The museum of Roma Culture announces photography competition inspired by the work of Romani photographer Andrej Pešta.
– Czech Republic: Museum of Romani Culture announces photography competition. In: Romea. 31.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-museum-of-romani-culture-announces-photography-competition [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-museum-of-romani-culture-announces-photography-competition”]
In contrast with the president of the Czech Republic, Pavel Rychetský,
the president of its constitutional court deems ethnic and nationalistic self centeredness and xenophobia as a threat to Europe!
– Czech Constitutional Court president: Ethnic and national self-centeredness and xenophobia are a threat to Europe. In: Romea. 28.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-constitutional-court-president-ethnic-and-national-self-centeredness-and-xenophobia-are-a-threat-to-europe [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-constitutional-court-president-ethnic-and-national-self-centeredness-and-xenophobia-are-a-threat-to-europe”]
The Roma pride was held in Prague on Sunday, 28th of October.
– LIVE BROADCAST AT 14:15 TODAY – Roma Pride 2018. In: Romea. 28.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/live-broadcast-at-14-15-today-roma-pride-2018 [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/live-broadcast-at-14-15-today-roma-pride-2018″]
The next Roma Pride will take place this coming Sunday in Prague!
– Roma Pride march on 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia will object to President’s antigypsyism. In: Romea. 24.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/roma-pride-march-on-100th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-czechoslovakia-will-object-to-president-s-antigypsyism [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/roma-pride-march-on-100th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-czechoslovakia-will-object-to-president-s-antigypsyism”]
Okamura, the chairman of an extreme right party in the Czech republic together with his party colleague Miloslav Rozner have been exonerated by Blanka Valsamis, the Public Prosecutor (District Attorney) of Prague 4th District Office of any crime pertaining to their statements on Holocaust and the Lety concentration camps – they had denied it was a concentration camp saying people were free to move in and out as it was not fenced.
BAD …
– Okamurove výroky o koncentráku nie sú trestným činom. In: SME. 16.10.2018. https://svet.sme.sk/c/20938680/cesko-romovia-okamura-nacisti-koncentracny-tabor.html [link-preview url=”https://svet.sme.sk/c/20938680/cesko-romovia-okamura-nacisti-koncentracny-tabor.html”]
70% of the Roma in the Czech Republic are working … Mr. Zeman should know that as president.
– ROMEA: Czech President has manipulated facts yet again – we can prove 70 % of Romani people in this country work. In: Romea. 05.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romea-czech-president-has-manipulated-facts-yet-again-we-can-prove-70-of-romani-people-in-this-country-work [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romea-czech-president-has-manipulated-facts-yet-again-we-can-prove-70-of-romani-people-in-this-country-work”]
A reaction from Romea on Miloš Zeman’s latest comments about Roma.
– Czech President insults Romani people yet again after casting his ballot. In: Romea. 07.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-insults-romani-people-yet-again-after-casting-his-ballot [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-insults-romani-people-yet-again-after-casting-his-ballot”]
Miloš Zeman doubled up on his assertions that 90% of Roma don’t work.
SHAME on him.
– Czech president defends assertion that most Roma don’t work. In: Reuters. 07.10.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-roma/czech-president-defends-assertion-that-most-roma-dont-work-idUSKCN1MH0Q5 [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-roma/czech-president-defends-assertion-that-most-roma-dont-work-idUSKCN1MH0Q5″]
Or how politicians in that country turn on Roma and further hostility towards them.
– Far right in Czech Republic: the politicians turning on Roma. In: Channel 4. 05.10.2018. https://www.channel4.com/news/far-right-in-czech-republic-the-politicians-turning-on-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.channel4.com/news/far-right-in-czech-republic-the-politicians-turning-on-roma”]
Following the statements on Roma last week by the Czech president Miloš Zeman, Roma have begun to post pictures of themselves at work – saying “we do work”.
– Czech Roma respond to president: We do work! In: Yahoo. 03.10.2018. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/czech-roma-respond-president-174101893.html [link-preview url=”https://sg.news.yahoo.com/czech-roma-respond-president-174101893.html”]
Articles in the press on the ERRC on Zeeman.
– Roma-Zentrum wirft tschechischem Präsidenten Zeman Rassismus vor. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 02.10.2018. https://www.nzz.ch/international/roma-zentrum-wirft-tschechischem-praesidenten-zeman-rassismus-vor-ld.1424855
– EUROPÄISCHES ROMA-ZENTRUM WIRFT ZEMAN RASSISMUS VOR. 01.10.2018. https://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/europaeisches-roma-zentrum-wirft-zeman-rassismus-vor [link-preview url=”https://www.nzz.ch/international/roma-zentrum-wirft-tschechischem-praesidenten-zeman-rassismus-vor-ld.1424855 “]
An open letter of the European Roma Right Center to the Czech president Miloš Zeman.
– OPEN LETTER TO CZECH PRESIDENT ON RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT ROMA. In: ERRC. http://www.errc.org/press-releases/open-letter-to-czech-president-on-racist-comments-about-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/press-releases/open-letter-to-czech-president-on-racist-comments-about-roma”]
An article on the impact of the latest statements by Miloš Zeman on Roma. They are de-facto increasing ethnic tensions and promoting a negative view of Roma.
