A Roma activist, Cenek Ruzicka, was awarded the Czech Artis Bohemiae Amicis prize for his efforts to remove the pig farm from the Lety concentration site.
Good.
– Culture Ministry awards Czech Roma activist. In: The Prague Monitor. 02.10.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/02/culture-ministry-awards-czech-roma-activist [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/02/culture-ministry-awards-czech-roma-activist”]
On 22 July 2015 the city of Wrocław levelled the Roma settlement in ul. Paprotna. At the moment of demolition, the settlement consisted of five buildings. Families (adults and children) had been living in these houses since 2009. A complaint to the ECHR was filed in early 2016.
The Roma complainants did not know about the planned demolition of their homes. On the morning of July 22, they left their homes and they were demolished. Consequently, they lost their home and belongings. Some items (such as applaiances and stoves) were misappropriated, and the remaining property, including documents and medicines, was levelled to the ground and dumped into the nearby rubbish dump with the rubble.
The European Court of Human Rights is investigating the case and has send a series of questions to the Polish government.
– Skargi Romów na wyburzenie ich domów we Wrocławiu. In: Rzeczpospolita. 28.09.2017. http://www.rp.pl/Cudzoziemcy/309289966-Skargi-Romow-na-wyburzenie-ich-domow-we-Wroclawiu.html#ap-1
– Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka pyta o wyburzone domy wrocławskich Romów. In: Radio Wrocław. 26.09.2017. http://www.radiowroclaw.pl/articles/view/70779/Wraca-sprawa-wroclawskich-Romow-Europejski-Trybunal-Praw-Czlowieka-z-pismem-do-polskiego-rzadu
– Europa pyta o wrocławskich Romów. “Zniszczono cały ich dobytek”. In: Wyborca. 27.09.2017. http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,22435229,europa-pyta-o-wroclawskich-romow-zniszczono-caly-ich-dobytek.html
– Polski rząd będzie się tłumaczyć z wyburzenia koczowiska Romów we Wrocławiu. In: Wrocław Onet. 28.09.2017. https://wroclaw.onet.pl/polski-rzad-bedzie-sie-tlumaczyc-z-wyburzenia-koczowiska-romow-we-wroclawiu/9fqk71k [link-preview url=”https://wroclaw.onet.pl/polski-rzad-bedzie-sie-tlumaczyc-z-wyburzenia-koczowiska-romow-we-wroclawiu/9fqk71k”]
Not many news in France this week. In Gennevilliers, near Paris, a camp is being dismantled; in Champs sur Marne, the mayor clamours for a French-wide solution to the Roma “issue”; in the North, in Hénin-Beaumont, two camps were closed and the travellers are escorted out by the police; iN Grenoble, an association closes for lack of funds for Roma; and finally a bad stereotype – a Roma pimp arrested in Hungary for crimes (running a prostitution ring) in France.
– Quasi déserté, le bidonville rom de Gennevilliers en cours de démantèlement. In: Europe 1. 26.09.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/quasi-deserte-le-bidonville-rom-de-gennevilliers-en-cours-de-demantelement-3446795
– Champs-sur-Marne réclame une prise en charge globale des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 26.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/champs-sur-marne-77420/champs-sur-marne-reclame-une-prise-en-charge-globale-des-roms-26-09-2017-7288587.php
– La maire de Champs-sur-Marne veut aider les nomades à trouver une vie plus stable. In: Évasion. 27.09.2017. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-28349-la-maire-de-champs-sur-marne-veut-aider-les-nomades-a-trouver-une-vie-plus-stable.html
– Double évacuation de camps de Roms et de Monténégrins ce mardi, près de Sainte-Henriette. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.09.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/223843/article/2017-09-26/double-evacuation-de-camps-de-roms-et-de-montenegrins-ce-mardi-pres-de-sainte
– Les nomades ont repris la route… sous surveillance de la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 27.09.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/224538/article/2017-09-27/les-nomades-ont-repris-la-route-sous-surveillance-de-la-police
– met la clé sous la porte à cause d’une baisse drastique des subventions faire sans Roms Action. In: Le Dauphiné.30.09.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/09/30/met-la-cle-sous-la-porte-a-cause-d-une-baisse-drastique-des-subventions-faire-sans-roms-action
– Condamné à Lille pour proxénétisme, il est arrêté en Hongrie. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.09.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/223694/article/2017-09-26/condamne-lille-pour-proxenetisme-il-est-arrete-en-hongrie [link-preview url=”https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-28349-la-maire-de-champs-sur-marne-veut-aider-les-nomades-a-trouver-une-vie-plus-stable.html “]
It seems that Slovakia only sends Roma children for adoption abroad… This can definitively be qualified as state racism. The director of the Centre for International Children and Youth Protection Andrey Císarová, states that “international adoption is recommended by LEN children who have Roma ethnicity and are [thus] not interesting in Slovakia”.
