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Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Slovaquie

Slovakia, the Police, and Roma

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A follow up on the beatings by the police of Roma residents from the Slovak town of Zborov. On April 16th, the police beat up children, pregnant women, and finally threatened residents in case a video of the incident would be released (which happened).
Shame that the police can do this, double shame that they have not yet been prosecuted.

– https://youtu.be/OrCwfhc9leo
– Slovakia: Romani residents of Zborov tell Romea.cz that police beat children, pregnant women, threatened retribution if video released. In: Romea.cz. 12.06.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-romani-residents-of-zborov-tell-romea-cz-that-police-beat-children-pregnant-women-threatened-retribution-if-video [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/OrCwfhc9leo “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Portrait and Memories

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A portrait of a Roma radio editor Igor Dužda. And some interesting facts about the pre and post war situation of Roma in Slovakia as well as the creation of the current slums in the country. These did not really exist prior to the war as Roma were found in every village, and if settlements there were, they were small.

– Prvý redaktor rómskeho rozhlasového vysielania Igor Dužda: Nemám rád nespravodlivosť. In: SME Domov. 09.06.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20552820/prvy-redaktor-romskeho-rozhlasoveho-vysielania-igor-duzda-nemam-rad-nespravodlivost.html#axzz4jlJunxGG [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20552820/prvy-redaktor-romskeho-rozhlasoveho-vysielania-igor-duzda-nemam-rad-nespravodlivost.html#axzz4jlJunxGG”]

Bosnie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Serbie

Bosnia and Roma

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A reportage about the dismal living conditions of Roma in Bosnia and Hercegovina. Many Roma were displaced during the war – ethnically cleansed from Serbian regions – and are still living in temporary camps and settlements.

– NEDOSTOJNO ŽIVLJENJE ROMOV V BIH. In: RTV4. 11.06.2017. http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/prvi-dnevnik/174476436 [link-preview url=”http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/prvi-dnevnik/174476436″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Poland: Zabrze Attack

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A reportage on the police finding on an attempted attack against Roma in Zabrze, near Katowice in Southern Poland. The perpetrators of this attack which occurred end of March are hooligans well known to the police.
Nice the police acted. Not always the case in Poland.

– Zabrze: Atak kiboli na Romów. Policja zatrzymała już dziesięciu pseudokibiców. In: Nazemiasto. 08.06.2017. http://zabrze.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/zabrze-atak-kiboli-na-romow-policja-zatrzymala-juz,4144294,artgal,t,id,tm.html [link-preview url=”http://zabrze.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/zabrze-atak-kiboli-na-romow-policja-zatrzymala-juz,4144294,artgal,t,id,tm.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Slums

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The Roma settlements (called Osada) are is so poor conditions that tuberculosis is quite common. And it is difficult to heal (it is often resistant against many antibiotics). Slovakia is trying to tackle the problem, forming staff who will work in the settlement themselves.

– V boji s tuberkulózou v osadách majú pomôcť aj terénni pracovníci. In: Korzar. 09.07.2017. https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20554751/v-boji-s-tuberkulozou-v-osadach-maju-pomoct-aj-terenni-pracovnici.html#axzz4jaOqLf6Z [link-preview url=”https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20554751/v-boji-s-tuberkulozou-v-osadach-maju-pomoct-aj-terenni-pracovnici.html#axzz4jaOqLf6Z”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Roma

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A successful dancer openly says she is a Romni. Good but not easy in a country where Roma are continuously discriminated upon.

– Úspešná tanečníčka: Nie je hanbou byť Rómom. In: Aktuality. 08.06.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/494935/uspesna-tanecnicka-nie-je-hanbou-byt-rom/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/494935/uspesna-tanecnicka-nie-je-hanbou-byt-rom/”]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Timea Junghaus

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An article by a Hungarian Romni and activist – Timea Junghaus. Worthy read!

– It’s Time for Roma People to Speak for Themselves. In: Open Society Foundations. 02.06.2017. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/it-s-time-roma-people-speak-themselves [link-preview url=”https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/it-s-time-roma-people-speak-themselves”]

Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Kosovo Lead Poisoning: Roma Reactions

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Roma organisations have criticised the lack of actions on the UN part to resolve and compensate the victims of lead poisoning that was the result of the UN opening a camp for Roma in a severely poisoned area of Kosovo.
85 people died.

– Roma Rights Organizations Condemn Lack of UN Action on Lead Poisoning in Kosovo. In: ERRC. 01.06.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582″]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria: Integration and Extreme Right

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The president for the governmental council for the integration of ethnic minorities in Bulgaria has been selected… And he is from the extreme right. With views that all those minorities shouldn’t be there.
BAD!!!!

– Bulgarie: l’intégration des minorités confiée à l’extrême droite. In: RTL.be. 25.05.2017. http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/international/bulgarie-l-integration-des-minorites-confiee-a-l-extreme-droite-921248.aspx [link-preview url=”http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/international/bulgarie-l-integration-des-minorites-confiee-a-l-extreme-droite-921248.aspx”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia – More on the Attacks

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More links on the videos and the facts about the police beating up Roma in the Roma settlement in Zborov in North Eastern Slovakia.

