Discrimination

Condemned at last

March 11, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

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!

Rassendiskriminierung: Bundesgericht bestätigt Urteil gegen Co-Präsidium der Jungen SVP Bern. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 10.03.2022. https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/rassendiskriminierung-bundesgerichtrassismus-bundesgericht-verurteilt-co-praesidenten-der-jsvp-bern-bestaetigt-urteil-gegen-praesidium-der-jungen-svp-bern-ld.1673934?reduced=true
Präsidium der JSVP Bern wegen Rassendiskriminierung verurteilt. In: SRF. 10.03.2022. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/urteil-des-bundesgerichts-praesidium-der-jsvp-bern-wegen-rassendiskriminierung-verurteilt
Bundesgericht bestätigt Rassismusurteil gegen Berner Jung-SVPler. In: Der Tagblatt. 10.03.2022. https://www.tagblatt.ch/news-service/inland-schweiz/abwertendes-plakat-bundesgericht-bestaetigt-rassismusurteil-gegen-berner-jung-svpler-ld.2261296
Bundesgericht bestätigt Urteil gegen JSVP-Präsidenten wegen Plakat gegen Fahrende. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 10.03.2022. https://www.20min.ch/story/bundesgericht-bestaetigt-urteil-gegen-jsvp-praesidenten-im-zigeuner-gate-275840489838

Europe News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Roma Refugees – Discrimination

March 8, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Many Roma from the Ukraine are facing discrimination when fleeing Ukraine.

Bad.

Keine Hilfe für flüchtende Roma aus der Ukraine. Rassismus in Zeiten des Krieges. In: RAN. 07.03.2022. https://ran.eu.com/keine-hilfe-fur-fluchtende-roma-aus-der-ukraine-rassismus-in-zeiten-des-krieges/?fbclid=IwAR2tyvW0HB2BYOlbgC-H8IuF7DE5QlcFYko1DyaBkx8lfzPAVkQLdDivtLw

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe Ukraine

March 8, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

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

Czech bus drivers for refugees from Ukraine refuse to rescue Romani refugee mothers and children stuck on the Slovak border. In: Romea. 07.03.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-bus-drivers-for-refugees-from-ukraine-refuse-to-rescue-romani-refugee-mothers-and-children-stuck-on-the-slovak-border?fbclid=IwAR10SyyaEABsrckENh9o-LZEVV_3UInw_cME3X-HSuRkYbJpzsSScO5GhM4

News Eastern Europe Poland Ukraine

Refugees

March 5, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

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.

Nie wszyscy z Hali Kijowskiej mają gdzie pójść. “Niezwykła reakcja Polaków nie dotyczy Romów”. In: Wyborcza. 05.03.2022. https://rzeszow.wyborcza.pl/rzeszow/7,34962,28186459,nie-wszyscy-z-hali-kijowskiej-maja-gdzie-pojsc-niezwykla-reakcja.html

Germany News Western Europe

Racism in Germany

February 26, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The German federal government wants to better record attacks on Sinti and Roma in the future with a civil society monitoring agency. With this, Berlin is pursuing a goal of a fight against racism.

Übergriffe auf Sinti und Roma sollen künftig besser erfasst warden. In: DTJ. 25.02.2022. https://dtj-online.de/sinti-roma-diskriminierung-monitoring-stelle-uebergriffe-erfassen/

News Americas

Kansas City Police …

February 25, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Some people noticed the course on Gypsy criminality from the Kansas City Police (which showed, by the way their total ignorance of the subject). The course got cancelled.

Good!

KCPD drops ‘Gypsy training’ event from calendar. In: KSHB. 24.02.2022. https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kcpd-drops-gypsy-training-event-from-calendar
Kansas City police under fire for training on identifying ‘Gypsies,’ other ethnic groups. In: Kansas City Star. 24.02.2022. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article258736173.html#storylink=cpy

Germany News Western Europe

Germany and Roma

February 25, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Experiences of discrimination are still part of everyday life for Sinti and Roma in Germany. The federal government now wants to counteract this grievance with an antitziganism strategy. The appointment of an antiziganism commissioner, as agreed in the coalition agreement, has not yet taken place.

Bundesregierung beschließt Strategie gegen Antiziganismus. In: Migazin. 24.02.2022. https://www.migazin.de/2022/02/24/eu-roma-strategie-2030-bundesregierung-gegen-antiziganismus/

Germany News Western Europe

Germany on Anti-Roma Racism

February 25, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma welcomes the national strategy adopted by the Federal Government “Fight antigypsyism, ensure participation!”

„Antiziganismus bekämpfen, Teilhabe sichern!“. In: Halgalil. 24.02.2022. https://www.hagalil.com/2022/02/antiziganismus-bekaempfen-2/

News Americas

Really???

February 24, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Read the offering of a police academy in Kansas, USA. IT clearly shows that they have no clue about Roma and have racist stereotypes.

CRIMINAL GYPSIES/TRAVELERS AND THEIR CRIMES. In: KCPD. 23.02.2022. https://www.kcpd.org/get-involved/events/criminal-gypsiestravelers-and-their-crimes/

Greece News Western Europe

Greece and Roma

February 24, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article on the aftermath of a recent police killing of a young Rom near Athens.

