Nothing seems to change in Serbia for Roma.
Sad …
– MARGINALISATION ET DISCRIMINATIONS : RIEN NE CHANGE POUR LES ROMS DE SERBIE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 08.06.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Rroms-de-Serbie-de-la-discrimination-a-l-isolement [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Rroms-de-Serbie-de-la-discrimination-a-l-isolement”]
230 Roma in the town of Ušti nad Labem are facing expulsion as a result of the new Czech laws which make it more difficult to obtain social help. No alternative lodging have bene provided so far.
– 230 TSCHECHISCHEN ROMA STEHT RÄUMUNG BEVOR. GRUPPE GEGEN ANTIROMAISMUS RUFT ZUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG AUF. In: Roma Anti Discrimination Network. 31.05.2018. http://ran.eu.com/230-tschechischen-roma-steht-raumung-bevor-gruppe-gegen-antiromaismus-ruft-zur-unterstutzung-auf/ [link-preview url=”http://ran.eu.com/230-tschechischen-roma-steht-raumung-bevor-gruppe-gegen-antiromaismus-ruft-zur-unterstutzung-auf/”]
Another attack against Roma in the Ukraine.
– Ukraine: Paramilitaries broadcast live pogrom against Roma on Facebook, the fourth in the last six weeks. In: Romea. 09.06.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and-commentary/reportage/ukraine-paramilitaries-broadcast-live-pogrom-against-roma-on-facebook-the-fourth-in-the-last-six-weeks#.Wxw0s3Z4pyR.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and-commentary/reportage/ukraine-paramilitaries-broadcast-live-pogrom-against-roma-on-facebook-the-fourth-in-the-last-six-weeks#.Wxw0s3Z4pyR.facebook”]
The news this week in France are dominated by criminality. A ring of Bulgarian Roma was arrested near Toulouse for having exploited people for mendicity, allegedly holding them like slaves and even torturing them. Bad indeed. Near Paris, other Roma are being investigated for the theft of over a million Euros of smartphones. Finally, a large fight in a Roma camp in Triel sur Seine resulted in 6 arrestations.
Then, in Nice, a rightist politician wants to forbid begging. This has never been a solution and is totally ineffective. This is pure demagogism.
The rest of the news are the usual ones: In the North, some land is being set aside for Roma; in Tours, some Bulgarian Roma camping by the river will be expulsed; and near Paris, Roma are squatting an empty house, much to the anger of neighbours.
– Mendiants violentés, esclavagisme, torture… Ce qu’on sait sur le réseau démantelé à Toulouse. In: Actu.fr. 08.06.2018. https://actu.fr/occitanie/toulouse_31555/mendiants-violentes-esclavagisme-torture-ce-quon-sait-sur-reseau-demantele-toulouse_17199842.html
– Toulouse : démantèlement d’un réseau de Roms bulgares exploitant des mendicants. In: Europe 1. 08.06.2018. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/toulouse-demantelement-dun-reseau-de-roms-bulgares-exploitant-des-mendiants-3676148
– Réseau de mendicité et traite d’êtres humains : opération de police dans un camp de Roms à Toulouse. In: Actu.fr. 05.06.2018. https://actu.fr/occitanie/toulouse_31555/reseau-mendicite-traite-etre-humains-operation-police-camp-roms-toulouse_11816177.html
– Vaste opération de police à Toulouse. In: Toulouse 7. 05.06.2018. https://www.toulouse7.com/2018/06/05/vaste-operation-de-police-a-toulouse/
– Seine-et-Marne et Oise : six Roms mis en examen pour un million d’euros de smartphones volés. In: Le Parisien. 05.06.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/seine-et-marne-six-roms-mis-en-examen-pour-un-million-d-euros-de-smartphones-voles-05-06-2018-7754601.php
– Triel-sur-Seine : violente bagarre au camp de Roms, craintes de représailles. In: Temps Réel 78. 08.06.2018. https://tr78.fr/triel-sur-seine-violente-bagarre-au-camp-de-roms-craintes-de-represailles
– Nice: Dans les rues, la mendicité sera bientôt interdite. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 06.06.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2284683-20180606-nice-rues-mendicite-bientot-interdite
– Nice : Christian Estrosi va prendre un arrêté contre la mendicité. In: Europe 1. 06.06.2018. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/nice-christian-estrosi-va-prendre-un-arrete-contre-la-mendicite-3673064
– Bientôt un terrain, mis à disposition par la ville, pour les familles roms du Pont-Royal. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.06.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/393106/article/2018-06-08/bientot-un-terrain-mis-disposition-par-la-ville-pour-les-familles-roms-du-pont
– Les Roms des Iles Noires condamnés à l’expulsion ? In: La Nouvelle République. 09.06.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/les-roms-des-iles-noires-condamnes-a-l-expulsion
– Thorigny-sur-Marne. Une maison abandonnée est squattée, les riverains vivent « l’enfer ». In: Actu.fr. 07.06.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/thorigny-sur-marne_77464/thorigny-sur-marne-une-maison-abandonnee-est-squattee-riverains-vivent-lenfer_17145526.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/occitanie/toulouse_31555/mendiants-violentes-esclavagisme-torture-ce-quon-sait-sur-reseau-demantele-toulouse_17199842.html “]
Further confusion and accusation in the case of the funding of minority culture in Slovakia. The commission responsible for distributing the funds is accused of improprieties such as granting money to their own organisations of to their families.
