlighted last week. A family of travellers held people in squalid conditions as de-facto slaves.
Here is the response to this act from the Traveller Community.

– ‘Traveller slavery’ and the press – a TT response. In: The Travellers’ Times. 21.08.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Mourning

August 22, 2017 Published by: RF

200 people commemorated the victims of the Holocaust on the site of the Hodonin Roma concentration camp in the Czech Republic. The commemoration was attended by the Prime Minister.

– Some 200 Czechs, including PM, commemorate Roma Holocaust. In: Prague Daily Monitor. 21.08.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/21/some-200-czechs-including-pm-commemorate-roma-holocaust [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/21/some-200-czechs-including-pm-commemorate-roma-holocaust”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Sofia: House Destroyed

August 22, 2017 Published by: RF

The removal of Roma settlement continues in Bulgaria. This time, Roma 149 houses in Zaharna Faharna that are deemed to be illegal were destroyed.
Illegal means it was built without formal approval/land registry entry which happens to be the case of all Roma Mahalas.
BAD!

– 149 Illegal Roma Houses are being Destroyed in Sofia’s Zaharna Fabrika Quarter. In: Novinite. 22.08.2017. http://www.novinite.com/articles/182518/149+Illegal+Roma+Houses+are+being+Destroyed+in+Sofia%27s+Zaharna+Fabrika+Quarter [link-preview url=”http://www.novinite.com/articles/182518/149+Illegal+Roma+Houses+are+being+Destroyed+in+Sofia%27s+Zaharna+Fabrika+Quarter”]