Tag Archives: Discrimination

Germany News Western Europe

Germany, AfD, and Racism…

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No comments except shock…How about Germany being overrun by severely intellectually challenged inbread diversity adverse dinosaurs…

– Germany ‘overrun by Arabs, Sinti and Roma’ claims top AfD figure. In: IB Times. 11.09.2017. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/germany-overrun-by-arabs-sinti-roma-claims-top-afd-figure-1638853
– AfD’s Alice Weidel called German government ‘pigs’ in racist email, report says. IN: Deutsche Welle. 10.09.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/afds-alice-weidel-called-german-government-pigs-in-racist-email-report-says/a-40433932
– “Man kann es der AfD zutrauen, auch Frau Weidel zutrauen”. In: Süddeutsche. 11.09.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundestagswahl-man-kann-es-der-afd-zutrauen-auch-frau-weidel-zutrauen-1.3662294
– AfD’s top candidate hit by ‘overrun by Arabs’ email allegation. In: The Guardian. 11.09.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/alice-weidel-alternative-for-germany-candidate-denies-email-claims
– Ça se passe en Europe : l’AfD embarrassée par un mail à contenu raciste. In: Le Échos. 12.09.2017. https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/europe/030550546550-ca-se-passe-en-europe-lafd-embarrassee-par-un-mail-a-contenu-raciste-2113535.php [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/alice-weidel-alternative-for-germany-candidate-denies-email-claims “]

News Switzerland

Travellers and Workers

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A Swiss traveller is suing the workers associations for discrimination. These associations had put adverts in the press warning readers not to employ travellers to do repairs or painting jobs. The adverts were definitively not politically correct …

– Fahrender zeigt Handwerker-Verbände an. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 06.09.2017. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/26650728 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/26650728″]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany: State Treaty

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The German State of Hessen has formally signed a contract with the State Sinti and Roma Association, pledging to integrate the minority and fight against racism and discrimination.
GOOD!

– Vertrag mit Landesverband der Sinti und Roma unterzeichnet. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. 06.09.2017. http://www.fnp.de/rhein-main/Vertrag-mit-Landesverband-der-Sinti-und-Roma-unterzeichnet;art1491,2759789
– Staatsvertrag zwischen Hessen und Landesverband Sinti und Roma: Wichtiger Schritt für Gleichberechtigung und Anerkennung. In: Bundes Presse Portal. 07.09.2017. http://www.bundespresseportal.de/hessen/10-hessen/staatsvertrag-zwischen-hessen-und-landesverband-sinti-und-roma-wichtiger-schritt-fuer-gleichberechtigung-und-anerkennung.html [link-preview url=”http://www.fnp.de/rhein-main/Vertrag-mit-Landesverband-der-Sinti-und-Roma-unterzeichnet;art1491,2759789 “]

Moldova News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Roma Life

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The Roma life is getting harder and harsher in Moldova nad Bodvou. Increased police brutality, segregation, eviction, racism…
What is indeed amazing is that this is published in a Slovak Newspaper (this time in Slovak)…

– Rómov z Moldavy sťahujú, hoci sa chceli dohodnúť. In: SME Domov. 06.09.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20638090/romov-z-moldavy-stahuju-hoci-sa-chceli-dohodnut.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20638090/romov-z-moldavy-stahuju-hoci-sa-chceli-dohodnut.html”]

Moldova News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Roma Life

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The Roma life is getting harder and harsher in Moldova nad Bodvou. Increased police brutality, segregation, eviction, racism…
What is indeed amazing is that this is published in a Slovak Newspaper (ok, in English)…

– Life gets harder for Roma in Moldava. In: The Slovak Spectator. 05.09.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20642128/life-gets-harder-for-roma-in-moldava.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20642128/life-gets-harder-for-roma-in-moldava.html”]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Czech Schools

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What a surprise … Roma are discriminated in the Czech school system. This has not changed much, according to the latest report on the state of human rights in the Czech Republic. And Roma children are still put in “special” schools…

– Czech Gov’t human rights report finds Romani children are still discriminated against in education. In: Romea. 01.09.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-gov-t-human-rights-report-finds-romani-children-are-still-discriminated-against-in-education-2
– Report: Czech Roma kids still face discrimination in education. In: The Prague Monitor. 01.09.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/08/31/report-czech-roma-kids-still-face-discrimination-education [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-gov-t-human-rights-report-finds-romani-children-are-still-discriminated-against-in-education-2 “]

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EU and Roma

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The European Commission is going to review the impact of the funds it allocates to the anti-Roma discrimination. The amounts are huge.

– Commission to review funds for anti-Roma discrimination. In: EUractiv. 30.08.2017. https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-priorities-2020/news/commission-to-review-funds-for-anti-roma-discrimination/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-priorities-2020/news/commission-to-review-funds-for-anti-roma-discrimination/”]

News Americas

Vancouver – Canada

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How not to report a crime … All stereotypes included,

– Vancouver police issue warning after man has $10,000 necklace stolen in distraction theft. In: Vancouver Courier. 25.08.2017. http://www.vancourier.com/news/vancouver-police-issue-warning-after-man-has-10-000-necklace-stolen-in-distraction-theft-1.22175687 [link-preview url=”http://www.vancourier.com/news/vancouver-police-issue-warning-after-man-has-10-000-necklace-stolen-in-distraction-theft-1.22175687″]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary, Voting Rights, and Roma

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An idea is being floated in Hungary that only people paying taxes should be allowed to vote in elections. This is mainly directed at Hungarians outside of Hungary (many of whom acquired the Hungarian passport under Orban). The Deputy Prime Minister made a slip of the tongue while arguing against this idea referring to Roma – saying that very few of them actually work and pay taxes.