No further comments.
– Slovensko posiela na adopciu do cudziny iba rómske deti, podľa Blahovej zo SaS je to rasizmus. In Dennik. 27.09.2017. https://dennikn.sk/892982/slovensko-posiela-na-adopciu-do-cudziny-iba-romske-deti-podla-blahovej-zo-sas-je-to-rasizmus/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/892982/slovensko-posiela-na-adopciu-do-cudziny-iba-romske-deti-podla-blahovej-zo-sas-je-to-rasizmus/”]
István Kamarás, a Hungarian Roma who fled to Canada and came back to the country, is advocating the idea of an autonomous Roma province in North Eastern Hungary. His main argument is the current corruption among the distribution of the EU funds for Roma and the inefficiency of Roma politicians in Budapest.
Still, this is a dangerous idea.
– Referendum proposed on autonomous Roma province in Hungary. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 28.09.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/09/28/referendum-proposed-on-autonomous-roma-province-in-hungary/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/09/28/referendum-proposed-on-autonomous-roma-province-in-hungary/”]
Pictures of the Roma feast of St. Gregory in Costesti.
– AP PHOTOS: Roma celebrate religious feast day in Romania. In: Idaho Statesman. 27.09.2017. http://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/article175605856.html [link-preview url=”http://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/article175605856.html”]
One year after the pogroms in Odessa, the situation doesn’t get better, to the contrary.
– A year on from Odessa “pogrom”, Ukraine’s Roma face rise in mob justice. In: Reuters. 25.09.2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-rights-roma/a-year-on-from-odessa-pogrom-ukraines-roma-face-rise-in-mob-justice-idUSKCN1C01RN [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-rights-roma/a-year-on-from-odessa-pogrom-ukraines-roma-face-rise-in-mob-justice-idUSKCN1C01RN”]
An article about the Moslem Roma “threat” in Bulgaria where several articles in the local press state that the biggest threat to the country is the islamisation of the local Roma.
Bad.
– BULGARIE : LES ROMS MUSULMANS, UNE MENACE POUR L’« INTÉGRITÉ TERRITORIALE » ? In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 20.09.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Les-Roms-de-Bulgarie-vus-comme-menace-un-sujet-d-espionnage-ou-un-sujet [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Les-Roms-de-Bulgarie-vus-comme-menace-un-sujet-d-espionnage-ou-un-sujet”]
Following the publication in the NYT, the follow up in the English Slovak Press.
– NY Times highlights partnership in a Roma settlement. In: Slovak Spectator. 19.09.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20652677/ny-times-highlights-partnership-in-a-roma-settlement.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20652677/ny-times-highlights-partnership-in-a-roma-settlement.html”]
The arrival of some Romanian Roma in a neighbourhood of the central City of Magdeburg is escalating. “They” as the Roma are referred to, are accused of being noisy, dirty, throwing everything in the street etc. And one speaks of 1’200 people (about half of them from Romania) in a neighbourhood with more than 15’000 inhabitants. Not a real majority …
It highlights the danger of stereotypes and generalisations.
