An article about the eponymous movie.
- Proud Roma: Celebrating Romani culture and pride through film. In: Minority Rights. 02.02.2022. https://minorityrights.org/2022/02/02/proud-roma/
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Hungary, Orban, and Roma
Or how the illiberal regime from Hungary’s prime minister Orban is playing Roma to win elections.
- The Orbán Regime Intimidates Roma Community to Win the Elections. In: Visegrad Insight. 02.02.2022. https://visegradinsight.eu/the-orban-regime-intimidates-roma-community-to-win-the-elections/
Germany and Racial Profiling
A court in Germany concluded that racial profiling is not correct and forbidden in the case of the control of a young man from Guinea. Racial profiling also affects Roma.
Good.
- Junger Mann aus Guinea gewinnt Klage wegen Racial Profiling. In: Die Welt. 02.02.2022. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article236642781/Dresden-Mann-aus-Guinea-gewinnt-Klage-gegen-Polizei-wegen-Racial-Profiling.html
EU and Roma
A new factsheet by the European Court on Human Right highlights measures taken by countries following judgements of the court.
- New Thematic Factsheet on Roma and Travellers. In: COE. 01.02.2022.https://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/-/new-thematic-factsheet-on-roma-and-travellers
Roma, Hungary, and Amanda Gorman
Some Hungarian Roma identify with the poetry of Amanda Gorman, the poet at the inauguration of President Biden and are translating her.
- Hungarian Roma are translating Amanda Gorman; her poetry … WFUV.org. 01.02.2022. https://wfuv.org/content/hungarian-roma-are-translating-amanda-gorman-her-poetry-speaks-their-experience
UK, Vaccinations, and Roma
Roma have one of the lowest children covid vaccination rate in the UK, at 12%.
Bad.
- Disparities in children’s Covid vaccination rates map England’s social divides. In: The Guardian. 01.02.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/01/disparities-in-childrens-covid-vaccination-rates-map-englands-social-divides
Slovakia, the Police, and Roma
The Slovak Roma Union went to court for an alleged attack by a policeman against 5 Roma children in a Roma settlement during a quarantine. The children apparently had strayed too far from the settlement.
In a resolution on January 20, the investigator referred to a section of the Criminal Procedure Code, which states that the prosecution is stopped if “there is no doubt that the act for which the prosecution is being conducted has not occurred”.
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- Policajná inšpekcia zastavila stíhanie pre incident v Krompachoch. In: SME. 01.02.2022. https://domov.sme.sk/c/22832028/urad-inspekcnej-sluzby-zastavil-trestne-stihanie-pre-incident-v-romskej-osade-v-krompachoch.html
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
The project “Obscuring the world” by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas will be presented in the Polish Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition. The fact that a Romni can represent Poland seems to be quite new to the country…
- Romskie “Przeczarownie” na Biennale di Venezia. In: Polskie Radio. 31.01.2022. https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/404/Artykul/2892749,Romskie-Przeczarownie-na-Biennale-di-Venezia
Slovakia, Corona, and Roma
In socially excluded Roma groups in Slovakia, the number of deaths in earlier waves of coronavirus infection grew twice as fast as in the majority population. At the same time, the Covid-19 epidemic has halted the increasing employment of Roma, and the negative effects of the coronavirus crisis may be more pronounced for this group of Roma, as up to four-fifths of them were already at risk of poverty before the pandemic.
- Zomieralo viac Rómov. Vylúčené komunity čelili počas epidémie vyššiemu prírastku úmrtí. In: TA3. 30.01.2022. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/225391/zomieralo-viac-romov-vylucene-komunity-celili-pocas-epidemie-vyssiemu-prirastku-umrti
French Chronicle …
Pretty usual week in France on Roma. Still several articles about the new “transition village”, i.e. new Roma camp now that the others have been forcefully closed in Montpellier. Near Paris, a fire raged in a camp. In Grenoble, the mayor wants to prevent a new Roma camp after the large fire that spread to industrial buildings. In the North, a commune thinks it has done enough, and the police catches a gang of metal thieves operating in cemmetaries.
- Le village de transition des roms en débat à la Métropole de Montpellier : “Il faut agir”. In: Midi Libre. 26.01.2022. https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/01/26/montpellier-le-budget-2022-et-la-fin-du-camp-rom-de-celleneuve-en-debat-a-la-metropole-10068638.php
- Création d’un village de transition près de Montpellier : quand la politique s’en mêle. In: Midi Libre. 29.01.2022. https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/01/29/creation-dun-village-de-transition-pres-de-montpellier-quand-la-politique-sen-mele-10075286.php
- Bobigny : un incendie nocturne ravage une partie d’un campement de gens du voyage. In: Le Parisien. 28.01.2022. https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bobigny-un-incendie-nocturne-ravage-une-partie-dun-campement-de-gens-du-voyage-28-01-2022-XFY3QLF3UVGMTIW6UXGGNBFPMQ.php
- Grenoble : après l’incendie, la directrice de Richardson veut « faire table rase ». In: Le Dauphiné. 25.01.2022. https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2022/01/25/isere-grenoble-apres-l-incendie-la-directrice-de-richardson-veut-faire-table-rase
- Villeneuve-d’Ascq fait largement sa part de l’accueil des gens du voyage et des Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.01.2022. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1132031/article/2022-01-25/villeneuve-d-ascq-fait-largement-sa-part-de-l-accueil-des-gens-du-voyage-et-des
- Les forces de l’ordre mettent à mal le trafic des voleurs de métaux dans les cimetières. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.01.2022. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1133725/article/2022-01-29/les-forces-de-l-ordre-mettent-mal-le-trafic-des-voleurs-de-metaux-dans-les
Sachsenhausen Trial
The chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, emphasized the importance of trials of Nazi crimes. “It’s about establishing guilt, not about revenge or about bringing an old man to prison,” said Rose on Friday before the start of the 22nd day of the trial in the trial of a suspected former concentration camp guard in Brandenburg/Havel. “But our society must distance itself from such perpetrators.”