– Dog whistle racism from Hungary’s deputy prime minister. In: Hungarian Free Press. 21.08.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/21/dog-whistle-racism-from-hungarys-deputy-prime-minister/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/21/dog-whistle-racism-from-hungarys-deputy-prime-minister/”]

News Eastern Europe Romania

Theatre

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Two Romnja from Romania use theatre to fight back against discrimination and racism!

– Romania’s Roma rise up with revolutionary theatre. In: Thomson Reuters. 17.08.2017. http://news.trust.org/item/20170817110826-2loti/ [link-preview url=”http://news.trust.org/item/20170817110826-2loti/”]

News Switzerland

Switzerland and Travellers

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Swiss travellers are increasingly alarmed at the racism and hate directed against travellers in general, such as in the case of Wileroltigen. They are asking for camping site. Unfortunately, they also insist on segregation: i.e. no Roma … Bad.

– Jenische und Sinti sind zunehmend «alarmiert». In: Der Bund. 15.08.2017. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/wileroltigen-jenische-und-sinti-alarmiert/story/22333647 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/wileroltigen-jenische-und-sinti-alarmiert/story/22333647″]

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Pennsylvania and Refugees

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The Roma refugees of California, in Pennsylvania, seem to be doing quite well. They were the subject of many articles, many of which were full of racial stereotypes. Now it seems to have settled down thank to a few reasonable people.
Good.

– Refuge granted: Roma refugees are getting along in California, Pa. In: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 16.08.2017. http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/16/Refuge-granted-Roma-refugees-are-getting-along-in-California-Pa/stories/201708310028 [link-preview url=”http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/16/Refuge-granted-Roma-refugees-are-getting-along-in-California-Pa/stories/201708310028″]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy and Romnja

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Italian Romnja are taking their future in their own hands and are fighting against discrimination, racism, and stereotypes.
Good!

– “Change can start from us”: Roma women in Italy fight for their rights. In: Open Democracy – 50.50. 16.08.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/claudia-torrisi/roma-women-rights-italy [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/claudia-torrisi/roma-women-rights-italy”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Racism in Slovakia

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An essay about racism against Roma in Slovakia. Forbidden to go in some swimming pools, even in public spaces, everyday racism in words and in social medias, etc.
Bad.

– Čo to tu tak smrdí? In: Nazory Pravda. 09.08.2017. https://nazory.pravda.sk/dnes-pise/clanok/437744-co-to-tu-tak-smrdi/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/dnes-pise/clanok/437744-co-to-tu-tak-smrdi/”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK: Social Workers and Roma

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Tips for social workers working with Roma… And lots of stereotypes in them.

– Tips for social workers supporting east-European Roma families. In: Community Care. 04.08.2017. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/04/tips-social-workers-supporting-east-european-roma-families/ [link-preview url=”http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/04/tips-social-workers-supporting-east-european-roma-families/”]

News Switzerland

Switzerland and Travelling Roma

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The proposal to have a place for Roma travellers in the village of Wileroltigen in the Canto of Aargau, the opposition is rising. They are planning a march to show their opposition, and the racist overtones of the slogans and the stereotypes they use are not to be underestimated. The march will take place on the 14th of August.
BAD.

– Das «Hochrisikospiel» von Wileroltigen. In: Der Bund. http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/das-hochrisikospiel-von-wileroltigen/story/29768361 [link-preview url=”http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/das-hochrisikospiel-von-wileroltigen/story/29768361″]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine and Roma

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Many Roma were displaced by the combats in Eastern Ukraine and are struggling to find a place elsewhere in the Ukraine, as discrimination and prejudice is ripe.
They cannot go back either – nationalism and Roma are never friends.

– Strangers in Their Own Land. In: TOL. 24.07.2017. http://www.tol.org/client/article/27072-ukraine-donbas-roma-minorities-displaced-people.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tol.org/client/article/27072-ukraine-donbas-roma-minorities-displaced-people.html”]

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria and Racism

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A Bulgarian, Petar Nizamov, is hunting refugees and Roma at the Bulgarian Turkish border. He is the president of a group called “Civic Group for the Defence of Borders, Woman, and Faith”, and has regularly been accused of violence against Roma. He is also claiming not to have any reveues but flouts expensive cars and lifestyle…
Bad.

– BULGARIE : PETAR NIZAMOV « PERATA », CHASSEUR DE ROMS ET DE RÉFUGIÉS. In: Courrier des Balkans. 22.07.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Quand-les-pauvres-roulent-en-Mercedes-et-travaillent-comme-patriotes [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Quand-les-pauvres-roulent-en-Mercedes-et-travaillent-comme-patriotes”]

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Serbia and Roma Tourism

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A Serbian tour company which was offering visits of the Roma ghettos scrapped its offering after being accused of racism.
About time!!!

– Serbian Tour Company Scraps ‘Gypsy Tour’ After Racism Row. In: Balkan Insight. 17.07.2017. https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-company-cancels-gypsy-tour-over-controversy-07-17-2017
– CitySoul stoppt “Gypsy-Tour” für Belgrad-Besucher, In: Wallstreet Online. 20.07.2017. https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/9755756-citysoul-stoppt-gypsy-tour-belgrad-besucher [link-preview url=”https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-company-cancels-gypsy-tour-over-controversy-07-17-2017 “]

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