– Politológ: Zeman výrokmi o fackovaní Rómov zvyšuje etnické napätie. In: Parlamentne Listy. 29.09.2018. https://www.parlamentnelisty.sk/arena/monitor/Politolog-Zeman-vyrokmi-o-fackovani-Romov-zvysuje-etnicke-napatie-305212 [link-preview url=”https://www.parlamentnelisty.sk/arena/monitor/Politolog-Zeman-vyrokmi-o-fackovani-Romov-zvysuje-etnicke-napatie-305212″]
The Czech sociologist and ethnologist Eva Davidová died on Friday 21st of September at the age of 85.
May she rest in peace.
– Czech Republic: Eva Davidová, an ethnographer who loved Romani people, has passed away. In: Romea. 2609.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-eva-davidova-an-ethnographer-who-loved-romani-people-has-passed-away
– DÉCÈS D’EVA DAVIDOVÁ, SOCIOLOGUE ET SPÉCIALISTE DES ROMS. In: Radio Prague. 26.09.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/deces-deva-davidova-sociologue-et-specialiste-des-roms [link-preview url=”https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/deces-deva-davidova-sociologue-et-specialiste-des-roms”]
Fairly harsh critique of Miloš Zeman, the current Czech president in the Slovak press. In a visit in a small community, Kojetín in the Olomouc region, and upon learning that the locals were afraid about unemployed Roma moving to their town, he chipped in:
“I am definitely not a friend of Communism, but during Communism the Roma had to work. Mostly they worked like dredgers, and when they refused to work, they went to jail”
No comments …
– Zeman navštevuje kraje, aby tam urážal novinárov, mimovládky a Rómov. In: SME. 27.09.2018. https://svet.sme.sk/c/20924231/zeman-chodi-po-cesku-a-nadava-na-romov.html
– Zeman o strachu z Rómov: Ľuďom odmietajúcim prácu by nemali byť vyplácané dávky. In: Hlavnne Spravy. 25.09.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/zeman-o-strachu-z-romov-ludom-odmietajucim-pracu-nemali-byt-vyplacane-davky/1530624 [link-preview url=”https://svet.sme.sk/c/20924231/zeman-chodi-po-cesku-a-nadava-na-romov.html “]
Torture and racism … Some articles in the Czech press about a Rom who was tortured by the police.
– Policisté měli z muže vymlátit přiznání, hrozí jim až osm let! In: TN.cz. 17.09.2018. http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/policiste-meli-z-muze-vymlatit-priznani-hrozi-jim-az-osm-let.html
– Generální inspekce stíhá dva budějovické policisty kvůli mučení Roma. Přinutili ho k doznání ve věci, kterou nespáchal. In: Romea. 17.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/generalni-inspekce-stiha-dva-budejovicke-policisty-kvuli-muceni-roma-prinutili-ho-k-doznani-ve-veci-kterou-nespachal
– Czech Inspector-General prosecuting two police officers for torturing Romani man into a false confession. In: Romea. 17.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-inspector-general-prosecuting-two-police-officers-for-torturing-romani-man-into-a-false-confession#.W6CHARTFQoE.facebook [link-preview url=”http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/policiste-meli-z-muze-vymlatit-priznani-hrozi-jim-az-osm-let.html “]
An appeal to vote in the Czech Republic.
– Lucie Fuková: There’s no excuse for not voting. In: Romea. 23.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/lucie-fukova-there-s-no-excuse-for-not-voting [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/lucie-fukova-there-s-no-excuse-for-not-voting”]
Quite amazing when the French press, especially one close to the right, publishes an article about torture and racism in the Czech Republic.
If anyone has articles about it in the Czech press, please forward!
– En République tchèque, deux policiers accusés d’avoir torturé un homme d’origine rom. In: Paris Match. 17.09.2018. https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/En-Republique-tcheque-deux-policiers-accuses-d-avoir-torture-un-homme-d-origine-rom-1574893 [link-preview url=”https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/En-Republique-tcheque-deux-policiers-accuses-d-avoir-torture-un-homme-d-origine-rom-1574893″]
The traditional yearly pilgrimage in Svatý Kopeček near Olomouc in the Czech Repuvblic took place this week end.
– Romové se sjeli k Olomouci na pouť, dorazilo jich pár stovek. In: Tyden. 15.09.2018. https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/relax/ostatni/romove-se-sjeli-k-olomouci-na-pout-dorazilo-jich-par-stovek_496099.html
– UN PÈLERINAGE ROM TRADITIONNEL PRÉVU SAMEDI À CÔTÉ D’OLOMOUC. In: Radio Praha. 11.09.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/un-pelerinage-rom-traditionnel-prevu-samedi-a-cote-dolomouc [link-preview url=”https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/relax/ostatni/romove-se-sjeli-k-olomouci-na-pout-dorazilo-jich-par-stovek_496099.html “]
The traditional yearly pilgrimage in Svatý Kopeček near Olomouc in the Czech Repuvblic took place this week end.
– Romové se sjeli k Olomouci na pouť, dorazilo jich pár stovek. In: Tyden. 15.09.2018. https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/relax/ostatni/romove-se-sjeli-k-olomouci-na-pout-dorazilo-jich-par-stovek_496099.html
– UN PÈLERINAGE ROM TRADITIONNEL PRÉVU SAMEDI À CÔTÉ D’OLOMOUC. In: Radio Praha. 11.09.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/un-pelerinage-rom-traditionnel-prevu-samedi-a-cote-dolomouc [link-preview url=”https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/relax/ostatni/romove-se-sjeli-k-olomouci-na-pout-dorazilo-jich-par-stovek_496099.html “]
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