6 Roma who were beaten up in a police raid in Moldova nad Bodvou and had accused the police of brutality were condemned in court…
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– V prípade útoku kukláčov na Rómov sa z obetí stali vinníci. In: TV Noviny. 08.11.2018. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1942215_v-pripade-utoku-kuklacov-na-romov-sa-z-obeti-stali-vinnici [link-preview url=”http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1942215_v-pripade-utoku-kuklacov-na-romov-sa-z-obeti-stali-vinnici”]
30 Roma attacked and beat up a postman in a Roma settlement in Čačak in central Serbia. This attack unfortunately prompted many articles less than favourable to Roma in general. No reason was given for the attack.
– ČAČAK: Poštara krvnički pretukli! In: Visegrad 24. 06.11.2018. http://www.visegrad24.info/cacak-postara-krvnicki-pretukli/
– Čačak: Romi pretukli poštara, povređena i Romkinja. In: Vesti. 06.11.2018. https://vesti-online.com/Vesti/Hronika/716389/Cacak-Romi-pretukli-postara-povredjena-i-Romkinja
– Poštara brutalno tuklo 30 ljudi jer “nije donio rješenje za novčanu pomoć” In; Nezavisne. 06.11.2018. https://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/ex-yu/Postara-brutalno-tuklo-30-ljudi-jer-nije-donio-rjesenje-za-novcanu-pomoc/506921
– Romi pretukli poštara, zbrinut u čačanskoj bolnici. In: Kstarica. 06.11.2018. https://www.krstarica.com/vesti/hronika/romi-pretukli-postara-zbrinut-u-cacanskoj-bolnici/
– Poštara kod Čačka 30 ljudi tuklo šipkama!? In: Mondo. 06.11.2018. http://mondo.rs/a1144314/Info/Crna-Hronika/Cacak-pretucen-postar.html
– 30 Romov brutalno preteplo poštarja Marka, ker ni prinesel odločbe. In: Devnik. 09.11.2018. https://www.slovenskenovice.si/kronika/na-tujem/clanek/30-romov-brutalno-preteplo-postarja-marka-ker-ni-prinesel-odlocbe-110886 [link-preview url=”https://vesti-online.com/Vesti/Hronika/716389/Cacak-Romi-pretukli-postara-povredjena-i-Romkinja “]
Yet another case of a politician grabbing a family drama and using it for racist purposes.
Bad.
– Cyprus politician accused of racism in the wake of sibling murder. In: Ekathimerini. 07.11.2018. http://www.ekathimerini.com/234431/article/ekathimerini/news/cyprus-politician-accused-of-racism-in-the-wake-of-sibling-murder [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/234431/article/ekathimerini/news/cyprus-politician-accused-of-racism-in-the-wake-of-sibling-murder”]
An article on Roma and the EU – and on whether Roma will be defended at EU level, something that should be the case, as they are a transnational European minority.
– Will the EU include Roma in the so-called ‘Union that protects, empowers and defends’? In: European Interest. 08.11.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/will-eu-include-roma-called-union-protects-empowers-defends/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/will-eu-include-roma-called-union-protects-empowers-defends/”]
Another article in the Slovakian village of Spišský Hrhov, and its successful integration model.
– Slovakian village creates successful model to employ beleaguered Roma, fight prejudice. In: The Washington Times. 07.11.2018. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/spissky-hrhov-employs-slovakia-roma-fights-discrim/ [link-preview url=”https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/spissky-hrhov-employs-slovakia-roma-fights-discrim/”]
A study of the Leipzig university shows an increase in authoritarian and extreme right views in Germany. It highlights that every third German has anti-foreigner and racist views. Romani Rose, Chairman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma is warning against this.
Worrisome!
– Leipziger “Autoritarismus-Studie” zeigt den dringenden Handlungsbedarf, um Antiziganismus und andere Formen von Menschenfeindlichkeit zu ächten. In: Presseportal. 07.11.2018. https://www.presseportal.de/pm/128332/4108595
– Extreme Mitte beleuchtet. In: Junge Welt. 08.11.2018. https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/343140.extreme-mitte-beleuchtet.html
– Alarmierende Befunde zum Fremdenhass – mit Hang zur Dramatisierung. In: Die Welt. 07.11.2018. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article183429356/Autoritarismus-Studie-2018-Erhebung-zu-Fremdenhass-hat-ein-Manko.html
– JEDER 3. DEUTSCHE VERTRITT AUSLÄNDERFEINDLICHE POSITIONEN. In: MDR.07.11.2018. https://www.mdr.de/wissen/antworten/wie-ticken-die-deutschen-autoritarismus-studie-100.html
– Immer mehr Deutsche lehnen Ausländer und Minderheiten ab. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/Immer-mehr-Deutsche-lehnen-Auslaender-und-Minderheiten-ab-id52638306.html
– Mehr Vorurteile gegen Ausländer und Muslime. In: Deutsche Welle. 07.11.2018. https://www.dw.com/de/mehr-vorurteile-gegen-ausländer-und-muslime/a-46172898 [link-preview url=”https://www.presseportal.de/pm/128332/4108595 “]
More articles on the condemnation of Ukraine on the 2002 Pogroms in the Odessa region.
