Police – rroma.org https://rroma.org Sat, 30 May 2026 19:31:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Police – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Brawl in Bulgaria https://rroma.org/brawl-in-bulgaria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brawl-in-bulgaria Sat, 30 May 2026 19:31:10 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32770 Several articles in the Bulgarian press about a fiht between Roma in Berkovitsa, resulting in injuries and the arrest of several people.

Bad.

]]> Greece and Roma https://rroma.org/greece-and-roma-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greece-and-roma-10 Wed, 27 May 2026 14:56:53 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32740 A longer article about the police actions ingreece against Roma.

Scary.

]]> Austria and Roma https://rroma.org/austria-and-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austria-and-roma-2 Mon, 25 May 2026 15:23:41 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32715 Following the statement from the police regarding travelling Roma in Austria’s Burgenland, which contained a wealth of sterotypes, there was an outcry in the press and among the Roma from the country.

This article is a reportage within this group of mostly french pentacostal Roma and comments by Roma activists. Worth reading!

]]> Italy, Crime, and Roma https://rroma.org/italy-crime-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=italy-crime-and-roma Thu, 21 May 2026 18:54:39 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32662 A very large number of articles in the Italian boulevard press about a police operation against “Sinti” gangs suspected in several criminal activities.

How about making as many comments on the ‘Ndrangheta or on the Mafia?

]]> Austria, the Police, and Roma https://rroma.org/austria-the-police-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austria-the-police-and-roma-3 Sun, 10 May 2026 15:13:36 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32532 The Austrian Equal Treatment Commission has intervened following a letter from employees of the Neusiedl am See district police command warning the public about Roma and Sinti. Intended as crime prevention information to combat fraud, the now-deleted text of a Facebook post used “a term perceived as discriminatory regarding the Roma ethnic group,” the ministry stated.

Now the interior Ministry is also investigating.

]]> Austria, the Police, and Roma https://rroma.org/austria-the-police-and-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austria-the-police-and-roma-2 Sat, 09 May 2026 14:50:47 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32523 Representatives of the Roma community have sharply criticized a letter from the Neusiedl am See district police command. The letter warns of criminal activities by the traveller community. The state police command condemns the wording of the letter and intends to conduct an internal investigation.

]]> Zentralrat on Austria https://rroma.org/zentralrat-on-austria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zentralrat-on-austria Fri, 08 May 2026 15:40:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32508 The Chairman of the German Central Council of Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, pointed out that the National Socialists called on the population in 1933 not to buy from Jews and had police and SS troops march in front of Jewish businesses. He was criticising a letter by the Austrian police of the Burgenland warning the population about Sinti and Roma.

Rose appealed to Interior Minister Karner of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) to initiate disciplinary proceedings against those responsible within the police force. He emphasized that the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities entered into force in Austria in 1998. This obligates the state to counteract all forms of anti-Gypsyism. The Central Council stated that the Europe-wide rise of nationalist forces, which often base their political program on racism and incitement and have now become the strongest political force in Austria, is alarming.

]]> Austria, the Police, and Roma https://rroma.org/austria-the-police-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austria-the-police-and-roma Fri, 08 May 2026 15:39:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32505 The Austrian Equal Treatment Commission criticized a letter issued by the Burgenland police authority in Neusiedl on Friday, in which the police warned the population about Roma and Sinti. The letter, the Commissioner argued, perpetuates historical anti-Roma stereotypes. The letter’s instruction not to accept services from members of this ethnic group could constitute an incitement to discrimination, emphasized Sandra Konstatzky, head of the Equal Treatment Commission.

]]> Slovakia, Police, and Roma https://rroma.org/slovakia-police-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-police-and-roma-3 Sun, 03 May 2026 14:22:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32443 A deaf Rom was locked up in a police detention cell in Slovakia for 48 hours without water and without knowing why, says Tomáš Dunko from the organization Svet ticha, who was then called to the police department to interpret into sign language.

Tomáš Dunko is a deaf Rom who strives to help marginalized communities, especially people with hearing impairments there. He says that not only in the area of ​​criminal or administrative law, there is enormous injustice for hearing-impaired Roma, bordering on human rights violations.

]]> German Police https://rroma.org/german-police/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=german-police Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:56:11 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32224 A police operation involving a 25-member Roma family at the University Hospital of Cologne has had repercussions: Police in Bonn are now investigating six Cologne officers on suspicion of incitement to hatred. Bodycam footage is to be reviewed.

In December 2025, a Roma family celebrated the birth of a child in the foyer of the University Hospital of Cologne, triggering a police operation. The result: A complaint against the university hospital from the Rom Association, which advocates for the rights of Sinti and Roma, as well as a criminal complaint and a formal complaint filed with the Cologne Police Headquarters. Now it is clear: The operation could have far-reaching consequences for six police officers

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