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Indicted …

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Jaroslav Stanik, the former secretary of the rightist party of Tomio Okamura, will have to answer charges of incitation to racial hatred for his comments on migrant and Roma.
Good!

– L’ANCIEN SECRÉTAIRE DU PARTI D’EXTRÊME-DROITE SPD POURSUIVI POUR INCITATION À LA HAINE. In: Radio Prague. 24.07.2018. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/lancien-secretaire-du-parti-dextreme-droite-spd-poursuivi-pour-incitation-a-la-haine [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/lancien-secretaire-du-parti-dextreme-droite-spd-poursuivi-pour-incitation-a-la-haine”]

Returning Roma

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A reportage on the fate of Roma who are expulsed back to Kosovo after having spent more than a decade iN Germany.
Bad.

– Abschiebung in den Kosovo – Härte vor Humanität. In: Deutsche Welle. 26.07.2018. https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454″]

Returning Roma

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A reportage on the fate of Roma who are expulsed back to Kosovo after having spent more than a decade iN Germany.
Bad.

– Abschiebung in den Kosovo – Härte vor Humanität. In: Deutsche Welle. 26.07.2018. https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454″]

Croatia and Racism

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A Romni artist in Rijeka was told by a taxi driver that he would not give rides to gypsies and whores …
Summarises well what happens in Croatia.

– Umjetnicu koja izlaže u Rijeci napao vozač: ‘Ne vozim Cigane i ne vozim kurve. Vozim za dom i poglavnika’. In: Novilist. 25.07.2018. http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Umjetnicu-koja-izlaze-u-Rijeci-napao-vozac-Ne-vozim-Cigane-i-ne-vozim-kurve.-Vozim-za-dom-i-poglavnika?meta_refresh=true [link-preview url=”http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Umjetnicu-koja-izlaze-u-Rijeci-napao-vozac-Ne-vozim-Cigane-i-ne-vozim-kurve.-Vozim-za-dom-i-poglavnika?meta_refresh=true”]

Ukraine – Some Movement

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The Ukrainian Government wants to create regional authorities on Roma affairs in regions with “large” Roma population.
Frankly what will they do. The issue is nationalism and segregation, not the lack of committees…

– Ukraine’s govt supports creation of regional authorities for Roma affairs. In: 112.ua. 24.07.2018. https://112.international/politics/ukraines-govt-supports-creation-of-regional-authorities-for-roma-affairs-30528.html
– 112.ua: Cabinet supports creation of regional authorities for Roma affairs. In: Kyiv Post. 24.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/112-ua-cabinet-supports-creation-of-regional-authorities-for-roma-affairs.html [link-preview url=”https://112.international/politics/ukraines-govt-supports-creation-of-regional-authorities-for-roma-affairs-30528.html “]

Attack in Žilina

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Several people attacked a small group or Roma in the Slovak own of Žilina. One has a brain haemorrhage and another a broken leg. “They started behind us, shouting – gypsies, we will kill you. They were throwing stones on us, bottles, screaming”.
The attackers fled when the police arrived.

– Rómov v Žiline dobila skupina mužov, jeden skončil v nemocnici s krvácaním do mozgu. In: Dennik. 23.07.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1186559/romov-v-ziline-dobila-skupina-muzov-jeden-skoncil-v-nemocnici-s-krvacanim-do-mozgu/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/1186559/romov-v-ziline-dobila-skupina-muzov-jeden-skoncil-v-nemocnici-s-krvacanim-do-mozgu/”]

Slovenia and Italy

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The Slovenian press is beginning to report on the closure of legal Roma camps in Rome and the deportation of some of its residents.

– Občina Rim se je prva lotila izgona Romov. In: RTV Slovenia. 21.07.2018. http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/obcina-rim-se-je-prva-lotila-izgona-romov/461271 [link-preview url=”http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/obcina-rim-se-je-prva-lotila-izgona-romov/461271″]

Forced Labour

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Not a surprise, unfortunately, but the Mafia is exploiting Bulgarian Roma as cheap labour in Southern Italy.