Bad and still continuing, now with political ramifications.
– Kauza Fondu na podporu kultúry národnostných menšín: Pochybné transakcie a rodinkárstvo, OĽaNO viní Most-Híd. In: CAS. 06.06.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/702811/kauza-fondu-na-podporu-kultury-narodnostnych-mensin-pochybne-transakcie-a-rodinkarstvo-olano-vini-most-hid/ [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/702811/kauza-fondu-na-podporu-kultury-narodnostnych-mensin-pochybne-transakcie-a-rodinkarstvo-olano-vini-most-hid/”]
On the 7th and 8th of June, the EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, visited Slovakia. During the visit, she wanted to understand the progress on the investigation of the murder of journalist Jana Kuciak and his wife Martina Kušnířová and to find out what measures Slovakia has taken to better integrate Roma pupils into Slovak schools.
– Na Slovensko zavíta eurokomisárka. Zaujímať sa bude o Kuciaka a Rómov. In: Aktualne. 06.06.2018. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/na-slovensko-zavita-eurokomisarka-zaujimat-bude-kuciaka-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/na-slovensko-zavita-eurokomisarka-zaujimat-bude-kuciaka-romov.html”]
The UN is asking Ukraine to investigate the spate of attacks against Roma in the country.
– ООН требует расследовать нападения на ромов в Украине. In: Korrespondent. 01.06.2018. https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/3976489-oon-trebuet-rassledovat-napadenyia-na-romov-v-ukrayne
– ООН призвала власти Украины расследовать атаки на ромов и ЛГБТ. In: Liga. 01.06.2018. http://news.liga.net/politics/news/oon-prizvali-vlasti-ukrainy-rassledovat-ataki-na-romov-i-lgbt [link-preview url=”https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/3976489-oon-trebuet-rassledovat-napadenyia-na-romov-v-ukrayne “]
The Ukrainian police is refusing to talk about the suspects of the various recent attacks against Roma in the country. They even refused to say whether anyone is being suspected at all of these attacks.
– Погром лагеря ромов: полиция отказалась говорить о подозреваемых. In: Liga. 04.06.2018. http://news.liga.net/incidents/news/pogrom-lagerya-romov-politsiya-otkazalas-govorit-o-podozrevaemyh [link-preview url=”http://news.liga.net/incidents/news/pogrom-lagerya-romov-politsiya-otkazalas-govorit-o-podozrevaemyh”]
A short movie made in virtual reality gives a tour of the Mahala – Roma quarter – of a small town in Albania as seen by a Romni activist.
– UNDP launches first virtual reality film about and with the Roma community. In: UNDP. 30.05.2018. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/Roma-virtual-film.html [link-preview url=”http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/Roma-virtual-film.html”]
The story behind a Roma museum in Romania. The museum is in the suburbs of Bucharest, and one cannot but somewhat question its purpose as well as its exhibits …
– BUCAREST, DERNIÈRE STATION : LE MUSÉE DE LA CULTURE DES ROMS DE ROUMANIE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 30.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms”]
A chilling report of the current situation for Roma in the Ukraine.
– Mariana Berbec-Rostas: Fighting anti-Roma hate, one story at a time. In: The Kyiv Post. 03.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/mariana-berbec-rostas-fighting-anti-roma-hate-one-story-at-a-time.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/mariana-berbec-rostas-fighting-anti-roma-hate-one-story-at-a-time.html”]
A seldom mentioned fact: Many Roma in Kosovo were evicted from their houses. 20 years later, they have not recovered their properties.
– KOSOVO : LE CASSE-TÊTE DE LA RESTITUTION DES PROPRIÉTÉS USURPÉES PENDANT LA GUERRE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 29.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-le-casse-tete-de-la-restitution-des-proprietes-usurpees-pendant-la [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-le-casse-tete-de-la-restitution-des-proprietes-usurpees-pendant-la”]
David Beňák, a Czech Rom is now heading the Czech Agency for Social Inclusion.
Well done!
