A video of an Interview with Kujtim Paćaku, who recently died. He was a Roma journalist and poet from Prizren. The interview was realised 4 years ago.
– Kujtim Paćaku poète rrom du Kosovo. https://vimeo.com/88567555 [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/88567555″]
The lawyer defending the Roma victims of an attack on a camp in the Kharkiv region was brutally attacked. And the leader of the attacker was none other than a local prosecutor. Apparently, the attackers were not even masked and there is CCTV coverage.
Bad.
Also bad that the newspaper used the picture of a Roma shantytown from Paris. It is the camp of the petite ceinture – on the tracks of a disused train line.
– Halya Coynash: Ukrainian prosecutor accused of brutal attack on Roma hate crime lawyer. In: Kyiv Post. 28.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-ukrainian-prosecutor-accused-of-brutal-attack-on-roma-hate-crime-lawyer.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-ukrainian-prosecutor-accused-of-brutal-attack-on-roma-hate-crime-lawyer.html”]
The Bulgarian authorities have begun destroying “illegal” houses, i.e. undocumented constructions, in the Stolipinovo neighbourhood of Plovdiv. Stolipinovo is one of the largest mahala (Roma neighbourhood) in the city.
– Събарят незаконните постройки в кв. Столипиново в Пловдив. In: Novini. 22.05.2018. https://www.facebook.com/Novini.bg/videos/1873962609337056/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Novini.bg/videos/1873962609337056/”]
Roma are deprived of health care
According to the President of the Union of Roma of Slovenia Jožko Horvat Muca, the Roma community is deprived of health care. “Roma are still living in often illegal settlements, under bad conditions, without drinking water and electricity. All of this contributes to the poor health situation”.
– Romi so pri zdravstveni oskrbi prikrajšani. In: STA. 25.05.2018. https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470 [link-preview url=”https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470″]
Schooling is difficult for Roma in Bosnia. In Modrički Lug, a van was is planned to be bought in order to ferry Roma children to the nearby city of Vukosavlje, where they can pursue their school career. There is no upper secondary school in the city, and due to poverty, most cannot afford the transport. The purchase is a local Roma initiative.
– ROMS DE BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE : GRANDE PAUVRETÉ VS. DROIT À L’ÉDUCATION. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 23.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roms-de-Bosnie-Herzegovine-grande-pauvrete-vs-droit-a-l-education [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roms-de-Bosnie-Herzegovine-grande-pauvrete-vs-droit-a-l-education”]
Is it a trend? Or is it a change? The news this week on Roma in France are definitively different. Education, about a Romni in Montreuil fighting for the enrolment of Roma children in school; help, with a story of students of a prestigious French university (Science Po) devoting time to Roma in Poitiers; a Roma manifestation in Nice about the living conditions in Romania; a movie about a Roma family; an integration centre is being discussed in the North of France and one opened near Paris in Ivry; and then the usual news, a fire in a camp in the North, and a camp closure near Paris.
Finally, racism in France with Moslems and Roma coming on the top of the league … A depressing pattern in Europe.
– Montreuil : Liliana se bat pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 20.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/montreuil-liliana-se-bat-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-20-05-2018-7726188.php
– Les étudiants de Sciences Po agissent auprès des Roms. In: Centre Presse. 22.05.2018. http://www.centre-presse.fr/article-604073-les-etudiants-de-sciences-po-agissent-aupres-des-roms.html
– Les Roms manifestent contre les ghettos en Roumanie. In: Nice Matin. 21.05.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-manifestent-contre-les-ghettos-en-roumanie-231892
– 8, AVENUE LÉNINE. In: Mill Bâbords. http://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article31813
– Projet «Sas Roms», une seconde réunion publique bien plus calme. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/382341/article/2018-05-23/projet-sas-roms-une-seconde-reunion-publique-bien-plus-calme
– Ivry : des chalets et de l’insertion pour onze familles roms. In: Le Parisien. 25.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ivry-des-chalets-et-de-l-insertion-pour-onze-familles-roumaines-25-05-2018-7736010.php
– Une dizaine de caravanes détruites dans l’incendie d’un camp de familles roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/381676/article/2018-05-23/une-dizaine-de-caravanes-detruites-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-familles-roms
– Yvelines. Houilles : le camp de Roms de la rue Bapaume démantelé. In: Actu.fr. 25.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html
– France : Selon un rapport, Roms et musulmans sont les minorités les plus stigmatisées. In: Yabiladi. 25.05.2018. https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/65272/france-selon-rapport-roms-musulmans.html
– Le racisme en 2017 : l’état des lieux de la CNCDH. In: Vie Publique. 24.05.2018. http://www.vie-publique.fr/actualite/alaune/racisme-baisse-du-nombre-actes-racistes-signales.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html “]
The EU is giving funds for the integration of Roma in the school system and to avoid the de-facto segregation of schooling that is still prevalent in the country.