– Roma victims of pogrom in Odesa Oblast get justice in European court after 16 years. In: Kyiv Post. 07.11.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/roma-victims-of-pogrom-in-odesa-region-get-justice-in-european-court-after-16-years.html
– European court asks Ukraine to compensate Roma for 2002 attack. In: Al Jazeera. 07.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/european-court-asks-ukraine-compensate-roma-2002-attack-181106174223838.html
– UNIAN: ECHR orders Ukraine to pay compensations to Roma applicants affected in 2002 ‘pogrom’. In: Kyiv Post. 06.11.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/unian-echr-orders-ukraine-to-pay-compensations-to-roma-applicants-affected-in-2002-pogrom.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/roma-victims-of-pogrom-in-odesa-region-get-justice-in-european-court-after-16-years.html “]
Cases of voter intimidation prior to the municipal elections in Slovakia. Mayors telling Roma that if they don’t vote correctly, they will not get work, or social help, etc…
Now who is the bad one?
– Rómski politici pred voľbami burcujú políciu: Starostovia si majú vymáhať hlasy zastrašovaním. In: Nový Čas. 05.11.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/762041/romski-politici-pred-volbami-burcuju-policiu-starostovia-si-maju-vymahat-hlasy-zastrasovanim/ [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/762041/romski-politici-pred-volbami-burcuju-policiu-starostovia-si-maju-vymahat-hlasy-zastrasovanim/”]
The European Court of Human Rights condemned the Ukraine to pay compensations to the Roma victims of a pogrom in 2002.
Good!
– ECHR orders Ukraine to pay compensations to Roma applicants affected in 2002 “pogrom”. In: UNIAN. 06.11.2018. https://www.unian.info/society/10327374-echr-orders-ukraine-to-pay-compensations-to-roma-applicants-affected-in-2002-pogrom.html [link-preview url=”https://www.unian.info/society/10327374-echr-orders-ukraine-to-pay-compensations-to-roma-applicants-affected-in-2002-pogrom.html”]
Scary when the majority of the primary school children in Germany do not know what “Jew” and “Roma” mean …
– Majority of primary school students in Germany can’t explain meaning of ‘Jew’ or ‘Roma’: Study. In: The Local DE. 06.11.2018. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study”]
An article on the very late recognition of the Holocaust by Germany, and on the Civil Right movement that made it happen in the 1980’s in Germany.
– Gejagt, entwurzelt, rassistisch erfasst. In: DEutschlandfunk. 01.11.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-gejagt-entwurzelt-rassistisch.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=399592&fbclid=IwAR2ApaTsez0UeqwSh0zbajlSrF7aY5YQcKNtINqH2sB5oDcdPTvPKUZkiV8 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-gejagt-entwurzelt-rassistisch.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=399592&fbclid=IwAR2ApaTsez0UeqwSh0zbajlSrF7aY5YQcKNtINqH2sB5oDcdPTvPKUZkiV8″]
Four people are under house arrest in Lviv for the murder against a Rom last June. This definitively seems mild in comparison of the crime. Several of the perpetrators are minors and go to school. They also only face mild penalties (3 to 7 years of jail).
– Убивство рома на Львівщині: 4 підозрюваних під домашнім арештом, але ходять до школи. In: Hromadske. 31.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshini-proviv-pidgotovche-zasidannya-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv
– Суд провів підготовче засідання у справі про напад на табір ромів у Львові. In: 112.ua. 31.10.2018. https://ua.112.ua/suspilstvo/sud-proviv-pidhotovche-zasidannia-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-468048.html
– У справі про напад на ромів у Львові провели підготовче засідання. In: UNN. 31.10.2018. https://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1760352-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv-u-lvovi-proveli-pidgotovche-zasidannya [link-preview url=”https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshini-proviv-pidgotovche-zasidannya-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv “]
Another article about a young Rom from Slovakia who was sent to a “special” school there – schools that lead to nothing, and who emigrated to the UK and is now in university.
Equal chances does help!
– Brit učí deti zo Slovenska inak, chlapca zo špeciálnej školy dostal na univerzitu. In: Aktuality. 03.11.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/635380/brit-uci-deti-zo-slovenska-inak-chlapca-zo-specialnej-skoly-dostal-na-univerzitu/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/635380/brit-uci-deti-zo-slovenska-inak-chlapca-zo-specialnej-skoly-dostal-na-univerzitu/”]
A testimony of a Romanian Roma couple who lived in France for the last 15 years.
