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Poland: Roma Settlement

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Poland: Roma Settlement

The bad conditions in the Roma housing estate in Maszkowice (Małopolskie Voivodeship) have not improved, the Commissioner for Citizens’ Rights is alerting. The residents of the estate have lived in terrible conditions for years. The commune has not done anything to improve the situation and the Human Rights Defender is intervening.

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Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Republic

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Ukrainian Roma who also hold a Hungarian passport, of which there are quite a few as Orban gave the citizenship to anyone speaking Hungarian in the Ukraine, face difficulties in the Czech Republic: They are denied help and being told to go to Hungary.

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EU Human Right Commissioner

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EU Human Right Commissioner

Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Human Right commissioner stated “… my thoughts are with Ukrainian Roma who not only suffer from the consequences of the horrific war in Ukraine but also often face discrimination and prejudices in Europe when fleeing Ukraine.”

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Roma Refugees in the Czech Republic

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Roma Refugees in the Czech Republic

In an interview with Právo, the director of the non-profit organization Khamoro, which focuses on helping the Roma minority, explained why it is a problem for Roma refugees from Ukraine to find accommodation. It is called racism …

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Roma Settlements

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Roma Settlements

The sad reality of the Slovak Roma settlements, otherwise known as “Osada”. The children in the settlements grow up under constant stress and are sentenced to life in poverty even before they are born. As many as 87 percent of the population of segregated settlements live below the poverty line.

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Slovakia and Roma

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Slovakia and Roma

A congress of young Roma was held in Bratislava from Friday, April 8th,  to Sunday. It was attended by 40 young people from Roma communities from all over Slovakia, who want to contribute to the positive changes concerning the life of Roma and coexistence with other inhabitants of Slovakia.

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On June 19, 2020, during the renovation and construction works at the market square in Tarnogród, the remains of Roma Holocaust victims were found. The exhumation, carried out by the Institute of National Remembrance, uncovered the remains of  22 people: 8 men, 3 women, probably 3 women, 8 children and 2 fetuses. The Roma were murdered by German gendarmes in May 1942.

The remains were buried in the parish cemetery in Prostynia. The ceremony began in the area of ​​the Execution Site at the monument to the Roma and Sinti located next to the Treblinka I Penal Labor Camp, with the participation of the Roma community and invited guests.

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Slovakia and Roma

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The Slovak President, Ms. Zuzana Čaputová received  Roma students in the context of the International Roma Day. She stated that the state should take all necessary systemic steps to give Roma children equal opportunities and that it is also necessary to work on personal attitudes so that people are not judged according to skin colour or ethnicity, but personal qualities.

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Uzhhorod and the International Roma Day

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Uzhhorod and the International Roma Day

Celebrations in Uzhgorod of the international Roma day. The Transcarpathian region of the Ukraine is one with the highest number of Roma in the country.

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Czechoslovakia and Sterilisation

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After years of struggle led by victims of illegal sterilizations, the Czech Senate approved, in July 2021, a bill aimed at compensating the thousands of Roma women who were illegally sterilized by the Czechoslovak, then Czech, authorities. between 1966 and 2012.

A summary of the history and struggle.

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