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Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Okamura and Holocaust

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Okamura, the chairman of an extreme right party in the Czech republic together with his party colleague Miloslav Rozner have been exonerated by Blanka Valsamis, the Public Prosecutor (District Attorney) of Prague 4th District Office of any crime pertaining to their statements on Holocaust and the Lety concentration camps – they had denied it was a concentration camp saying people were free to move in and out as it was not fenced.
BAD …

– Okamurove výroky o koncentráku nie sú trestným činom. In: SME. 16.10.2018. https://svet.sme.sk/c/20938680/cesko-romovia-okamura-nacisti-koncentracny-tabor.html [link-preview url=”https://svet.sme.sk/c/20938680/cesko-romovia-okamura-nacisti-koncentracny-tabor.html”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

A Movie on Lunik IX

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A Polish movie on the Lunik IX estate in Košice won the Grand Video Awards 2018 in the category of Publications and Video Talk.

– Mikołaj Teperek: „Projekt Lunik” opowiada o trudnej integracji Romów i Słowaków. In: Press. 11.10.2018. https://www.press.pl/tresc/54924,mikolaj-teperek_—-projekt-lunik—-opowiada-o-trudnej-integracji-romow-i-slowakow [link-preview url=”https://www.press.pl/tresc/54924,mikolaj-teperek_—-projekt-lunik—-opowiada-o-trudnej-integracji-romow-i-slowakow”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland and Integration

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The President of the “Royal Roma Foundation”, Bogdan Trojanek, wrote to the president of the city of Puławy and the chairman of the city council. He accused the councillors of propagating harmful stereotypes, and asked the local authorities to define a new program to integrate this community with the participation of Roma.

– Zobacz także: Posłowie o Romach w Puławach, wyjazdowa komisja sejmowa. In: Dziennik wschodni. 13.10.2018. https://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/prezes-krolewskiej-fundacji-romow-krytykuje-radnego-w-pismie-do-prezydenta-pulaw,n,1000228629.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/prezes-krolewskiej-fundacji-romow-krytykuje-radnego-w-pismie-do-prezydenta-pulaw,n,1000228629.html”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Belfast: Racism

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The plight of a Roma family in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is not pretty.

– Roma granny said children are traumatised by repeated attacks on their South Belfast home. In: Belfast Live. 09.10.2018. https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/roma-granny-said-children-traumatised-15256355 [link-preview url=”https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/roma-granny-said-children-traumatised-15256355″]

France News Western Europe

Roma Holocaust

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An article in Le Monde on the Roma Holocaust and on the fact that it has been ignored for a long time. Only thing one should say, “Tsiganes” is not the right terminology …

– Le génocide oublié des Tziganes. In: Le Monde. 03.10.2018. https://www.lemonde.fr/long-format/article/2018/10/03/tziganes-le-genocide-oublie_5363736_5345421.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lemonde.fr/long-format/article/2018/10/03/tziganes-le-genocide-oublie_5363736_5345421.html”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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The trend holds. Very fe news on Roma this week in France.
Pictures of a Roma camp near Paris made the headline. They show the houses and the garbage filmed from a drone. In Montreuil, the mayor requisitioned housing for migrants, but not for Roma who have been expulsed a long while back. In the north, locals are asking for the closure of a camp while in the South East, in Grenoble, a camp is likely to be closed.

– Essonne : avec ses images aériennes, il interpelle les autorités sur la situation d’un bidonville. In: Le Parisien. 24.09.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/essonne-avec-ses-images-aeriennes-il-interpelle-les-autorites-sur-la-situation-d-un-bidonville-24-09-2018-7901208.php
– Essonne : Un campement rom vu du ciel à Bondoufle/Ris-Orangis. In: Le Républicain de l’Essonne. 26.09.2018. https://www.le-republicain.fr/actualites-locales/grand-paris-sud/essonne-un-campement-rom-vu-du-ciel-a-bondoufle-ris-orangis
– Essonne. Il dénonce la pollution d’un bidonville grâce à son drone. Ouest France. 25.09.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/ile-de-france/essonne/essonne-il-denonce-la-pollution-d-un-bidonville-grace-son-drone-5985018
– Montreuil solidaire, vraiment? In: Médiapart. 27.09.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/270918/montreuil-solidaire-vraiment
– Les riverains de la rue du Plaisir demandent le départ des Roms. In: Nord Eclair. 26.09.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/191608/article/2018-09-26/les-riverains-de-la-rue-du-plaisir-demandent-le-depart-des-roms
– Fontaine : les Roms du terrain Courtade pourraient être expulses. In: Le Dauphiné. 29.09.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/09/29/fontaine-les-roms-du-terrain-courtade-pourraient-etre-expulses [link-preview url=”https://www.le-republicain.fr/actualites-locales/grand-paris-sud/essonne-un-campement-rom-vu-du-ciel-a-bondoufle-ris-orangis “]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Holocaust

