Tag Archives: Discrimination

Jimmy Carr and Roma

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Jimmy Carr and Roma

The UK comedian said in a Netflix show:

“When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.

“No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.”

He needs to be condemned for this. There have been numerous articles on this, all negative, even in newspapers not generally known for their support of Roma. See the list below for a full view of what has been written since yesterday afternoon!

Roma Refugees in the Czech Republic

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Roma Refugees in the Czech Republic

In an interview with Právo, the director of the non-profit organization Khamoro, which focuses on helping the Roma minority, explained why it is a problem for Roma refugees from Ukraine to find accommodation. It is called racism …

Academia and Roma …

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Academia and Roma …

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.

German Trains and Roma

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German Trains and Roma

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…

Slovakia and Roma

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Slovakia and Roma

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.

40 Years

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40 Years

It has been 40 years since Germany acknowledged the Roma Holocaust. Nevertheless, discriminations still perdure.

Racism and Refugees

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Racism and Refugees

Better not be Rom or African at the Ukrainian Slovak border. Bus drivers there refused Roma, even forbade them the use of toilets, and many of them were left for days at the border.

Bad.

Condemned at last

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Condemned at last

The condemnation for incitation to racial hatred and discrimination against two young SVP politicians (the youth branch of a populist rightist party in Switzerland) was finally confirmed by Switzerland’s highest court.

Good!

Discrimination

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Discrimination

A bus driver from the Czech Republic refused to take a Romni and child stuck at the Slovak border.

Refugees

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Refugees

The openhearted welcome of Poles towards Ukrainians stops when they are Roma. Several of them are stuck in Młyny on the Polish-Ukrainian Border.

We have reports of others in Przemyśl.

Numbers are unclear but rather small according to our informations.

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