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Czechia: Forced Sterilisations

Roma Foundation — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Sixty-five-year-old Jarmila Adiová from Jirkov near Chomutov, who has applied for compensation for forced sterilisations tells about what happened to her. She said “First, social workers came to me and constantly checked how I was taking care of our five sons. They went to school and everything was fine. I was pregnant at the time and expecting a girl. The social workers threatened me that if I didn’t have an abortion, they would take my children away.”

The office in charge of granting compensation is working so slowly that the deadline for applciations will be missed by many if a new law proposal to extend it by two years is not voted soon.

Sestra mi řekla, že chci rodit jak kočka. Romská žena prošla nucenou sterilizací. In: Dennik. 14.02.2025. https://www.denik.cz/zdravotnictvi/romky-nucena-sterilizace-odskodneni-lhuta.html

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Roma Musicians

Roma Foundation — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:42:16 +0000

How to make a documentary film not about Roma musicians, but with Roma musicians? This is what ethnomusicologist Petr Nuska thought about. For many years, he knew musicians from central Slovakia and they wanted to create their own music videos. So he helped them create the video clips, the Roma musicians themselves took on the roles of directors, and Petr Nuska then made a film about the film. The feature-length documentary is called Hopa lide and was filmed with its author by Jana Šustová.

Hopa lide. Film Petra Nusky s romskými muzikanty. In: Radio Žurnal Rozhlas. 11.02.2025. https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/hopa-lide-film-petra-nusky-s-romskymi-muzikanty-9410297

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Czechia: Integration or Emancipation

Roma Foundation — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:44:54 +0000

An interview with František Lacko, a Roma activist from Czechia. He says that Roma do not need to integrate, but to emancipate. Integration is just parasitism of non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations only do what they can get in grants. They are interest groups and mainly family businesses. Integration costs millions a year.

He has a point, as NGOs do have a conflict of interest: If the problems they aim to tackle are solved, so is their “raison d’être”.

Romský aktivista: My Romové se nepotřebujeme integrovat, ale emancipovat. In: Briské Listy. 09.02.2025. https://www.blisty.cz/art/123943-romsky-aktivista-my-romove-se-nepotrebujeme-integrovat-ale-emancipovat

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Czech Forced Sterilisation

Roma Foundation — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:50:42 +0000

Two articles in the French press about the forced sterilisations of Romnja in the Czech Republic.

Mutilées puis oubliées, le long chemin des femmes stérilisées de République Tchèque. In: Geo. 03.02.2025. https://www.geo.fr/geopolitique/mutilees-puis-oubliees-le-long-chemin-des-femmes-sterilisees-de-republiques-tcheque-224477
En République tchèque, la réparation difficile des stérilisations illegals. In: AFP / Yahhoo. 03.02.2025.https://fr.news.yahoo.com/république-tchèque-réparation-difficile-stérilisations-081448511.html

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Czechia: Welfare Reform

Roma Foundation — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:06:22 +0000

The Czech Welfare Reform committee adopted changes to the current laws on welfare, including a potential increase of support, expanding the scope of the welfare, and some weakening of sanctions for people who break the rules.

Czech welfare reform makes it out of committee with changes, some Roma supported it at press conference with Labor Minister, others warn its effects will be risky. In: Romea. 06.02.2025. https://romea.cz/en/czech-republic/czech-welfare-reform-makes-it-out-of-committee-with-changes-some-roma-supported-it-at-press-conference-with-labor-minister-others-warn-its-effects-will-be-risky

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Czechia: Romano Suno

Roma Foundation — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:27:35 +0000

The Romano suno (Roma Dream) competition has been organized by the non-profit organization Nová škola since 1996. It is open to everyone who knows Romanes and wants to write their own text in that language, make a video, or compete live in Romanes. The purpose of the competition is to encourage people to take an interest in Romanes, to create in it, and to use Romanes publicly.

Nová škola, o.p.s. otevírá další ročník soutěže v romském jazyce s názvem Romano suno. In: Radio Žurnal 04.02.2025. https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/nova-skola-ops-otevira-dalsi-rocnik-souteze-v-romskem-jazyce-s-nazvem-romano-9405779
Romano suno 2025: Jakou superschopnost byste chtěli mít? Napište o ní v romštině! In: Romea. 05.02.2025. https://romea.cz/cz/kultura/romano-suno-2025-jakou-superschopnost-byste-chteli-mit-napiste-o-ni-v-romstine

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Na Plech

Roma Foundation — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:30:53 +0000

Extremely incorrect comedy “Na plech” is a big hit in Czech cinemas with more that 65’000 viewers in the first week, Slovak cinemas are afraid of it. It is an extremely incorrect comedy, with uncompromising style and humor that goes beyond the limit. For example, one of the scenes features a group of Roma cooking methamphetamine.

Extrémne nekorektná komédia Na plech s prehľadom valcuje české kiná, tie slovenské sa jej boja. In: Startitup. 31.01.2025. https://www.startitup.sk/extremne-nekorektna-komedia-na-plech-s-prehladom-valcuje-ceske-kina-tie-slovenske-sa-jej-boja/

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Roma-Czech Talent

Roma Foundation — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:52:02 +0000

The Roma-Czech Talent talent competition aims not only to discover and support talented participants, but also to connect different communities and bring Roma culture closer to the non-Roma audience.

“This event is not only to search for and support talents, but also to emphasize the importance of connecting people across communities. “We want to create a platform that will allow non-Roma people to get to know our culture and thus contribute to mutual understanding,” Dana Chromeková, a member of the Roma Spolek HK association, told the Romea.cz news server.

Romsko-český talent: Přihlaste se do nové soutěže a ukažte, co ve vás je! Vyhrajte 30 tisíc korun! In: Romea. 29.01.2025. https://romea.cz/cz/kultura/romsko-cesky-talent-prihlaste-se-do-nove-souteze-a-ukazte-co-ve-vas-je-vyhrajte-30-tisic-korun

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Austria: About the Genocide in Czechia

Roma Foundation — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:19:36 +0000

A great documentary about the genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust.

Der Völkermord an Roma und Sinti. ORF. 19.01.2025. https://on.orf.at/video/14259840/15801206/roma-und-sinti-holocaust-opfer-in-maehren-und-boehmen

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Roma Writer

Roma Foundation — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:34:02 +0000

An article about the Roma writer Michal Šamko. His parents and siblings came from Svidník, but he was born in Jičín, Czech Republic, where he did not have an easy childhood. “Gypsy filth,” they shouted at him in elementary school, where there were 23 children in their class, but he was the only Roma. The biggest punishment for his classmates was not the remarks, but being seated next to him. Michal Šamko was determined to achieve something in life and in the end he succeeded.

Nechceli pri ňom sedieť a báli sa, že má blchy. Michal Šamko spolužiakom dokázal, že sa v ňom mýlili. In: Dobre Noviny. 25.01.2025. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/220709/roky-ho-vnimali-len-ako-spinaveho-cigana-michal-samko-spoluziakom-dokazal-ze-sa-v-nom-mylili

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