An Arte Movie on Roma in the Czech Republic. Not new but definitively still actual.
– Les Roms, des citoyens comme les autres ? In: Arte. 2015. http://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/062282-000-A/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres [link-preview url=”http://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/062282-000-A/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres”]
More reactions to the statements of the Czech President Zeman regarding Lety.
– Anti-racism campaigners say opening of pig farm at ex-Nazi camp is a “grave offence” In: Le Journal. 30.06.2017. http://www.thejournal.ie/lety-pig-farm-roma-ex-nazi-camp-3472220-Jun2017/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thejournal.ie/lety-pig-farm-roma-ex-nazi-camp-3472220-Jun2017/”]
The special tribunal for Kosovo is close to start its work. This tribunal was set up to investigate crimes committed by the UCK and its leaders during the 1999 war. The UCK, besides ethnically cleansing the region committed several crimes against minorities, especially against Roma.
– Le tribunal spécial sur le Kosovo bientôt prêt à commencer ses travaux. In: Le Vif. 28.06.2017. http://www.levif.be/actualite/international/le-tribunal-special-sur-le-kosovo-bientot-pret-a-commencer-ses-travaux/article-normal-685597.html [link-preview url=”http://www.levif.be/actualite/international/le-tribunal-special-sur-le-kosovo-bientot-pret-a-commencer-ses-travaux/article-normal-685597.html”]
Another set of articles on the young Jewish activists who have given a home to other minorities NGOs, especially to Roma ones as well as to LGBT organisations. Aurora was shut down last Friday – but the fight continues.
– How the young Jews of Budapest are resisting the rise of hate. In: Jewish News. 28.06.2017. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-the-young-jews-of-budapest-are-resisting-the-rise-of-hate/
– Hongrie : un espace contestataire de Budapest dans le viseur des autorités. In: L’obs. 30.06.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/en-direct/a-chaud/39120-hongrie-budapest-hongrie-espace-contestataire-budapest.html [link-preview url=”http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-the-young-jews-of-budapest-are-resisting-the-rise-of-hate/ “]
An article highlighting the fact that Bosnia, more than 18 years after the end of the war, is still not safe for Roma to return. Ethnically cleaned countries are not good for minorities.
– Sanel Ahmetovic: «Pour les Roms, la Bosnie n’est pas un pays sûr» In: La Voix du Nord. 30.06.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/184932/article/2017-06-30/sanel-ahmetovic-pour-les-roms-la-bosnie-n-est-pas-un-pays-sur [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/184932/article/2017-06-30/sanel-ahmetovic-pour-les-roms-la-bosnie-n-est-pas-un-pays-sur”]
An article about Bulgarian Roma. The article is probably well intentioned, but by showcasing a prostitute in Germany who wires 139’000 Euros back to her home contry, contributes to perpetuate negative stereotypes.
BAD.
– A Tale of Two Roma. In: Handelsblatt Global. 01.07.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/a-tale-of-two-roma-bulgaria-berlin-nadeschda-poverty-781586 [link-preview url=”https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/a-tale-of-two-roma-bulgaria-berlin-nadeschda-poverty-781586″]
The Bulgarian city of Asenovgrad, in the South central part of the country, saw a huge manifestation by resident against Roma. They are protesting the “illegal” residence of Roma and their “criminal” activities.
Needless to say that the illegal part has to do with the privatisation of the land after communism – Roma have been there since the Byzantine times, and the criminal activities, if any are not related to ethnicity but to poverty.
– Social Tensions in Assenovgrad not Subsiding. In: Novinite. 30.06.2017. http://www.novinite.com/articles/180937/Social+Tensions+in+Assenovgrad+not+Subsiding [link-preview url=”http://www.novinite.com/articles/180937/Social+Tensions+in+Assenovgrad+not+Subsiding”]
The planned opening of a memorial to the Roma victims of the Holocaust in Hodonin, on the site of a former concentration camp, has been delayed indefinitely. This is the result of a possible transfer of ownership of the memorial and exhibition from the Education Ministry to the Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs.
Well, seems that the Czech prefer not to dwell too much on the fact that they killed nearly all Roma in the country during World War Two.
– Memorial to Czech Roma Holocaust delayed. In: The Prague Monitor. 30.06.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/06/30/memorial-czech-roma-holocaust-delayed [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/06/30/memorial-czech-roma-holocaust-delayed”]
Milos Zeeman, the president of the Czech Republic is against the closure of the pig farm situated on the site of the former concentration camp for Roma of Lety. He is reported to be doubting it was even a concentration camp …
No comments, apart from the fact that he should read history, and maybe activate some of his grey matter.
– Kritik an Zeman nach umstrittenen Äußerungen zu KZ Lety. In: Der Kurier. 30.06.2017. https://kurier.at/politik/ausland/tschechien-praesident-milos-zeman-nach-umstrittenen-aeusserungen-zu-kz-lety-in-der-kritik/272.667.724 [link-preview url=”https://kurier.at/politik/ausland/tschechien-praesident-milos-zeman-nach-umstrittenen-aeusserungen-zu-kz-lety-in-der-kritik/272.667.724″]
Only yesterday did we write about the Aurora Café in Budapest, a place for the opposition to Orban’s government and to minorities.
The café was closed yesterday.
SAD!
– Budapest schließt Alternativclub. In: Der Standart. 30.06.2017. http://derstandard.at/2000060552787/Budapest-schliesst-Alternativclub [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000060552787/Budapest-schliesst-Alternativclub”]
The Aurora café in Budapest, a Jewish café originally has turned into a centre of resistance for opposition activists of minorities. It houses the offices of a Roma NGO, of the LGBT community, and of course of various Jewish groups.
