Author Archives: Roma Foundation

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Brussels and Beggars

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Brussels and Beggars

The city of Brussels introduced rules for beggars, forbidding people below the age of 26 to beg. This was suspended by the supervisory authority, namely the Brussels Minister in charge of Local Authorities Bernard Clerfayt. The city is now contesting this.

One knows that regulations of begging have very little impact and only fight the symptoms, the real causes.

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Poland and Ukrainian Roma Refugees

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Poland and Ukrainian Roma Refugees

A city councillor from the Polish city of Przemyśl, Marcin Kowalski, claimed on facebook that his border town is visited by “hordes” of Roma from Ukraine, who take advantage of the loopholes in the provisions on helping Ukrainian citizens to receive Polish social benefits.

Bad.

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More on the Slavery Case …

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A short video on the case of a Slovak man and a Polish woman who were sentenced recently for enslaving at least 29 young Roma in the UK.

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Sklaverei

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Sklaverei

A Slovak man and a Polish woman were sentenced respectively to 16 and 9 years of jail in the UK for having enslaved at least 29 young Roma who were brought to the UK on false promises, and then forced to work for 16 to 18 hours per day, seven days a week.

Had it been Roma who had done that, this would be splashed all over the papers …

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Brno: Protests

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Brno: Protests

Ahead of the meeting of the Brno City Council, a group of people demonstrated in front of the town hall, drawing attention to the poor conditions of Roma refugees from Ukraine. They had banners with slogans such as “We are all human, let’s treat each other humanly”, “Solidarity without differences”, “Their husbands are fighting for their homeland and their wives are sleeping on the ground with their children” or “Stop selective solidarity”.

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Slovakia, the Police, and Roma

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In the aftermath of the condemnation of Slovakia and the compensation of the victims of a police beating in Moldova nad Bodvou, a round table on the subject in Slovakia.

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Leipzig – Roma Festival

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Leipzig – Roma Festival

For the second time.

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Ida Kelarová

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Ida Kelarová

The famous Romani musician Ida Kelarová was nominated for a Czech state award. She refused the nomination for as long as Miloš Zeeman is the president.

She is right.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Condemned

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Slovakia: Condemned

The Slovak government is to compensate the victims of the police raid from Moldava nad Bodvou nine years ago, the European Court of Human Rights ruled. The court ruled on the compensation of eight men, to whom the Slovak Republic would pay a total of 110,000 euros.

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Germany and Racism

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Germany and Racism

The fight against anti-Roma racism has been declared a state goal in some of Germany’s Laender, and the Federal government also want to act. Victims of this pervasive racism report.

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Slovakia and Roma Education

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Slovakia and Roma Education

The Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe (CoE) to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities called on the Slovak authorities to eliminate discrimination against Roma children in education and to improve the mechanism for promoting cultures of national minorities. RE spokesman Jaime Rodríguez informed TASR on Wednesday.

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