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A monument will be erected in Italy in remembrance of the Roma victims of the Holocaust. It will highlight a poem by Santino Spinelli, a long term Roma activist.

– Musica e parole per il monumento alla memoria dei Rom e Sinti vittime del nazismo. In: Roma Today. http://www.romatoday.it/eventi/musica-e-parole-per-il-monumento-alla-memoria-dei-rom-e-sinti.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/eventi/musica-e-parole-per-il-monumento-alla-memoria-dei-rom-e-sinti.html”]

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Czech Republic …

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Torture and racism … Some articles in the Czech press about a Rom who was tortured by the police.

– Policisté měli z muže vymlátit přiznání, hrozí jim až osm let! In: TN.cz. 17.09.2018. http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/policiste-meli-z-muze-vymlatit-priznani-hrozi-jim-az-osm-let.html
– Generální inspekce stíhá dva budějovické policisty kvůli mučení Roma. Přinutili ho k doznání ve věci, kterou nespáchal. In: Romea. 17.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/generalni-inspekce-stiha-dva-budejovicke-policisty-kvuli-muceni-roma-prinutili-ho-k-doznani-ve-veci-kterou-nespachal
– Czech Inspector-General prosecuting two police officers for torturing Romani man into a false confession. In: Romea. 17.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-inspector-general-prosecuting-two-police-officers-for-torturing-romani-man-into-a-false-confession#.W6CHARTFQoE.facebook [link-preview url=”http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/policiste-meli-z-muze-vymlatit-priznani-hrozi-jim-az-osm-let.html “]

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Czech Republic …

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Quite amazing when the French press, especially one close to the right, publishes an article about torture and racism in the Czech Republic.
If anyone has articles about it in the Czech press, please forward!

– En République tchèque, deux policiers accusés d’avoir torturé un homme d’origine rom. In: Paris Match. 17.09.2018. https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/En-Republique-tcheque-deux-policiers-accuses-d-avoir-torture-un-homme-d-origine-rom-1574893 [link-preview url=”https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/En-Republique-tcheque-deux-policiers-accuses-d-avoir-torture-un-homme-d-origine-rom-1574893″]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine – Reactions

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Ukrainian reactions to the BBC reportage on Roma in the Ukraine. Unfortunately, they really took the worst excerpts in this articles – perpetuating some of the standard stereotypes.

– “На підлозі туалетний папір і 13 дітей”: репортаж про жахливу бідність ромів в Україні. In: Obrozrevatel. 21.09.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/city/news/na-pidlozi-tualetnij-papir-i-13-ditej-reportazh-pro-zhahlivu-bidnist-romiv-v-ukraini.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/city/news/na-pidlozi-tualetnij-papir-i-13-ditej-reportazh-pro-zhahlivu-bidnist-romiv-v-ukraini.htm”]

News Western Europe Spain

Difficult …

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A new movie about a lesbian love affair amongst the Madrid Roma community. Touchy subject, and whilst the actors are by and large Roma, the director isn’t. Not a cause for condemnation, the movie needs to be seen, and the topic discussed.

– QCFF Review: ‘Carmen & Lola’ Explores Lesbian Love in a Spanish Romani Community. In: Exclaim. 20.09.2018. http://exclaim.ca/film/article/carmen_and_lola_explores_lesbian_love_in_a_spanish_romani_community-directed_by_arantxa_echevarria [link-preview url=”http://exclaim.ca/film/article/carmen_and_lola_explores_lesbian_love_in_a_spanish_romani_community-directed_by_arantxa_echevarria”]

Uncategorized

Movies

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A call for Roma films.

– CALL FOR FILMS. http://roma-filmfestival.com/?page_id=57 [link-preview url=”http://roma-filmfestival.com/?page_id=57″]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Barrister

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An interview with Brigitta Balogh. She is a Romni, a migrant, and set to be the first openly Roma barrister in Britain.