Let’s hope it can continue.
– Hungary’s Resistance Has a Hip Jewish Address — But For How Long? In: Forward. 29.06.2017. http://forward.com/news/375774/in-hungary-the-resistance-to-orbans-populist-rule-has-a-hot-jewish-address/ [link-preview url=”http://forward.com/news/375774/in-hungary-the-resistance-to-orbans-populist-rule-has-a-hot-jewish-address/”]
A Slovak article got their history totally wrong: Stating that until the 19th century Roma in the Austro-Hungarian Empire were mostly nomadic.
No, All Carpathian Roma were not. There were the Kale / Sinti in the Czech Republic and, after the abolition of slavery in Romanian lands the Vlax Roma, but by and large, the nomadism is a myth that Maria Theresia took from her German background.
Shame to perpetuate myths
– The Roma competitors. In: The Slovak Spectator. 26.06.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20568644/the-roma-competitors.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20568644/the-roma-competitors.html”]
Before the Far Right turned anti Moslem, guess what, they were against Roma… This is especially true in Eastern Europe for example Hungary, but also Slovakia, etc.
Bad.
– Before they opposed Muslims, Europe’s far right targeted a different minority. In: Washington Post. 22.06.2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/22/before-they-opposed-muslims-europes-far-right-targeted-a-different-minority/?utm_term=.17d136ae1f2c [link-preview url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/22/before-they-opposed-muslims-europes-far-right-targeted-a-different-minority/?utm_term=.17d136ae1f2c”]
Vikotor Orban praised Hungary’s World War Two leader – Horthy – who led a government which oversaw the deportation of almost all of the Jews from Hungary and who was profoundly racists, also against Roma.
Anyhow, praising Nazis is never good for us.
– Orbán wagt den Tabubruch. In: Spiegel Online 26.06.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/orban-wagt-den-tabubruch-und-wuerdigt-hitler-verbuendeten-miklos-horthy-a-1154518.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/orban-wagt-den-tabubruch-und-wuerdigt-hitler-verbuendeten-miklos-horthy-a-1154518.html”]
The closure of the pig farm in Lety is still not yet secured, in spite of promises by the government to buy the farm back.
This pig farm on the site of a former concentration camp for Roma in the Czech republic hasn’t been resolved in by now nearly 30 years…
– Activists demand removal of pig farm from Roma Holocaust site. In: Times of Israel. 25.06.2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-demand-removal-of-pig-farm-from-roma-holocaust-site/ [link-preview url=”http://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-demand-removal-of-pig-farm-from-roma-holocaust-site/”]
The Italian tax police is not known for being soft. They arrested an elderly Bosnian Romni and confiscated 25’000 EUR she had painfully saved – knowing that she lives below the poverty level. She is 71 years old …
La comunità Rom: “False le accuse contro Djula Ahmetovic” In: Go News. 24.06.2017. http://www.gonews.it/2017/06/24/la-comunita-rom-false-le-accuse-contro-djula-ahmetovic/ [link-preview url=”http://www.gonews.it/2017/06/24/la-comunita-rom-false-le-accuse-contro-djula-ahmetovic/”]
Nearly 450 Mio EUR are earmarked as help for the Roma communities in Slovakia, of which nearly 50 Mio is dedicated to kindergartens. The funds are from the EU.
Let’s hope!
– Z eurofondov smeruje na marginalizovaných Rómov 450 miliónov eur. In: SME Romovia. 23.06.2017. https://romovia.sme.sk/c/20566348/z-eurofondov-smeruje-na-marginalizovanych-romov-450-milionov-eur.html#axzz4ku1rbj6T [link-preview url=”https://romovia.sme.sk/c/20566348/z-eurofondov-smeruje-na-marginalizovanych-romov-450-milionov-eur.html#axzz4ku1rbj6T”]
The Council of the Roma Community, an umbrella organization representing the interests of the Roma in Slovenia celebrated on the 23rd of June its tenth anniversary. The association represents Roma in relation to state authorities and addresses specific issues related to their interests, status and rights.
– Svet romske skupnosti proslavil desetletnico delovanja. In: STA. 24.06.2017. https://www.sta.si/2402182/svet-romske-skupnosti-proslavil-desetletnico-delovanja [link-preview url=”https://www.sta.si/2402182/svet-romske-skupnosti-proslavil-desetletnico-delovanja”]
A work of fiction based on the murder of Roma during the Bosnian War. Maybe interesting to read. But good that one speaks about the ethnic cleansing in the Yugoslav wars.
– ‘Testimony’ Fictionalizes Real-Life Oppression of Roma in Yugoslav Wars. In: WUMW. 24.06.2017. http://wuwm.com/post/testimony-fictionalizes-real-life-oppression-roma-yugoslav-wars#stream/0 [link-preview url=”http://wuwm.com/post/testimony-fictionalizes-real-life-oppression-roma-yugoslav-wars#stream/0″]
The Polish Ombudsman for Human Rights apologised officially saying the Polish Nation participated in the Holocaust.
Well done!
– Polish ombudsman apologises for Holocaust comments. In: Radio Poland. 20.06.2017. http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/312854,Polish-Ombudsman-apologises-for-Holocaust-comments [link-preview url=”http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/312854,Polish-Ombudsman-apologises-for-Holocaust-comments”]
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