Let’s hope it helps.
– Schools open to all? Slovakia uses EU funds to include Roma children. In: EURActiv. 25.05.20128. https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/schools-open-to-all-slovakia-uses-eu-funds-to-achieve-inclusive-education/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/schools-open-to-all-slovakia-uses-eu-funds-to-achieve-inclusive-education/”]
The ERRC is now reporting on the spate of attacks in Ukraine against Roma.
– FAR-RIGHT ATTACK: THIRD IN RECENT WEEKS AGAINST ROMA IN UKRAINE. In: ERRC. 25.05.2018. http://www.errc.org/news/far-right-attack-third-in-recent-weeks-against-roma-in-ukraine [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/news/far-right-attack-third-in-recent-weeks-against-roma-in-ukraine”]
A video on Roma in the Ukraine in the context of the recent attack in Ternopil region.
This being a Russian News outlet, some of the comments are to be taken with a word of caution.
Fact remains, the perpetrators of the attacks are largely not arrested and much less condemned.
– ПРИЧИНОЙ НАПАДЕНИЙ РАДИКАЛОВ НА РОМОВ МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ ПОЛИТИКА ИЛИ ОТВЛЕЧЕНИЕ ВНИМАНИЯ. In: RU TSN. https://ru.tsn.ua/video/video-novini/prichinoy-napadeniy-radikalov-na-romov-mozhet-byt-politika-ili-otvlechenie-vnimaniya.html [link-preview url=”https://ru.tsn.ua/video/video-novini/prichinoy-napadeniy-radikalov-na-romov-mozhet-byt-politika-ili-otvlechenie-vnimaniya.html”]
Following the statements by Branimir Bunjac, a Croatian MP from the Živi Zid party (a populist party) that Roma bride were sold in Northern Croatia, the press took the information over and splashed it everywhere.
Now the police stated they had NO EVIDENCE of such transactions.
No further comments.
– Police have no information on Roma brides being sold to marriage. In: Total Croatia. 24.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28535-police-denies-young-roma-brides-being-sold-to-marriage [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28535-police-denies-young-roma-brides-being-sold-to-marriage”]
Another article on bride selling – this time in Croatia, a country where racism runs anyhow high. Again, the right question is not being asked: Is it “selling” or is it an early wedding with the Vlach tradition of paying the father of the bride.
Such small differentiations are probably too much to ask.
– Young Roma Brides Sold in Northern Croatia. In: Total Croatia. 23.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28515-young-roma-brides-sold-in-northern-croatia [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28515-young-roma-brides-sold-in-northern-croatia”]
Again an attack against Roma in the Ukraine. This one took place in the Ternopil region on May 22nd.
– Возле Тернополя сожгли табор ромов. In: Segodnya. 23.05.2018. https://www.segodnya.ua/regions/lvov/vozle-ternopolya-sozhgli-lager-romov–1140762.html
– IN TERNOPIL REGION SHOT GYPSY CHILDREN. In: Bobrtimes. 23.05.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/in-ternopil-region-shot-gypsy-children/49790/ [link-preview url=”https://www.segodnya.ua/regions/lvov/vozle-ternopolya-sozhgli-lager-romov–1140762.html “]
A short video highlighting the life of Roma in the Uzhhorod region of the Ukraine. Undocumented houses, no electricity, water, etc…
– Отрезанные от общества: жизнь ромов в Закарпатье (ВИДЕО). In: UA Reporter. 21.05.2018. https://ua-reporter.com/news/otrezannye-ot-obshchestva-zhizn-romov-v-zakarpate-video [link-preview url=”https://ua-reporter.com/news/otrezannye-ot-obshchestva-zhizn-romov-v-zakarpate-video”]
The case of Professor David Scheffel, a Canadian anthropologist and long-time advocate of the Roma now being accused of paedophilia is continuing its course. He is being judged in Slovakia and was found apparently in possession of pornographic materials.