– VIDEO: Policajti bili obuškami Rómov v osade. Zaháňali sa aj na deti. In: TV Noviny. 24.05.2017. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1871387_video-policajti-bili-obuskami-romov-v-osade-zahanali-sa-aj-na-deti
– Video: Policajti bili Rómov na východe obuškami. In: Aktuality. 24.05.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/490877/video-policajti-bili-romov-na-vychode-obuskami/
– Drsný policajný zásah pri konflikte Rómov zachytili kamery: Videom sa bude zaoberať policajná inšpekcia! In: Novy Cas. 24.05.2017. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/552082/drsny-policajny-zasah-pri-konflikte-romov-zachytili-kamery-videom-sa-bude-zaoberat-policajna-inspekcia/
– Ombudsmanka Patakyová preskúma policajný zásah v Zborove. In: Spravy Pravda. 25.05.2017. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/430586-pollak-policajti-by-mali-mat-bezodkladne-kameru-pripevnenu-na-svojom-odeve/
– Policajti bili obuškami Rómov, Gašpar vidí neprimerané zákroky. In: SME Domov. 24.05.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20541316/policajti-bili-obuskami-romov-gaspar-vidi-neprimerane-zakroky.html#axzz4iTVRm6KC
– Zborov : Video ktoré zachytáva ako policajti bijú Rómov. In: SME Blog. 24.05.2017. https://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/455799/zborov-video-ktore-zachytava-ako-policajti-biju-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/490877/video-policajti-bili-romov-na-vychode-obuskami/ “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Al Jazeera – Double up

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Al Jazeera is continuing its reportages on Roma in Slovakia. And they are good.
Bravo – and please continue.
Where are the other news agencies?
– Slovakia’s Roma: Living on the margins. In: Al Jazeera. 26.05.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/05/slovakia-roma-living-margins-170524095312212.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/05/slovakia-roma-living-margins-170524095312212.html”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Republic: Abuse and Death

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A Czech man shouted abuse at a Rom in Chomutov, a small town in the North West of the country, and then shot the Rom … Really – This is 21st century?

– Czech Republic: Non-Romani man shouts racial abuse at 34-year-old Romani man before shooting him dead. In: Romea.cz. 27.05.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-non-romani-man-shouts-racial-abuse-at-41-year-old-romani-man-before-shooting-him-dead#.WSnTnYwttuM.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-non-romani-man-shouts-racial-abuse-at-41-year-old-romani-man-before-shooting-him-dead#.WSnTnYwttuM.facebook”]

Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Serbie

Kosovo Relief Fund …

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18 years after the facts, a relief fund is being established for displaced Roma in Kosovo. Well, less than 10% of the overall Roma population is still there. The rest have fled.
To late, to little.

– Secretary-General to Establish Trust Fund for Displaced Roma, Askhali, Egpytian Communities in Northern Kosovo Following Human Rights Panel’s Findings. In: Relief Web. 26.05.2017. http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities [link-preview url=”http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities”]

Kosovo Montenegro Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Kosovo – Crimes

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Four people were found guilty of drowning 35 Roma refugees in 1999… A court in Montenegro condemned the people to prison terms – 7 years max.
This, 18 years after the facts

– 4 found guilty for drowning of 35 Kosovo Roma refugees. In: B92. 25.05.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=25&nav_id=101374 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=25&nav_id=101374″]

Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Kosovo Witnesses

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An article about the dangerous lives of witnesses of UCK crimes in Kosovo. The new tribunal to close the last chapters of the Kosovo war has a problem, as witnesses are regularly intimidated, threatened, and in some prior cases, even killed.
– Zeugen leben in Kosovo gefährlich. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 23.05.2017. https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817 [link-preview url=”https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Police Attack

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A video showing random attack of Roma by the police in the small Slovak town of Zborov in the North East of the country has surfaced. The attacks occurred on April 16th but the video was shared only recently with the ERRC.
SHAME

– Police Attack Roma Community in Slovakia: Children and Elderly Injured. In: ERRC. 24.05.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/police-attack-roma-community-in-slovakia-children-and-elderly-injured/4579 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/police-attack-roma-community-in-slovakia-children-and-elderly-injured/4579″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Romanian Deportation

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A BBC reportage on the deportation of Rroma to Transdiestra during World War Two. A little know chapter of the Holocaust.

– The Roma Victims of the Holocaust. In: BBC News. 23.05.2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xm3 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xm3″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Al-Jazeera

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A Slovak reaction to a reportage about Rroma in Slovakia. The Al-Jazeera reportage is considered objective, well informed, and representative, also in its political analysis.

– Týždeň vo svetových médiách: Arabská televízia o Ficovi, Kotlebovi a Rómoch. In: Aktuality. 20.05.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/487788/tyzden-vo-svetovych-mediach-arabska-televizia-o-ficovi-kotlebovi-a-romoch/
– Life in Slovakia’s Roma slums: Poverty and segregation. In: Al-Jazeera. 10.05.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/04/life-slovakia-roma-slums-poverty-segregation-170425090756677.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/487788/tyzden-vo-svetovych-mediach-arabska-televizia-o-ficovi-kotlebovi-a-romoch/ “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovénie

Slovenia – the War and Partisans

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A short article about the War in Slovenia and testimonies about summary executions carried out by partisans – also executing Rroma.

– Komunistični zločini: Umorili so kogarkoli. In: Reporter. 21.05.2017. http://reporter.si/clanek/slovenija/komunisticni-zlocini-umorili-so-kogarkoli-513536 [link-preview url=”http://reporter.si/clanek/slovenija/komunisticni-zlocini-umorili-so-kogarkoli-513536″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and the Police Case

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The lawyer of the Rroma who sued the police for abuse following their arrest and abuse and who were acquitted last week, believes that the court will change the decision to free cops. According to the lawyer, it is incomprehensible that the District Court refused to accept the incriminating video as evidence without having to carry out an expert opinion. The prosecution appealed the verdict in any case.

– Advokátka týraných Rómov verí, že súd zmení rozhodnutie o oslobodení policajtov. In: Spravy Pravda. 18.05.2017. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/429913-advokatka-tyranych-romov-veri-ze-sud-zmeni-rozhodnutie-o-oslobodeni-policajtov/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/429913-advokatka-tyranych-romov-veri-ze-sud-zmeni-rozhodnutie-o-oslobodeni-policajtov/”]

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