– Wie aus einem Nachbarschaftsstreit ein Skandal wird. In: Die Zeit Online. 23.09.2017. http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-09/roma-magdeburg-neue-neustadt-migration [link-preview url=”http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-09/roma-magdeburg-neue-neustadt-migration”]
Another movie on Roma: Valentian and a critique of it from Romblog.
– http://www.romblog.at/2017/09/19/filmkritik-valentina-von-laura-moldovan/ [link-preview url=”http://www.romblog.at/2017/09/19/filmkritik-valentina-von-laura-moldovan/”]
Less news on expulsions, more news, and more reports on the associations fighting for Roma. First, an serious scientific article about the 15 to 20’000 Roma in France (there are more, but as usual, one counts only the ones in the camps). In that context, an exhibition by a Romanian artist in a festival in Western France attempts a dialogue. Then an association in Grenoble that will close down for lack of funds.
This is to be contrasted with potential expulsions in Poissy, in Melun, and one effective camp closure in Créteil, all around Paris. In western France, in Angers, a house is being squatted by Roma and the city’s mayor has been contested for his expulsion policies. Finally, in the North a baby died in a camp.
– Qui sont vraiment les Roms de France ? In: CNRS. 18.09.2017. https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/qui-sont-vraiment-les-roms-de-france
– «Dialogues n°3» d’Aurelia Ivan sur les Roms et les bidonvilles. In: RFI. 22.09.2017. http://www.rfi.fr/culture/20170922-dialogues-3-aurelia-ivan-roms-bidonvilles-francophonies-limousin-jeremy-gravayat
– ROMS ACTION EN PÉRIL SUITE À UN DÉSENGAGEMENT DES COLLECTIVITÉS LOCALES. In: Place Grenet. 24.09.2017. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/09/24/roms-action-peril-suite-a-desengagement-collectivites-locales/152928
– Roms action va “mettre la clef sous la porte”. In: Le Dauphiné. 18.09.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/09/18/roms-action-va-mettre-la-clef-sous-la-porte
– A Grenoble, l’association Roms Action risque de fermer faute de subventions. In: France Info FR3. 18.09.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/grenoble-association-roms-action-risque-fermer-faute-subventions-1330393.html
– Poissy : l’affaire des Roms tranchée la semaine prochaine par le tribunal. In: Le Parisien. 21.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/poissy-78300/poissy-l-affaire-des-roms-tranchee-la-semaine-prochaine-par-le-tribunal-21-09-2017-7276776.php
– Melun. Une procédure d’expulsion en cours pour les Roms installés dans un bâtiment désaffecté de l’hôpital. In: Actu.fr. 20.09.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/melun_77288/melun-une-procedure-dexpulsion-cours-roms-installes-dans-batiment-desaffecte-lhopital_11944945.html
– Les Roms installés à l’hôpital Marc Jacquet de Melun risquent l’expulsion. In: Evasion. 21.09.2017. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-28134-les-roms-installes-a-l-hopital-marc-jacquet-de-melun-risquent-l-expulsion.html
– Créteil : le camp du carrefour Pompadour évacué. In: Le Parisien. 19.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/creteil-94000/creteil-le-camp-du-carrefour-pompadour-evacue-19-09-2017-7271700.php
– Angers : un pavillon abandonné est devenu un refuge pour des familles roms. In: FR3 Info. 19.09.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/maine-et-loire/angers/angers-pavillon-abandonne-est-devenu-refuge-familles-roms-1331321.html
– Angers. Expulsions : le maire interpellé par des militants. In: Ouest France. 20.09.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/angers-expulsions-le-maire-interpelle-par-des-militants-5259606
– Un nourrisson retrouvé mort dans un squat à Roubaix. In: FR3 France Info. 22.09.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/nourrisson-retrouve-mort-squat-roubaix-1332999.html [link-preview url=”https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/qui-sont-vraiment-les-roms-de-france”]
This is the uglier side of Slovakia. One village doesn’t want Roma from the neighbouring village to visit the paediatrician. The rest of the article is worse, big time.
