An exhibition in London commemorates the persecution of Roma in Europe. It iw the work of a Rom, Krzysztof Gil and can be seen until January 5th.
– http://letrangere.net/exhibition/krzysztof-gil-2/
London Exhibition
Author Archives: RF
Serbia and the Roma
Serbians were involved in the arrest, deportation, and killing of Roma during World War Two. A chapter that is largely occulted in Serbia nowadays.
– Serbia’s Forgotten Role in the Roma Holocaust. In: Balkan Insight. 17.12.2018. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbia-s-forgotten-role-in-the-roma-holocaust-12-14-2018
Inclusion and Health
In a commentary prepared by experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Institute of Health Policy (IZP) at the Ministry of Health, analysts of the Financial Policy Institute (IFP) at the Ministry of Finance say that “Anti-discrimination measures, financial support to overcome barriers of Roma to access services, improved living conditions, housing and basic infrastructure, such as access to water and sanitation infrastructure,” are necessary in the country.
– Odborníci tvrdia, že inklúzia Rómov je potrebná aj v zdravotníctve. In: SME. 16.12.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/22009768/odbornici-tvrdia-ze-inkluzia-romov-je-potrebna-aj-v-zdravotnictve.html
Poland: The Story Continues
The story of the new house in Limanowa continues. The municipality wanted to buy a house in another village to house their Roma who live in dreadful conditions. The other commune pre-empted the buy.
It is not the first try and such a case went to court.
– Gmina Limanowa nie kupi domu dla wielodzietnej rodziny Romów? Budynek chce kupić inny samorząd. In: Limanowa. 13.12.2018. https://limanowa.in/aktualnosci/gmina-limanowa-nie-kupi-domu-dla-wielodzietnej-rodziny-romow-budynek-chce-kupic-inny-samorzad/43696
Ukraine: Wedding …
A lavish Roma wedding made it to Ukrainian national television. Something we really don’t need …
– Пара ромів з Ужгорода вразила Україну розкішним весіллям на національному телепроекті (ВІДЕО). In: 0312. 13.12.2018. https://www.0312.ua/news/2246195/para-romiv-z-uzgoroda-vrazila-ukrainu-rozkisnim-vesillam-na-nacionalnomu-teleproekti-video
Slovakia: Condemned
Slovakia was condemned by the European Court of Human Right for not having investigated the racial motive of the Hurbanova massacre where a policeman murdered three Roma. The survivors of the crime have to be compensated.
– Európsky súd pre ľudské práva rozhodol o “Hurbanovskom masakre”: Išlo o rasovo motivovaný čin. In: Hlavne Spravy. 12.12.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/europsky-sud-pre-ludske-prava-rozhodol-o-hurbanovskom-masakre-islo-o-rasovo-motivovany-cin/1607152
– Európsky súd pre ľudské práva rozhodol v prípade Hurbanovského masakru. Trojnásobná vražda mala rasové pozadie. In: Noviny. 11.12.2018. https://www.noviny.sk/krimi/395931-europsky-sud-pre-ludske-prava-rozhodol-v-pripade-hurbanovskeho-masakru-trojnasobna-vrazda-mala-rasove-pozadie
Human Right Prize
The US Embassy in Prague awarded its Human Right Prize to Magdalena Karrvayova for the work with Romani children.
Well done!
– US Embassy in Prague gives human rights award to Magdalena Karvayová for helping Romani children access quality education. In: Romea. 14.12.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/us-embassy-in-prague-gives-human-rights-award-to-magdalena-karvayova-for-helping-romani-children-access-quality-education-2
Czech Republic: Prosecuted
The Czech MP Miroslav Rozner will be prosecuted for his statements on the Lety concentration camp. Together with Tomio Okamura, he doubted that a genocide has taken place and dubbed Lety an open camp.
– LE DÉPUTÉ SPD MILOSLAV ROZNER SERA POURSUIVI POUR SES DÉCLARATIONS SUR LE CAMP DE LETY. In: Radio Praha. 11.12.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/le-depute-spd-miloslav-rozner-sera-poursuivi-pour-ses-declarations-sur-le-camp-de-lety
French Chronicle …
The citizen of a village will pay the legal fees of their mayor following his derogatory comments on Roma … No comments. In Western France, a debate on the Roma integration. Near Paris, a sordid affair of rape and prostitution with three Roma pimps; and, also near Paris, a squat will be closed. And finally, near Grenoble, a piece of land has been requisitioned to lodge (?) Roma.
– Propos anti-Roms : les habitants paieront les frais de défense du maire. In: Nord Éclair. 14.12.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/209552/article/2018-12-14/propos-anti-roms-les-habitants-paieront-les-frais-de-defense-du-maire
– Carquefou. Les Roms s’invitent au conseil municipal. In: Ouest France. 14.12.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/carquefou-44470/carquefou-les-roms-s-invitent-au-conseil-municipal-6130317
– Collégien : trois Roms soupçonnés d’avoir violé et prostitué des femmes. In: Le Parisien. 10.12.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/collegien-trois-roms-soupconnes-d-avoir-viole-et-prostitue-des-femmes-09-12-2018-7964076.php
– Noisy-le-Grand : les squatteurs de l’hôtel expulsés en mai prochain. In: Le Parisien. 11.12.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/noisy-le-grand-les-squatteurs-de-l-hotel-expulses-en-mai-prochain-11-12-2018-7965984.php
– Un terrain réquisitionné pour héberger des Roms. In: Le Dauphiné. 15.12.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2018/12/15/inedit-haute-savoie-juvigny-annemasse-henbergement-d-urgence-roms-un-terrain-requisitionne
– “Base de vie” de Roms : un terrain réquisitionné à Juvigny. In: Le Dauphiné. 14.12.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2018/12/14/base-de-vie-de-roms-ce-sera-a-juvigny
76 Years
Commemorations in Germany in on the “Auschwitz Erlass” the deportation order for Roma and Sinti to death camps 76 years ago.