- Sachsenhausen-Prozess: Romani Rose hofft auf Schuldfeststellung. In: Jüdische Allgemeine. 28.01.2022. https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/sachsenhausen-prozess-romani-rose-hofft-auf-schuldfeststellung/
- Sachsenhausen-Prozess: Romani Rose hofft auf Schuldfeststellung. In: Evangelisch. 28.01.2022. https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/196418/28-01-2022/sachsenhausen-prozess-romani-rose-hofft-auf-schuldfeststellung
- Romani Rose: «Es geht um Schuldfeststellung, nicht um Rache». In: Stern. 28.01.2022. https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/regional/romani-rose—es-geht-um-schuldfeststellung–nicht-um-rache–31578090.html
Portugal and Roma
A new project for integration of migrants and Roma in Portugal. Typical: Throwing Roma in the same pot as migrant makes them alien in a country they have been for 600 years.
- Sertã municipality implements project for integration of migrants and gypsies. In; The Portugal News. 28.01.2022. https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-01-28/serta-municipality-implements-project-for-integration-of-migrants-and-gypsies/64920
Slovakia, Roma and NGOs
Representatives of the civic association eduRoma claim in an open letter that the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) is building rough walls between the current government of the Slovak Republic and the civic sector.
The controversy follows the allocation of 330’000 EUR to the Conference of Bishops of Slovakia to support missionary pastoral work in Roma communities and ignoring the work of other NGOs and churches.
- Organizácie na podporu Rómov kritizovali Matoviča za účelové financovanie. In: SME. 28.01.2022. https://domov.sme.sk/c/22829873/organizacie-na-podporu-romov-kritizovali-matovica-za-ucelove-financovanie.html
Portugal and Roma
The Extreme Right Party Chega uses Roma as scapegoats ahead of the elections. They really stir up racism against Roma right now.
- “Chega”, le parti populiste et potentiel faiseur de roi du Portugal. In: Euro News. 28.01.2022. https://fr.euronews.com/2022/01/28/chega-le-parti-populiste-et-potentiel-faiseur-de-roi-du-portugal
- Les Tsiganes du Portugal, boucs émissaires de l’extrême droite. In: Le Quotidien. 25.01.2022. https://lequotidien.lu/monde/__trashed-10/
- Les Tsiganes, cibles favorites de l’extrême droite portugaise. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 26.01.2022. https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/les-tsiganes-cibles-favorites-de-lextreme-droite-portugaise-796787312077
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
The Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas will represent Poland at the Venice biennale.
Well done.
- Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, artystka romskiego pochodzenia, będzie reprezentowała Polskę na Biennale Sztuki w Wenecji. In: Gazeta Prawna. 28.01.2022. https://kultura.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/8344428,mirga-tas-artystka-biennale-sztuki-w-wenecji.html
Germany: Critique
The President of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament, Muhterem Aras, criticized the way in which Sinti and Roma are treated in south-west Germany. “We are just not as tolerant and open as we sometimes pretend to be,” said the Greens politician to the “Schwäbische Zeitung”. Sinti and Roma are German citizens, they are part of our society.
- Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine. 27.01.2022. https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma-17756896.html
- Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Wochenblatt. 27.01.2022. https://wochenblatt-online.de/aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma/
- Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.01.2022. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/geschichte-ravensburg-aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-220127-99-868367
UN and Holocaust
Commemoration of the Holocaust in the UN.
- UN remembers ‘unprecedented horror and calculated cruelty’ of the Holocaust. In: United Nations. 27.01.2022. https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1110712
Czech Parliament and Roma
On the commemoration of the Holocaust Remembrance in the Czech Republic, a region which basically eradicated all Roma during World War Two.
- Leaders of Czech Parliament: Society must not ignore aggression. Museum of Romani Culture director commemorated the Holocaust and its Romani victims with them in the Senate. In: Romea. 27.01.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/leaders-of-czech-parliament-society-must-not-ignore-aggression.museum-of-romani-culture-director-commemorated-the-holocaust
Roma and Europe
On the fact that Roma children are often put in institutional care.
Bad.
- Social care: how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children face discrimination across Europe and the UK. In: The Conversation. 27.01.2022. https://theconversation.com/social-care-how-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-face-discrimination-across-europe-and-the-uk-170312
Holocaust Remembrance
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- Bachelet: ‘We need to push back against hatred’. In: News.un. 26.01.2022. https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1110632
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