Justice – rroma.org https://rroma.org Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:18:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Justice – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 ECHR Verdict https://rroma.org/echr-verdict/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=echr-verdict Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:18:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32148 The police respects the decisions of international judicial authorities. In response to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), according to which the fundamental rights of two complainants were violated during the police intervention in the village of Milhosť in the Košice-okolie district in July 2019. In July 2019, the police detained two sisters in front of a family house in the village after the intervention and subsequently transported them to the police station. According to the complaint, they were subjected to physical violence, verbal insults and inappropriate treatment during their detention and stay at the police station.

]]> Condemnation https://rroma.org/condemnation-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=condemnation-3 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:01:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32079 The Regional Court in Ostrava has sentenced a group of three men and one woman, who according to the indictment were led by 23-year-old Enrico Pešta, known as the Roma rapper Hard Rico. He was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery and extortion and must pay two million crowns. Two other defendants were sentenced to five years in prison, and Hard Rico’s former girlfriend was sentenced to three years in prison.

]]> Slovakia and Strasbourg https://rroma.org/slovakia-and-strasbourg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-strasbourg Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:44:28 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32018 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Slovak women Katarína Kuruová and Helena Horváthová against the Slovak Republic ordered the Slovak Republic to pay a total of 28,560 euros. The reason is the violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of torture and Article 14 on the prohibition of discrimination.

This case concerns an incident between the two applicants – two Romnja sisters – and the police, which took place on 23 July 2019. On that day, the police detained the women in the village of Milhosť in eastern Slovakia and took them to the police station in the village of Čaňa, where they remained until the early hours of the following morning. They were not questioned during their detention and, according to the ECHR judgment, were described in the detention records as a “gang of local Romani women”.

In their application, the applicants allege violence by the police, which they described as “unjustified, disproportionate and based on bias against them”. They say the investigation into the use of such force was not thorough and independent.

]]> Slovakia Condemned https://rroma.org/slovakia-condemned-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-condemned-4 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:17:27 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31993 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the beating of two Romani sisters by Slovak police, their detention in a toilet and cleaning cupboard, and a deeply flawed investigation violated both the prohibition on inhuman treatment (Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and the prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 of the Convention).

]]> The Roma rapper Hard Rico https://rroma.org/the-roma-rapper-hard-rico/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-roma-rapper-hard-rico Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:55:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31944 The Regional Court in Ostrava heard a case involving a group of four men and one woman, allegedly led by 23-year-old Enrico Pešta, known as the Roma rapper Hard Rico. The members of the group face five to seven years in prison for robbery and extortion. Hard Rico pleaded guilty in the courtroom, the prosecutor is asking for six years in prison for him. The verdict will be handed down in April.

Bad.

]]> Germany: Judgement https://rroma.org/germany-judgement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=germany-judgement Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:53:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31938 A blogger with around 52,000 followers posted on Twitter (now X) accusing a “large portion of the Sinti and Roma” of excluding themselves “from civilized society.” She listed accusations including welfare fraud, truancy, theft, littering, and “rental nomadism.”

The Higher Regional Court of Jena clarified that not every discriminatory statement violates human dignity. Describing Sinti and Roma as “rotating Europeans with a property-ownership disability” is grossly tasteless and defamatory—but not incitement to hatred.

]]> French Chronicle … https://rroma.org/french-chronicle-356/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-chronicle-356 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:28:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31926 Quite a few articles about two Romanian Roma families who were condemned for having forced their children to beg. Other than that, in Nantes, Roma are voting to try to influence their fate in that city. Finally, in central France, two Serbian and two Romanian Roma were condemned for a series of burglaries.

]]> Court Ruling https://rroma.org/court-ruling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-ruling Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:58:31 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31509 The European Court of Human right has ruled in favour of a Roma couple who were tortured by the Serbian police after having declared their car stolen.

]]> Condemnation https://rroma.org/condemnation-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=condemnation-2 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:12:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31446 At the Ljubljana District Court, two Roma, Arsen and Leonardo Novak were sentenced for attacking Ribnica mayor Samo Pogorelc and a policewoman at a firefighter’s party in Ribnica. The former was sentenced to a year and seven months in prison, the latter to a year and three months, according to media reports.

The attack occurred after the mayor had said that he would cut electricity and water to the Roma settlement unless they started to “behave”…

]]> Géza Buzás-Hábel https://rroma.org/geza-buzas-habel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geza-buzas-habel Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:44:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31434 Géza Buzás-Hábel, a Roma and LGBT+ activist from Pecs, Hungary, has been indicted by the Hungarian justice for having organised a pride march in that city. He risks a year of jail if convicted under the laws banning so-called LGBT+ propaganda to protect the Hungarian youth.

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