A short video highlighting the life of Roma in the Uzhhorod region of the Ukraine. Undocumented houses, no electricity, water, etc…
– Отрезанные от общества: жизнь ромов в Закарпатье (ВИДЕО). In: UA Reporter. 21.05.2018. https://ua-reporter.com/news/otrezannye-ot-obshchestva-zhizn-romov-v-zakarpate-video [link-preview url=”https://ua-reporter.com/news/otrezannye-ot-obshchestva-zhizn-romov-v-zakarpate-video”]
The case of Professor David Scheffel, a Canadian anthropologist and long-time advocate of the Roma now being accused of paedophilia is continuing its course. He is being judged in Slovakia and was found apparently in possession of pornographic materials.
Bad whichever way this comes out.
– SVET O SLOVENSKU: Je to pedofil, alebo ochranca Rómov? In: Dnes 24. 21.05.2018. http://www.dnes24.sk/svet-o-slovensku-je-to-pedofil-alebo-ochranca-romov-299506 [link-preview url=”http://www.dnes24.sk/svet-o-slovensku-je-to-pedofil-alebo-ochranca-romov-299506″]
Hungarian schools are increasingly segregating Roma children. The report is chilling.
– Growing segregation of Roma children in Hungary. In: Hungarian Free Press. 21.05.2018. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/05/21/growing-segregation-of-roma-children-in-hungary/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/05/21/growing-segregation-of-roma-children-in-hungary/”]
Another article in France on Ceija Stojka and her paintings.
– Ceija Stojka, artiste rom rescapée du joug nazi. In: Ouest France. 17.05.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/ceija-stojka-artiste-rom-rescapee-du-joug-nazi-5752755 [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/ceija-stojka-artiste-rom-rescapee-du-joug-nazi-5752755″]
The Kosovo Roma journalist and poet Kutim Paçaky died on the 17th of May.
May he rest in peace!
– KUJTIM PAÇAKU, POÈTE ET JOURNALISTE ROM DU KOSOVO, EST DÉCÉDÉ. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 17.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-deces-Kujtim-Pacaku-poete-et-porte-parole-de-la-communaute-rom [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-deces-Kujtim-Pacaku-poete-et-porte-parole-de-la-communaute-rom”]
Not many news this week in France. In Nantes, three new shantytowns have appeared close to the highway. In Marseilles, the state is trying to stabilise and improve the situation rather than the usual evictions. In Poitiers, a squat was dismantled. In Alfortville close to Paris, another squat was closed. Finally, a condemnation for murder in Biarritz og two Roma who killed a third one.
– Près de Nantes. Vies de Roms au bord de l’autoroute. In: Ouest France. 15.05.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/les-roms-du-bord-de-l-autoroute-5759734
– À Marseille, l’État expérimente la stabilisation plutôt que l’expulsion des Roms. In: Marsactu. 16.05.2018. https://marsactu.fr/letat-roms-acieries-saint-antoine-squat-stabiliser/
– Le squat du boulevard du Grand Cerf à Poitiers évacué, l’entrée murée. In: France Bleu.
– 15.05.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/le-squat-du-boulevard-du-grand-cerf-a-poitiers-evacue-1526397638
– Alfortville : les Roms installés dans l’ancien centre Toulon expulses. In: Le Parisien. 17.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/alfortville-les-roms-installes-dans-l-ancien-centre-toulon-expulses-17-05-2018-7721502.php
– Biarritz : les “golfeurs” violents finissent “au trou”. In: Sud Ouest. 18.05.2018. https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/05/18/biarritz-les-golfeurs-violents-finissent-au-trou-5068133-4037.php [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/les-roms-du-bord-de-l-autoroute-5759734 “]
The discussion on sites for travellers in the canton of Bern is a never-ending story. Two sites cannot be used, and now maybe an alternative on prison land can be found…
– Fahrende auf Land von Gefängnis? In: 20 Minuten (CH). 18.05.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Fahrende-auf-Knast-Land–16907062 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Fahrende-auf-Knast-Land–16907062″]
Matteo Salvini – the leader of the Norther League – is on a crusade. He wants to dismantle all the Roma camps and clearly also to expel them outside of Italy. He is grossly exaggerating the number of Roma living in those camps, citing 40’000 whereas the last serious statistic found less than 12’000.
In any case, the Lega agrees with the 5 stars, and it is not really good for Roma.
– La “ruspa” di Salvini contro i rom e sinti. Per ora. In: Farodi Roma. 19.05.2018. http://www.farodiroma.it/la-ruspa-di-salvini-contro-i-rom-e-sinti-per-ora/
– Campi nomadi, il presidente dei rom: “Giusto smantellarli, noi pronti a collaborare”. In: Dire. http://www.dire.it/17-05-2018/203347-campi-nomadi-il-presidente-dei-rom-giusto-smantellarli-noi-pronti-a-collaborare/ [link-preview url=”http://www.farodiroma.it/la-ruspa-di-salvini-contro-i-rom-e-sinti-per-ora/ “]
Several Ukrainian artists built a makeshift house to remind people about the plight of Roma and others who live in shantytowns in the Ukraine.
On the second article in “Korrespondent”, there are many comments that are really scary against Roma.
– В центре Киева построили жилье для ромов (Фото). In: ABC News. 18.05.2018. http://abcnews.com.ua/ru/news/v-tsentre-kieva-postroili-zhile-dlia-romov-foto
– В центре Киева воссоздали хижину ромов. In: Korrespondent. 19.05.2018. https://korrespondent.net/city/kiev/3972345-v-tsentre-kyeva-vossozdaly-khyzhynu-romov [link-preview url=”https://korrespondent.net/city/kiev/3972345-v-tsentre-kyeva-vossozdaly-khyzhynu-romov”]
There goes the money to help integrate minorities – specifically, support for classes in English.