Bad whichever way this comes out.
– SVET O SLOVENSKU: Je to pedofil, alebo ochranca Rómov? In: Dnes 24. 21.05.2018. http://www.dnes24.sk/svet-o-slovensku-je-to-pedofil-alebo-ochranca-romov-299506 [link-preview url=”http://www.dnes24.sk/svet-o-slovensku-je-to-pedofil-alebo-ochranca-romov-299506″]
Hungarian schools are increasingly segregating Roma children. The report is chilling.
– Growing segregation of Roma children in Hungary. In: Hungarian Free Press. 21.05.2018. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/05/21/growing-segregation-of-roma-children-in-hungary/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/05/21/growing-segregation-of-roma-children-in-hungary/”]
The Kosovo Roma journalist and poet Kutim Paçaky died on the 17th of May.
May he rest in peace!
– KUJTIM PAÇAKU, POÈTE ET JOURNALISTE ROM DU KOSOVO, EST DÉCÉDÉ. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 17.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-deces-Kujtim-Pacaku-poete-et-porte-parole-de-la-communaute-rom [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-deces-Kujtim-Pacaku-poete-et-porte-parole-de-la-communaute-rom”]
Several Ukrainian artists built a makeshift house to remind people about the plight of Roma and others who live in shantytowns in the Ukraine.
On the second article in “Korrespondent”, there are many comments that are really scary against Roma.
– В центре Киева построили жилье для ромов (Фото). In: ABC News. 18.05.2018. http://abcnews.com.ua/ru/news/v-tsentre-kieva-postroili-zhile-dlia-romov-foto
– В центре Киева воссоздали хижину ромов. In: Korrespondent. 19.05.2018. https://korrespondent.net/city/kiev/3972345-v-tsentre-kyeva-vossozdaly-khyzhynu-romov [link-preview url=”https://korrespondent.net/city/kiev/3972345-v-tsentre-kyeva-vossozdaly-khyzhynu-romov”]
The President of the Republic, Borut Pahor, met with Roma representatives, the municipalities and the state in what happens to be the biggest consultation on Roma in the Presidential Palace. Purpose was discussing the housing situation of Roma, and the fact that many of them live without electricity, water, and sewers.
– Brez elektrike in kanalizacije okrog polovica Romov na jugovzhodu države. In: Dnevnik. 17.05.2018. https://www.dnevnik.si/1042822276
– Živijo v Sloveniji, a nimajo dostopa do pitne vode in električnega omrežja. In: STA. 16.05.2018. https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/zivijo-v-sloveniji-a-nimajo-dostopa-do-pitne-vode-in-elektricnega-omrezja-467585 [link-preview url=”https://www.dnevnik.si/1042822276 “]
The 16th of May marks the day where Roma in Auschwitz took arms and resisted.
This day needs to be remembered and commemorated.
– The Forgotten History of Romani Resistance. In: Open Society Foundations. 15.05.2018. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/forgotten-history-romani-resistance [link-preview url=”https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/forgotten-history-romani-resistance”]
Peter Niedermüller and Soraya Post, EU MPs, jointly published an article on the dire situation of Roma children in Hungary. They are all too often taken away from their families by social services and end up abused. They are asking the EU to start an infringement procedure against Hungary.
– Mums and dads of Roma children deprived parent rights. In: EU Observer. 15.05.2018. https://euobserver.com/opinion/141811
– Niedermüller: Túl sok roma gyereket jogtalanul emelnek ki a családjukból. In: Index. 15.05.2018. https://index.hu/kulfold/ep/2018/05/15/niedermuller_tul_sok_roma_gyereket_jogtalanul_emelnek_ki_a_csaladjukbol/ [link-preview url=”https://euobserver.com/opinion/141811 “]
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