The city of Brussels is trying to stop children younger than 16 from begging. And of course, these are Roma.
Forbidding begging is not a solution.
The funeral of Pavlína Radlová, the founder of the R-mosty organisation was held in Prague last Friday.
May she rest in peace.
The Stuttgart Sinto Peter Reinhardt tells as a contemporary witness in a film about his life as a descendant of the survivors of the Nazi terror and about never-ending discrimination.
An article on Roma refugees from the Ukraine that were welcomed by Roma in the Moravian region of the Czech republic.
The student association of Sinti and Roma in Germany supports Sinti and Roma at universities with advice and action. One of the founders of the association, Radoslav Ganev, talks about the antigypsy myths and stereotypes that students are still confronted with at universities today.
In brief, academia has the same bias against Roma.
Such articles do not help, but then, the facts are not good either.
A group of Roma refugees from the Ukraine rioted when they were told they would need to lodge in a gym. They were expecting a hotel…
The story of a refugee from North Macedonia in Germany, currently facing deportation.
Roma refugees from the Ukraine are complaining of discrimination in Germany.
This is Nastasia’s story. She had to fight for gain access to higher education, because she is a Romni, and Roma are still discriminated against in the German education system.
A movie on Roma history. Unfortunately very much from a western European perspective. It seems that one systematically forgets that there was a Byzantine Empire, and then an Ottoman one where things were different.
137 cases of anti-Roma racism and discrimination in Berlin in 2021.
Romani Rose, chairman of the Council of German Sinti and Roma denounces the racism shown by personnel from the Deutsche Bahn against Roma refugees from the Ukraine.
Especially the German train company should be somewhat cautious in this matter…
A description of the racist incident in the Manheim train station.
The traumatic events that Sinti and Roma have been confronted with in the past few decades have led to a special emphasis on self-empowerment. They still have to deal with stereotypes on a daily basis, and only a few manage – against all odds – to build a balanced life for themselves. This led to a shift in focus – away from seeking validation in society and towards self-empowerment and healing. This new basis of the Roma movement aims to regain authority over its own representation and knowledge production.
Slovakia has a big problem with discrimination against the Roma. Amnesty International, the world’s largest human rights NGO, has published its annual report on the state of human rights in the world in 2021 and the report highlights the problems with discrimination against Roma in the country.
There is an increase of attacks and aggressions against Roma in Berlin.
Bad.
According to this article, Roma in Poland had to move out of refugees’ quarters, as other refugees chased them out.
Bad.
A group of Roma soldiers has been serving on the war front line in Ukraine for two weeks now. They are all from one city, but now, like other Roma in Ukraine, they have volunteered to defend their homeland from a barbaric attack by the Russian army. “We get up at four or five in the morning, as needed. There are days when we don’t sleep at all,” says a Romani soldier from the Ukrainian army in an exclusive interview with ROMEA TV.
A reportage on the fate of Roma refugees from the Ukraine. And of course, discriminations exist.
A campaign is underway in Hungary to prevent vote buying among Roma, a practice that is quite common unfortunately. The Clean Vote campaign is trying to draw attention to electoral abuses, mostly in poor Roma settlements. “Unfortunately, thousands of people in Hungary are influenced in the exercise of their voting rights. This endangers the cleanliness of the elections, thus the democratic system of Hungary, ” they write on their website.
Their advice: “Even if you accept 5-10 thousand forints, no one can enter the booth with you” …
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