– Axe for £13m ‘vulnerable children’ support cash criticised. In: BBC. 17.05.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-44151872 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-44151872″]
The President of the Republic, Borut Pahor, met with Roma representatives, the municipalities and the state in what happens to be the biggest consultation on Roma in the Presidential Palace. Purpose was discussing the housing situation of Roma, and the fact that many of them live without electricity, water, and sewers.
– Brez elektrike in kanalizacije okrog polovica Romov na jugovzhodu države. In: Dnevnik. 17.05.2018. https://www.dnevnik.si/1042822276
– Živijo v Sloveniji, a nimajo dostopa do pitne vode in električnega omrežja. In: STA. 16.05.2018. https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/zivijo-v-sloveniji-a-nimajo-dostopa-do-pitne-vode-in-elektricnega-omrezja-467585 [link-preview url=”https://www.dnevnik.si/1042822276 “]
Someone shot at the police near a Roma camp in Athens. It is not sure whether the shooters were Roma or if it just simply happened there.
The police is actively searching for them.
– Gunmen Shoot at Greek Police Near Athens Roma Camp. In: Greece Reporter. 17.05.2018. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/05/17/gunmen-shoot-at-greek-police-near-athens-roma-camp/
– Shots fired at police outside Athens Roma camp. In: Ekathimerini. 17.05.2018. http://www.ekathimerini.com/228737/article/ekathimerini/news/shots-fired-at-police-outside-athens-roma-camp [link-preview url=”http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/05/17/gunmen-shoot-at-greek-police-near-athens-roma-camp/ “]
The DDR book “Nackt unter Wölfen” [Naked among wolves] was for a long time a classic. A tale of heroic communists who liberated Buchenwald from inside, and who saved a Jewish child. The child effectively existed and survived. But survived he did because another child was sent to his death in Auschwitz. He was a Sinto.
– Welcher Junge kam nach Auschwitz? In: Die Zeit. 16.05.2018. https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/das-kind-auf-der-liste-annette-leo [link-preview url=”https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/das-kind-auf-der-liste-annette-leo”]
A commemoration of the 16th of May in Rome.
– Rom, sinti e caminanti: la Resistenza è inziata il 16 maggio 1944 ad Auschwitz. In: Agora Vox. 16.05.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-sinti-e-caminanti-la.html
– Rom e Sinti, Agnone: il campo di concentramento a loro destinato e la memoria rimossa. In: La Republica. 16.05.2018. http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2018/05/16/news/rom_e_sinti_agnone_il_campo_di_concentramento_a_loro_destinato_e_la_memoria_rimossa-196585927/?refresh_ce [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-sinti-e-caminanti-la.html “]
The 16th of May marks the day where Roma in Auschwitz took arms and resisted.
This day needs to be remembered and commemorated.
– The Forgotten History of Romani Resistance. In: Open Society Foundations. 15.05.2018. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/forgotten-history-romani-resistance [link-preview url=”https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/forgotten-history-romani-resistance”]
The Roma Philharmonic finally managed to find the funding to play the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in the context of the Weeks against Anti-Tziganism in Wiesbaden.
Good!
– Das Requiem der Sinti und Roma ist gesichert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 15.05.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-das-requiem-der-sinti-und-roma-ist-gesichert-a-1505301 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-das-requiem-der-sinti-und-roma-ist-gesichert-a-1505301″]
Peter Niedermüller and Soraya Post, EU MPs, jointly published an article on the dire situation of Roma children in Hungary. They are all too often taken away from their families by social services and end up abused. They are asking the EU to start an infringement procedure against Hungary.
– Mums and dads of Roma children deprived parent rights. In: EU Observer. 15.05.2018. https://euobserver.com/opinion/141811
– Niedermüller: Túl sok roma gyereket jogtalanul emelnek ki a családjukból. In: Index. 15.05.2018. https://index.hu/kulfold/ep/2018/05/15/niedermuller_tul_sok_roma_gyereket_jogtalanul_emelnek_ki_a_csaladjukbol/ [link-preview url=”https://euobserver.com/opinion/141811 “]
“Roma Heroes” is the second internationally organised theatre festival for Independent held May 24-27, 2018, at the Studio K Theatre (1092 Budapest, Ráday u. 32). The aim of the special cultural event is to draw attention to Roma drama and story-telling, as well as to the situation of Roma communities, by exemplifying individual fate and by highlighting everyday challenges. Eight contemporary European works will be presented at the festival.
– ROMA HŐSÖK – II. NEMZETKÖZI ROMA STORYTELLING FESZTIVÁL. In: Studio K Szinhaz. http://www.studiokszinhaz.hu/roma-hosok-i-nemzetkozi-roma-storytelling-fesztival/ [link-preview url=”http://www.studiokszinhaz.hu/roma-hosok-i-nemzetkozi-roma-storytelling-fesztival/”]
Following the latest attack on Roma in Lviv, the US and Amnesty International are urging Ukraine to act. Meanwhile, the police speaks of “hooliganism” …
This latest attack targeted a permanent settlement and not, as in the case of Kiev, a temporary one.
– Halya Coynash: Another Roma camp attacked in Ukraine, with police saying ‘hooliganism’, In: The Kyiv Post. 14.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-another-roma-camp-attacked-ukraine-police-saying-hooliganism.html
– US urges Ukrainian law enforcers to investigate attacks on Roma in Ukraine. In: The Kyiv Post. 14.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/us-urges-ukrainian-law-enforcers-investigate-attacks-roma-ukraine.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-another-roma-camp-attacked-ukraine-police-saying-hooliganism.html “]
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