Police killing puts spotlight on anti-Roma racism in Greece. In: Al-Jazeera. 23.02.2022. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/2/23/police-killing-puts-spotlight-on-anti-roma-racism-in-greece

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Roma in Serbia

February 24, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

More than half of Roma in Serbia do not know their rights or anti-discrimination mechanisms, according to a survey “Roma Perceptions of Discrimination” initiated by the Commissioner for Equality in Serbia and supported by the German NGO GIZ.

Srbija – sve češće se čuje glas mladih Roma. In: Deutsche Welle. 23.02.2022. https://www.dw.com/hr/srbija-sve-češće-se-čuje-glas-mladih-roma/a-60877551

News Middle East

Turkey and Roma

February 22, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Not surprising, unfortunately.

Discrimination against Roma in Turkey increased during the pandemic: report. In: Stockholm Center for Freedom. 21.02.2022. https://stockholmcf.org/discrimination-against-roma-in-turkey-increased-during-the-pandemic-report/

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine and Roma

February 15, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

A really nasty poster was posted on the bus station in Lutsk, Ukraine. The poster urges people not to speak nor help Roma there.

The Roma were forcefully removed from the station a few days ago but seem to have come back.

На Луцькій автостанції наклеїли попередження про циган, але ромів-прохачів поменшало (фото). In: Konkurent. 14.02.2022. https://konkurent.ua/publication/88753/na-lutskiy-avtostantsii-nakleili-poperedzhennya-pro-tsigan-ale-romiv-prohachiv-pomenshalo-foto/

News Americas

Guess What?

February 11, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Another tale of prejudice. Unfortunately common. Less common is that they acknowledged it.

Benefit fraud team ‘unfairly targeting’ Bulgarian Roma people in Edmonton. In: Enfield Dispatch. 10.02.2022.https://enfielddispatch.co.uk/benefit-fraud-team-unfairly-targeting-bulgarian-roma-people-in-edmonton/

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK and Travellers

February 9, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

An editorial of the Guardian on discrimination of Travellers in the UK.

The Guardian view on anti-Traveller prejudice: the aim must be inclusion. In: The Guardian. 08.02.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/08/the-guardian-view-on-anti-traveller-prejudice-the-aim-must-be-inclusion

Kosovo News Eastern Europe

Kosovo and Roma

January 26, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Unfortunately, 20 years after having expelled a large majority of Roma, Kosovo remains Roma averse and racism against the minority is rampant.

Not Wanted: Roma Graduates Remain Jobless in Kosovo. In: Balkan Insights. 25.01.2022. https://balkaninsight.com/2022/01/25/not-wanted-roma-graduates-remain-jobless-in-kosovo/

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine – REALLY???

January 12, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

In 2016, a Pogrom against Roma took place in Loshchinovka, near Odessa. No Roma were hurt as they had fled prior to the start of the pogrom. The origins of the pogrom was the brutal murder of an 8 year old girl and the fact that a Rom was initially accused of it. This accusation was dropped later.

Roma went to court to protest against the eviction and against the actions of several village officials., including the police which did not do anything to protect the Roma.

They lost – the eviction is apparently “self-government” of the village.

BAD.

«С целью снять напряжение». Одесский суд решил, что требование выселить ромов из села Лощиновка — это самоуправление. In: Graty. 11.01.2022. https://graty.me/news/s-czelyu-snyat-napryazhenie-odesskij-sud-reshil-chto-trebovanie-vyselit-romov-iz-sela-loshhinovka-eto-samoupravlenie/

Germany News Western Europe

Anti-Roma Racism

January 10, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

What can be done against antigypsyism? The Jewish intellectual Micha Brumlik calls for the fight against it to be anchored in the state constitutions as a goal.

„Hanau war der Anlass“. In: TAZ. 09.01.2022. https://taz.de/Brumlik-ueber-Rechte-von-Sinti-und-Roma/!5824862/

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

May 17, 2019 Published by: Roma Foundation

Very few news on Roma this week in France (always a good thing). First, a report on racism against Roma in France and worrying statistics. A theatre play in the South of France. A comic strip on an Ursari family who comes to France. More political, Roma in Ivry, near Paris, are protesting in front of the Prefecture. And finally, a clean-up operation on the site of a former Roma camp near Paris.

Roms : stop à la discrimination ! In: Le Journal Toulousain. 16.05.2019. https://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/les-solutions/roms-stop-a-la-discrimination-65261
“Rom”, au Théâtre de pierres. In: Midi Libre. 13.05.2019. https://www.midilibre.fr/2019/05/13/rom-au-theatre-de-pierres,8196174.php
Le fils de l’Ursari. In: Krinein. 13.05.2019. http://bd.krinein.com/bd-rue-de-sevres-fils-ursari/
Créteil : les Roms d’Ivry manifestent devant la prefecture. In: Le Parisien. 14.05.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/KJDECW4C2PV3RDOIFVYUAABX4A.jpg -les-roms-d-ivry-manifestent-devant-la-prefecture-14-05-2019-8072079.php
Vigneux-sur-Seine : opération nettoyage d’envergure sur le site de la fosse Montalbot. In: Le Parisien. 12.05.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/vigneux-sur-seine-operation-nettoyage-d-envergure-sur-le-site-de-la-fosse-montalbot-12-05-2019-8070492.php

Europe

Structural Racism

May 15, 2019 Published by: Roma Foundation

A new book is documenting the structural racism faced by Roma in Europe.

New book highlights how structural racism affects Roma across Europe. In: European Interest. 15.05.2019. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/new-book-highlights-structural-racism-affects-roma-across-europe/