Racism – rroma.org https://rroma.org Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:50:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Racism – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Germany: Increased Discrimination https://rroma.org/germany-increased-discrimination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=germany-increased-discrimination Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:50:48 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32796 Significantly more cases of discrimination, denigration, insults, and violence against Sinti and Roma have been registered with the Reporting and Information Center for Antigypsyism (MIA) in Rhineland-Palatinate. The number rose by 41 to 100 incidents last year. However, there is a high number of unreported cases, said MIA board member Christian Kling in Mainz.

]]> Reactions to the Roma “Thieves” https://rroma.org/reactions-to-the-roma-thieves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reactions-to-the-roma-thieves Thu, 28 May 2026 12:14:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32752 Following the statements of the editor of the Serbian TV and paper “Informer”, Dragan J. Vučićević, who stated that trains stopped on Saturday because “Roma blockaders” stole copper cables, Roma representatives reacted.

The Democratic Union of Roma Strongly Condemns the Shameful and Offensive Statements Linking the Roma People to Crime and Copper Theft, Made in Public by Dragan J. Vučićević and Media Under His Control.

The President of the Democratic Union of Roma, Salih Saitović, stated that it is unacceptable that in the 21st century, an entire people is collectively insulted, humiliated and targeted for the sake of political showdowns and raising tensions in society.

The Roma Party has demanded an investigation into the responsibility of Informer TV editor Dragan J. Vučićević for hate speech and announced that, if no one reacts, it will internationalize the Roma issue in Serbia.

]]> Roma “Thieves” https://rroma.org/roma-thieves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-thieves Thu, 28 May 2026 12:13:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32749 The editor of the Serbian TV and paper “Informer”, Dragan J. Vučićević, stated that trains stopped on Saturday because “Roma blockaders” stole copper cables created a few heated reactions. Roma representatives were aghast (see our other post).

But the Serbian Information Minister Boris Bratina is defending Dragan J. Vučićević and Informer, a paper that was banned two days ago in Montenegro for promoting hate speech and denying the national identity of Montenegrins.

]]> 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!

]]> Discrimination in Slovenia https://rroma.org/discrimination-in-slovenia-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discrimination-in-slovenia-2 Mon, 25 May 2026 15:22:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32712 Advocate of the Principle of Equality Miha Lobnik submitted his regular annual report for 2025 to the President of the National Assembly Zoran Stevanović. The report shows that discrimination in Slovenia remains present in many areas of life, in work, access to services, healthcare, and education. Prejudices against Roma, LGBTIQ+ people, foreigners, and even religious minorities are growing.

]]> Criminal Charges https://rroma.org/criminal-charges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criminal-charges Fri, 22 May 2026 15:12:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32677 The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma intends to file criminal charges against the municipality of Teistungen in the Eichsfeld district. This was confirmed to this newsroom by the Council’s chairman, Romani Rose. The reason given was “deeply abhorrent and inhumane” statements in the municipality’s app.

Following an uproar surrounding a caravan camp in Ferna (Eichsfeld district), the municipality local app referred to “Gypsies” who were to be “gotten rid of.”

]]> Are Roma Spaniards? https://rroma.org/are-roma-spaniards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-roma-spaniards Thu, 21 May 2026 12:47:27 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32657 A video on the statements of some VOX politicians in Spain saying that “Gitanos” are not Spaniards. VOX is a populist extreme right party. Here, Roma are reacting.

One needs to note that Roma were in Spain before Spain conquered the entire country 1n 1492.

https://youtu.be/w671d75bitE

]]> Discrimination in Germany https://rroma.org/discrimination-in-germany-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discrimination-in-germany-2 Wed, 13 May 2026 15:12:13 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32568 Sinti and Roma experience brutal discrimination on the housing market, says Thomas Erbel from the Amaro Drom association. Even from neighbors. An Interview.

]]> Bulgaria Anti-Roma Rhetoric https://rroma.org/bulgaria-anti-roma-rhetoric/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-anti-roma-rhetoric Wed, 13 May 2026 15:11:11 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32565 The European Court of Human Rights sided with Roma activists and journalists who argued national courts treated racist political rhetoric too narrowly while ignoring its wider impact on an entire minority community.

]]> 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.

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