– HEUREUSE COMME UNE ROM EN FRANCE. In: Amnesty International. 03.11.2018. https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/8-avenue-lenine [link-preview url=”https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/8-avenue-lenine”]
Two articles on the situation of Roma in Bulgaria. They somewhat miss the point – Integration was quite extensive in Bulgaria, the situation deteriorated after the fall of communism and with the rise of nationalism…
– LES ROMS DE BULGARIE : DES CITOYENS EUROPÉENS QUI VIVENT DANS DES GHETTOS. In: Taurillion. 29.10.2018. https://www.taurillon.org/les-roms-de-bulgarie-des-citoyens-europeens-qui-vivent-dans-des-ghettos
– L’INTÉGRATION DES ROMS DE BULGARIE EN 15 ANS : « C’EST POSSIBLE » ! In: Taurillion. 30.10.2018. https://www.taurillon.org/l-integration-des-roms-de-bulgarie-en-15-ans-c-est-possible [link-preview url=”https://www.taurillon.org/les-roms-de-bulgarie-des-citoyens-europeens-qui-vivent-dans-des-ghettos “]
Croatia marked the International Romanes day in advance. It is celebrated on November 5th.
– Croatia Marking International Roma Language Day. 03.11.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/32125-roma-croatia [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/32125-roma-croatia”]
The description of social tensions between two minorities – Roma and Pakistani – in the North of England. This is bad and dangerous.
– ‘A time bomb’: how social tensions are rising in a corner of northern England. In: The Guardian. 03.11.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/03/roma-tire-shouldering-blame-boiling-pot-communities [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/03/roma-tire-shouldering-blame-boiling-pot-communities”]
Following the definitive interdiction of begging in the Swiss city of Lausanne, a plethora of articles on the subject: Roma now asking for work rather than for money, how to enforce the interdiction, etc…
The experience of Geneva shows those interdictions are totally useless.
– Après les pieces, les roms mendient du travail. In: 24 heures. 04.11.2018. https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/pieces-roms-mendient-travail/story/25645234
– MENDICITÉ: LES ROMS MÈNENT UNE ACTION DE SENSIBILISATION. In: Le Matin. 01.11.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/news/Mendicite-les-Roms-menent-une-action-de-sensibilisation/story/31011864
– Traquer les mendiants: une mission comme une autre. In: 20 Minutes 9CH). 01.11.2018. https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/vaud/story/Premier-jour-d-interdiction-de-mendier-dans-le-canton-17043514
– “Il ne suffit pas d’interdire la mendicité pour que le phénomène disparaisse”. In: RTS Info. 01.11.2018. https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/9961937–il-ne-suffit-pas-d-interdire-la-mendicite-pour-que-le-phenomene-disparaisse-.html
– MENDICITÉ SORIN, LE DERNIER MENDIANT DE LAUSANNE VOUS SALUE… In: Le Matin. 31.10.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/Sorin-le-dernier-mendiant-de-Lausanne-vous-salue/story/19432540 [link-preview url=”https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/pieces-roms-mendient-travail/story/25645234 “]
Very few news on Roma in the French Press this week. First, a map of Lille, in the North of France on the Roma camps to understand the expulsions during the summer of 2018. It clearly shows that the closure of two large camps resulted in many more smaller ones being created. So much for expulsions … Near Paris, a manifestation for Roma who live in a camp that may be closed; the winter pause of expulsions saving a camp; and a clean-up action following a closure. Finally, in Avignon, three Roma schoolchildren live under a tent.
– Comprendre, en une carte, les effets des évacuations de bidonvilles roms cet été. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.10.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/478507/article/2018-10-29/comprendre-en-une-carte-les-effets-des-evacuations-de-bidonvilles-roms-cet-ete
– Ermont : rassemblement en soutien aux Roms menacés d’expulsion. In: Le Parisien. 01.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/ermont-rassemblement-en-soutien-aux-roms-menaces-d-expulsion-01-11-2018-7933197.php
– La trêve hivernale, ultime répit pour les Roms de La Riche. In: La Nouvelle République. 31.10.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/la-treve-hivernale-ultime-repit-pour-les-roms-de-la-riche
– Vigneux-sur-Seine : après le départ des Roms, la ville va devoir dépenser 200.000 euros. In: Evasion FM. 31.10.2018. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-39082-vigneux-sur-seine-apres-le-depart-des-roms-la-ville-va-devoir-depenser-200-000-euros.html
– À Saint-Chamand, trois écoliers roms vivent sous une tente. In: Le Dauphiné. 03.11.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/vaucluse/2018/11/03/a-saint-chamand-trois-ecoliers-roms-vivent-sous-une-tente [link-preview url=”https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/la-treve-hivernale-ultime-repit-pour-les-roms-de-la-riche “]
Alice Weidel, of the German far right party AfD pulled out of an event at the Oxford Union following a controversy on her appearance there due to racists comments she has made in Germany. For example there were reports that Weidel had written that Germany was being “overrun by culturally alien peoples such as Arabs, Sinti and Roma”.
– Far-right German politician pulls out of Oxford Union event. In: The Guardian. 02.11.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/far-right-german-politician-pulls-out-of-oxford-union-event [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/far-right-german-politician-pulls-out-of-oxford-union-event”]
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