Not good.
– Zvada v obci: U detskej lekárky nechceme Rómov z vedľajšej dediny! In: Pluska. 17.09.2017. http://www.pluska.sk/regiony/vychodne-slovensko/zvada-najrazovitejsej-obci-pri-detskej-lekarke-nechcu-romov-z-vedlajsej-dediny.html [link-preview url=”http://www.pluska.sk/regiony/vychodne-slovensko/zvada-najrazovitejsej-obci-pri-detskej-lekarke-nechcu-romov-z-vedlajsej-dediny.html”]
This village never ceases to pop up. It is a really good example of what can be done. Second article in the NYT.
– Shattering Ugly Roma Stereotypes. In: The New York Times. 22.09.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/roma-stereotypes.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/roma-stereotypes.html”]
An exhibition of the vanished world of the Czech Roma and Sinti who were killed almst to the last one during World War Two.
– Exhibition “A Vanished World” about indigenous Czech Roma and Sinti again on display in Prague. In: Romea.cz. 17.09.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/exhibition-a-vanished-world-about-indigenous-czech-roma-and-sinti-again-on-display-in-prague [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/exhibition-a-vanished-world-about-indigenous-czech-roma-and-sinti-again-on-display-in-prague”]
The Roma museum will be in charge of the new memorial museum in the Hodonin Roma concentration camp.
The memorial was to be opened last August but the opening was deferred due to a controversy on who would be running it going forward.
– Roma Museum to operate new memorial in Hodonín near Kunštát. In: The Prague Monitor. 19.09.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/09/19/roma-museum-operate-new-memorial-hodon%C3%ADn-near-kunštát [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/09/19/roma-museum-operate-new-memorial-hodon%C3%ADn-near-kunštát”]
Amnesty International is calling for justice for the victims of police brutality in the Slovak city of Moldova nad Bodvou. The police was acquitted and the victims are being currently sued for defamation …
– Amnesty International: We demand justice for the victims of the Slovak Police raid on the Roma settlement of Moldava nad Bodvou. In: Romea.cz. 19.09.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/amnesty-international-we-demand-justice-for-the-victims-of-the-slovak-police-raid-on-the-roma-settlement-of-moldava-nad [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/amnesty-international-we-demand-justice-for-the-victims-of-the-slovak-police-raid-on-the-roma-settlement-of-moldava-nad”]
Many Roma still have no access to drinking water, despite numerous recommendations, the ECRI commission, has now issued conclusions on the situation in Slovenia which highlight the precarious living conditions of Roma in the country. Access to water is one of the key points in the report.
– Nova graja, ker Romi še nimajo dostopa do vode. In: Delo. 18.09.2017. http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/nova-graja-ker-romi-se-nimajo-dostopa-do-vode.html [link-preview url=”http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/nova-graja-ker-romi-se-nimajo-dostopa-do-vode.html”]
An interview with a Roma King in Slovakia. This showcases stereotypes and present kings as part of the Roma culture – which they definitively are not.
– Stretol som sa s rómskym kráľom. In: Tyždeň. 16.09.2017. https://www.tyzden.sk/spolocnost/42506/stretnutie-s-romskym-kralom/ [link-preview url=”https://www.tyzden.sk/spolocnost/42506/stretnutie-s-romskym-kralom/”]
An article about the successful integration of Roma in the village of Spišský Hrhove. The village had been the subject of a long article in the New York Times (we cited it a while back).
– Láska v Spišskom Hrhove, ktorú si všimli v The New York Times. In: Dennik. 17.09.2017. https://dennikn.sk/882677/laska-v-spisskom-hrhove-ktoru-si-vsimli-v-the-new-york-times/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/882677/laska-v-spisskom-hrhove-ktoru-si-vsimli-v-the-new-york-times/”]
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