– Brigitta Balogh: Woman set to become Britain’s first Roma barrister on Brexit insecurity and racism. In: The independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-first-roma-barrister-woman-brigitta-balogh-antigypsyism-racism-discrimination-brexit-a8547591.html [link-preview url=”https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-first-roma-barrister-woman-brigitta-balogh-antigypsyism-racism-discrimination-brexit-a8547591.html”]

Finland News Western Europe

Finland: Discrimination

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A case of discrimination was won in Finland against a store who discriminated against Romnja.
Good!

– Southern Finland store fined for discriminating against Roma woman. In: Yle Uutiset. 14.09.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/southern_finland_store_fined_for_discriminating_against_roma_woman/10404605 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/southern_finland_store_fined_for_discriminating_against_roma_woman/10404605″]

France News Western Europe

Israel Galvan

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New show by the famed flamenco dancer Israel Galvan. This time with cats!!!!

– Flamenco star Galvan herds cats in new circus show. In: France 24. 18.09.2018. https://www.france24.com/en/20180918-flamenco-star-galvan-herds-cats-new-circus-show [link-preview url=”https://www.france24.com/en/20180918-flamenco-star-galvan-herds-cats-new-circus-show”]

Germany News Western Europe

Festival in Darmstadt

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Roma are a part of Europe – since many centuries. A festival in Darmstadt highlighted this.

– Gegen Vorurteile. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 17.09.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/darmstadt/darmstadt-gegen-vorurteile-a-1584025
– Podiumsdiskussion beim Sinti und Roma Kultur- und Musikfestival. In: Echo Online. 17.09.2018. https://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/podiumsdiskussion-beim-sinti-und-roma-kultur-und-musikfestival_19066043# [link-preview url=”https://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/podiumsdiskussion-beim-sinti-und-roma-kultur-und-musikfestival_19066043#”]

Germany News Western Europe

Festival in Darmstadt

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Roma are a part of Europe – since many centuries. A festival in Darmstadt highlighted this.

– Gegen Vorurteile. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 17.09.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/darmstadt/darmstadt-gegen-vorurteile-a-1584025
– Podiumsdiskussion beim Sinti und Roma Kultur- und Musikfestival. In: Echo Online. 17.09.2018. https://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/podiumsdiskussion-beim-sinti-und-roma-kultur-und-musikfestival_19066043# [link-preview url=”https://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/podiumsdiskussion-beim-sinti-und-roma-kultur-und-musikfestival_19066043#”]

Germany News Western Europe

Interview of Romani Rose

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An interview in Prague of Romani Rose, president of the German Central Council of Sinti and Roma.

– Romani Rose: Society must condemn antigypsyism just as it condemns antisemitism. In: Romea. 13.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and-commentary/interviews/romani-rose-society-must-condemn-antigypsyism-just-as-it-condemns-antisemitism#.W5pwT9CWMxU.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and-commentary/interviews/romani-rose-society-must-condemn-antigypsyism-just-as-it-condemns-antisemitism#.W5pwT9CWMxU.facebook”]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany and Roma

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The German state wants to create an expert commission to analyse and understand the causes of racism against Roma and Sinti.
The Central Council of Sinti and Roma has already said they do not want to be aprt of this commission. We tend to agree with them.

– Expertengruppe soll in Kürze Feindschaft gegen Sinti und Roma erforschen. In: Die Zeit. 13.09.2018. https://www.zeit.de/news/2018-09/13/expertengruppe-soll-in-kuerze-feindschaft-gegen-sinti-und-roma-erforschen-20180913-doc-1925ru
– Zentralrat will nicht in Expertenkommission. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 14.09.2018. https://www.rnz.de/politik/hintergrund_artikel,-berlin-zentralrat-will-nicht-in-expertenkommission-_arid,385910.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zeit.de/news/2018-09/13/expertengruppe-soll-in-kuerze-feindschaft-gegen-sinti-und-roma-erforschen-20180913-doc-1925ru “]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Schools and Roma

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Roma children experience bullying and racism in schools in the UK.
Bad And funds are being cut.

– Gypsy pupils experience bullying and racism, MPs told. In: BBC News. 12.09.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/education-45498034
– Funding cuts and bullying hitting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils, MPs told. In: Schoolweek. 12.09.2018. https://schoolsweek.co.uk/funding-cuts-and-bullying-hitting-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-mps-told/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/education-45498034 “]

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