– Bulgarian Roma – Labor Force Under Mafia Control in Southern Italy. In: EUScoop. https://www.euscoop.com/en/2018/7/23/bulgarian-roma-work-force-mafia-control-southern-italy [link-preview url=”https://www.euscoop.com/en/2018/7/23/bulgarian-roma-work-force-mafia-control-southern-italy”]

Support

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A new movement of Roma students in the Czech Republic wants to support and help young talented Roma.
Good!

– MfD: New movement wants to support young talented Roma. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 20.07.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/07/20/mfd-new-movement-wants-support-young-talented-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/07/20/mfd-new-movement-wants-support-young-talented-roma”]

Special Schools

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This does not only happen in Eastern Europe… The State of Nord Rhein Westphalia must pay a compensation to a young Rom from Serbia for having put him in special schools for mentally impaired.

– Land NRW muss zahlen Kölner jahrelang zu Unrecht auf Sonderschule. In: KSTA. 17.07.2018. https://www.ksta.de/koeln/land-nrw-muss-zahlen-koelner-jahrelang-zu-unrecht-auf-sonderschule-30971686# [link-preview url=”https://www.ksta.de/koeln/land-nrw-muss-zahlen-koelner-jahrelang-zu-unrecht-auf-sonderschule-30971686#”]

Ten Years

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Ten years ago, a series of murders against Roma started in Hungary. This was definitively not a glorious chapter for Hungary.

– Das vergessene Verbrechen. In: Der Spiegel. 21.07.2018. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/roma-mordserie-in-ungarn-ein-vergessenes-verbrechen-a-1217872.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/roma-mordserie-in-ungarn-ein-vergessenes-verbrechen-a-1217872.html”]

Denmark and Begging

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A year passed since Denmark banned begging. They arrested and condemned 52 people for begging, all foreigners. 32 of them were from Romania.
The law was clearly slated against Roma.

– Le Danemark fait le bilan de sa loi anti-mendicité. In: La Croix. 16.07.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/Le-Danemark-fait-bilan-loi-anti-mendicite-2018-07-16-1200955438 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/Le-Danemark-fait-bilan-loi-anti-mendicite-2018-07-16-1200955438″]

A Portrait

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The portrait of Ladislav Baláz, a militant against hate violence. The story is part of the Roma Memory Project which tries to present the fate of the Roma living in the Czech Republic today and to present the history of the Roma from the war to the present times through their own eyes.

Ladislav Baláž was born in Karviná in 1957. He was trained as a mechanic and worked as a professional driver. After the revolution he worked in the Roma Citizens’ Initiative, and from the end of the 1990s, he was engaged in the fight against hate violence. He was forced to emigrate to Great Britain due to threats, and he returned after years to continue the fight against racist attacks on the Roma.

– Ladislav Baláž: Odešel jsem do Anglie kvůli výhrůžkám smrtí. In: Romea. 20.07.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/ladislav-balaz [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/ladislav-balaz”]

Returning Refugees

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An excellent reportage on the fate of refugees that were forced to go back to their home country from Germany. Especially in Kosovo, their fate is bad.

– Die Heimatlosen. In: Der Spiegel. 21.07.2018. http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/abschiebung-von-deutschland-in-den-kosovo-die-heimatlosen-a-1217584.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/abschiebung-von-deutschland-in-den-kosovo-die-heimatlosen-a-1217584.html”]

Ukraine, Nationalists, and Roma

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An interesting article on the current increased attacks against Roma by Ukrainian ultra-nationalists.

– Attacks on Roma Force Ukraine to Confront an Old Ethnic Enmity. In: The New York Times. 21.07.2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/world/europe/ukraine-roma-attacks.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/world/europe/ukraine-roma-attacks.html”]

Italy: Protests

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The Roma Sinti and Caminanti (RSC) and Roma Nation Association (ANR) with authorization from the Rome Police Headquarters, have started a permanent demonstration in front of Camping River. The demonstration continued till Friday 20 July 2018, and is a protest against the planned destruction of the Camping River Site as ordered by Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi.

– Roma, Camping River | Nazione Rom: nuovo ricorso contro l’ordinanza del sindaco Raggi. In: Agora Vox. 19.07.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Roma-Camping-River-Nazione-Rom.html
– Roma, Raggi va in Romania verifica 14 rimpatri rom Camping River. In: Ask a News. 19.07.2018. http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/19/roma-raggi-va-in-romania-verifica-14-rimpatri-rom-camping-river-pn_20180719_00267/ [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Roma-Camping-River-Nazione-Rom.html “]

Piešťany and Roma

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A flurry of articles in the Slovak press about a gathering of Roma in Piešťany, a spa town in the West of the country. They are apparently gathered because of a healer who has seen the Virgin Mary in a park there.