– Romani community member David Beňák now director of the Czech Govt Agency for Social Inclusion. In: Romea. 02.06.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-community-member-david-benak-now-director-of-the-czech-govt-agency-for-social-inclusion [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-community-member-david-benak-now-director-of-the-czech-govt-agency-for-social-inclusion”]
Lots of cultural events this week in France on Roma – and very little negative news. First, a projection of a movie on a Roma camp in Nantes. The movie is presented on the site of that former site, before it is developed. Projection of another movie on Roma in Arles. The exhibition “Mondes Tsiganes” in Paris, with many photographs. That exhibition is not in the right place (in the museum of migration) and is definitively fuelling clichés. Concert of a Slovakian Roma group in the South of France. Then the more usual news: A fire in a camp in Montreuil; a new squat of a empty house near Paris; and, surprise, a positive experiment in Marseilles, where Roma are lodged in apartments …
– Nantes. Miséry de Miséry, tous les chemins mènent aux Roms. In: Ouest France. 31.05.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949
– 8, avenue Lénine. In: Journal Zibeline. http://www.journalzibeline.fr/8-avenue-lenine/
– “Mondes tsiganes” : histoire d’une fascination-répulsion fabriquée par les images. In: France 24. 02.06.2018. http://www.france24.com/fr/20180602-mondes-tsiganes-roms-exposition-photographie-images-stereotype-racisme
– Soirée sous le signe de la Slovaquie au Benefire. In: Midi Libre. 02.06.2018. http://www.midilibre.fr/2018/06/02/soiree-sous-le-signe-de-la-slovaquie-au-benefire,1680419.php
– Un incendie dans un bidonville de Montreuil, une cinquantaine de personnes mises à l’abri. In: France Bleu. 29.05.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/un-incendie-dans-un-bidonville-de-montreuil-cinquante-personnes-mises-a-l-abri-1527607184
– Montreuil : le bidonville part en fumée, quinze familles à la rue. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/montreuil-le-bidonville-part-en-fumee-quinze-familles-a-la-rue-29-05-2018-7742325.php
– Nouveau squat d’une maison inoccupée dans le Val-d’Oise. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/nouveau-squat-d-maison-inoccupée-val-d-oise-184324686.html?guccounter=2
– Bouches-du-Rhône: A Gardanne, des camps de Roms à la vie tranquille en appartement. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.05.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2277007-20180529-bouches-rhone-gardanne-camps-roms-vie-tranquille-appartement [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949 “]
The story of an Albanian Romni and on how a film about her came to be.
– Virtual reality brought me into the world of a strong Roma woman. In: Medium. 30.05.2018. https://medium.com/@UNDP/virtual-reality-brought-me-into-the-world-of-a-strong-roma-woman-6025b314bea1 [link-preview url=”https://medium.com/@UNDP/virtual-reality-brought-me-into-the-world-of-a-strong-roma-woman-6025b314bea1″]
Young Roma students in the Czech Republic are sharing their stories as part of a campaign in the country called “I Have a Dream”.
– Vanesa Horváthová: I hope there will be more Romani doctors, journalists, lawyers and police officers. In: Romea. 30.05.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/vanesa-horvathova-i-hope-there-will-be-more-romani-doctors-journalists-lawyers-and-police-officers#.Ww7QlzqNDfM.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/vanesa-horvathova-i-hope-there-will-be-more-romani-doctors-journalists-lawyers-and-police-officers#.Ww7QlzqNDfM.facebook”]
The Khamoro Festival opened in Prague last Sunday.
– Romské slunce nezapadne celý týden, začal festival Khamoro. In: O24. 28.05.2018. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/kultura/2492182-romske-slunce-nezapadne-cely-tyden-zacal-festival-khamoro
– Kultura: Festival Khamoro začal ve studiu Seznamu. Poslechněte si romský All-Star Band. In: Zpravy. https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/festival-khamoro-zacal-ve-studiu-seznamu-poslechnete-si-romsky-all-star-band-47914
– IN PRAG BEGINNT FESTIVAL KHAMORO. In: Radio Prague. 28.05.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/in-prag-beginnt-festival-khamoro [link-preview url=”https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/festival-khamoro-zacal-ve-studiu-seznamu-poslechnete-si-romsky-all-star-band-47914 “]
Another article on the closure of a migrant’s camp near the Frankfurt’s railway station. Many of its residents were Romanian Roma. As in France, no alternative was provided to the people, and they will land back on the streets.
– Polizei räumt Roma-Elendslager: „Sie werden wieder nur auf der Straße sitzen“. In: Focus. 30.05.2018. https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html”]
A depressing article about the prospects of young Roma from the settlements: If a child is born in a Roma settlement, he has no prospects for the future. He or she usually ends as his parents – without an education and under-employed. According to experts, poverty in Slovakia is due because of the persistent prejudice and the inability of schools to adapt to the needs of Roma children.
– Nikdy z teba nič nebude, počujú neraz deti Rómov. In: Slovensko. 28.05.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1752058-nikdy-z-teba-nic-nebude-pocuju-neraz-deti-romov [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1752058-nikdy-z-teba-nic-nebude-pocuju-neraz-deti-romov”]
An article on the series of Pogroms in the Ukraine and the de-facto impunity of the perpetuators. Scary is the fact that this anti-Roma attitude in society has gained hold in recent years.
Bad for all.
– “За погромы ромов так никто и не ответил”. Кто разжигает нетерпимость в обществе. In Vesti. 26.05.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/strana/290208-za-pohromy-romov-tak-nikto-i-ne-otvetil-kto-razzhihaet-neterpimostv-obshchestve [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/strana/290208-za-pohromy-romov-tak-nikto-i-ne-otvetil-kto-razzhihaet-neterpimostv-obshchestve”]
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