And a controversy because the AfD – whose speaker says Hitler did also good things – was not invited in Sachsenhausen …
– Gedenkfeier für Opfer des NS-Völkermordes an Sinti und Roma. In: MiGazin. 14.12.2018. http://www.migazin.de/2018/12/14/gedenkfeier-opfer-ns-voelkermordes-sinti/
– Eklat bei Kranzniederlegung für Sinti und Roma. In: MAZ Online. 13.12.2018. http://www.maz-online.de/Brandenburg/Eklat-bei-Kranzniederlegung-fuer-Sinti-und-Roma-in-Gedenkstaette-Sachsenhausen
– Deutscher Bundesrat gedenkt Völkermord an Sinti und Roma. In: Tyroler Tageszeitung. 14.12.2018. https://www.tt.com/ticker/15127506/deutscher-bundesrat-gedenkt-voelkermord-an-sinti-und-roma
Chaplin’s Secret
On Charlie Chaplin and the inspiration to the latest Dotschy Reinhardt’s album.
– Chaplins geheime Herkunft. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 13.12.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/dotschy-reinhardt-chaplin-s-secret-chaplins-geheime-herkunft.2177.de.html?dram:article_id=435873
BS …
Stereotypes in Netflix – this time about a prison in Romania and Roma.
– Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons Season 3 Details Revealed. In: What’s On Netflix. 13.12.2018. https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/inside-the-worlds-toughest-prisons-season-3-details-revealed/
A brawl between two families in a Roma ghetto involved more than sixty people and resulted in one death. Police intervened and one man was arrested.
- Halálos tömegverekedéssé fajult két cigány család vitája. In: 888. 10.12.2018. https://888.hu/article-halalos-tomegverekedesse-fajult-ket-cigany-csalad-vitaja
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Public Health
Non-infectious and chronic diseases among the Roma population and how these could be tackled.
– Addressing the Roma health gap by tackling non-communicable diseases. In: EPHA. 12.12.2018. https://epha.org/addressing-the-roma-health-gap-by-tackling-non-communicable-diseases-ncds/
Salvini, Fascists, and Roma
Scary …
– The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy. In: Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/matteo-salvini-has-emboldened-fascists-in-italy-a-1243164.html
UK – Discrimination
Better not be Rom or Traveller in the UK if you want to go to a pub …
– Gypsies and Travellers ‘regularly’ face discrimination in pubs, says charity. In: Morning Advertiser. 10.12.2018. https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/12/10/Gypsies-and-travellers-regularly-face-discrimination-in-pubs-says-charity
Netherlands: Complaint
Roma and travellers associations have filed a complaint against the police in the Netherlands for discrimination. They accuse the police of portraying them and handling them as a criminal organisation.
– Travellers file police complaint against mayors for discrimination. In: Dutch News. 10.12.2018. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/travellers-file-police-complaint-against-mayors-for-discrimination/
Ukraine and Liberties
A new survey in the Ukraine is chilling. According to the survey, 27% of respondents are convinced that the rights of drug addicts must certainly be restricted, and 38% believe their rights should be limited in certain circumstances.
About Roma, 12% of respondents are convinced that the rights of the Roma must definitely be limited, 35% believe that their rights may be limited in certain circumstances.
So much for Democracy …
– Українці за обмеження прав геїв, ромів та наркозалежних – опитування. In: Korrespondent. 10.12.2018. https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4041862-ukraintsi-za-obmezhennia-prav-heiv-romiv-ta-narkozalezhnykh-opytuvannia
– Українці вважають, що права наркозалежних та ромів потрібно в окремих ситуаціях обмежувати — опитування. In: Visokii Zamok. 10.12.2018. https://wz.lviv.ua/news/381918-ukraintsi-vvazhaiut-shcho-prava-narkozalezhnykh-ta-romiv-potribno-v-okremykh-sytuatsiiakh-obmezhuvaty-opytuvannia
– Українці вважають, що права ромів, наркозалежних та секс-меншин потрібно обмежити. In: 1 News. 11.12.2018. https://1news.com.ua/ukraine/ukrayintsi-vvazhayut-shho-prava-romiv-narkozalezhnih-ta-seks-menshin-potribno-obmezhiti.html
Slovakia and Holocaust
The Slovak president, Andrei Kiska, remembered the Roma victims of the Holocaust in Zvolen, and stated that the Roma Holocaust is part of the Slovak History.
– Kiska si vo Zvolene pripomenul rómske obete holokaustu. In: MY Zvolen. 10.12.2018. https://myzvolen.sme.sk/c/22005103/kiska-si-dnes-vo-zvolene-pripomenul-romske-obete-holokaustu.html
– Kiska na židovskom cintoríne vo Zvolene: Na začiatku každej ľudskej nenávisti je slovo. In: Zvolen 24. 10.12.2018. https://zvolen.dnes24.sk/kiska-na-zidovskom-cintorine-vo-zvolene-na-zaciatku-kazdej-ludskej-nenavisti-je-slovo-317275
Religion and School
A case real case of proselytism, and in addition catering to stereotypes.
Bad…
– Do svojej školy pozvali Rómov. In: MY Turiek. 10.12.2018. https://myturiec.sme.sk/c/22003829/do-svojej-skoly-pozvali-romov.html
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