– Rómovia okupujú Piešťany, láka ich záhadný muž: Tajná minulosť „Spasiteľa“! In: Novy Čas. 19.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/719115/romovia-okupuju-piestany-laka-ich-zahadny-muz-tajna-minulost-spasitela/
– Piešťanský park zaplavili ľudské výkaly. Zanechávajú ich stovky Rómov, ktorí prišli za pochybným liečiteľom. In: Refresher. 18.07.2018. https://refresher.sk/56358-Piestansky-park-zaplavili-ludske-vykaly-Zanechavaju-ich-stovky-Romov-ktori-prisli-za-pochybnym-liecitelom
– Rómovia z celého sveta prúdili do Piešťan: Čakali na liečiteľa, ktorý je vraj prevtelený Ježiš. In: Topky. 20.08.2018. https://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1724801/Romovia-z-celeho-sveta-prudili-do-Piestan–Cakali-na-liecitela–ktory-je-vraj-prevteleny-Jezis
– AKTUALIZOVANÉ: Rómovia uverili liečiteľovi z Piešťan, jeho povesť sa rýchlo šíri. In: Zpieštan. 18.07.2018. https://www.zpiestan.sk/spravy/romovia-uverili-liecitelovi-z-piestan-jeho-povest-sa-rychlo-siri/
– Stovky Rómov sa valia do Piešťan: Naozaj veria, že tam ZÁZRAČNOU liečbou vyzdravejú?! In: Pluska. 17.07.2018. https://www1.pluska.sk/Regiony/Zapadne-Slovensko/Stovky-Romov-valia-Piestan-Naozaj-veria-tam-ZAZRACNOU-liecbou-vyzdraveju
– Stovky Rómov prišli do Piešťan za “zázračným liečiteľom”. In: TV Noviny. 18.07.2018. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1927549_stovky-romov-prisli-do-piestan-za-zazracnym-liecitelom [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/719115/romovia-okupuju-piestany-laka-ich-zahadny-muz-tajna-minulost-spasitela/ “]

Ukraine: Lviv Attack

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Two of the suspects of the deadly attack against Roma have been released under house arrest and 6 others remain in custody.

– Нападение на лагерь ромов во Львове: Двоих подозреваемых отпустили под домашний арест. In: 112. 19.07.2018. https://112.ua/obshchestvo/napadenie-na-lager-romov-vo-lvove-dvoih-podozrevaemyh-otpustili-pod-domashniy-arest-454667.html [link-preview url=”https://112.ua/obshchestvo/napadenie-na-lager-romov-vo-lvove-dvoih-podozrevaemyh-otpustili-pod-domashniy-arest-454667.html”]

Ukraine: House Arrest

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One of the suspects of the Kiev attack against a Roma camp has been put under house arrest. Seems a bit on the “light” side…

– Нападение на ромов в Киеве: подозреваемого отправили под домашний арест. In: RBK Ukraine. 18.07.2018. https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/napadenie-romov-kieve-podozrevaemogo-otpravili-1531900419.html
– Погром лагеря ромов на Лысой горе в Киеве: координатора праворадикалов С14 Мазура отправили под домашний арест. In: Unian. 20.07.2018. https://www.unian.net/society/10192014-pogrom-lagerya-romov-na-lysoy-gore-v-kieve-koordinatora-pravoradikalov-s14-mazura-otpravili-pod-domashniy-arest.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/napadenie-romov-kieve-podozrevaemogo-otpravili-1531900419.html “]

We Don’t Need This …

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Two Roma arrested in Texas on suspicion of credit card fraud and theft.

– Friendswood police believe pair arrested has link to Romanian ‘gypsy’ clan. In: Click2 Houston. 17.07.2018. https://www.click2houston.com/news/friendswood-police-believe-pair-arrested-has-link-to-romanian-gypsy-clan [link-preview url=”https://www.click2houston.com/news/friendswood-police-believe-pair-arrested-has-link-to-romanian-gypsy-clan”]

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