Roma Slavery

May 17, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article stating that Romania is intending to include an optional module in teaching history about the slavey of Roma in the country. Well, it will be optional, and they downplay it as “forced labour”.

Recently the Romanian church denied its involvement in the slavery, even though the church held Roma slaves.

Roumanie: l’esclavage des Roms entre dans les manuels scolaires. In: RFI. 16.05.2026. https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/reportage-international/20260515-roumanie-l-esclavage-des-roms-entre-dans-les-manuels-scolaires

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Five centuries

February 22, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

An exhibition in France about the five centuries of slavery of Roma in Romanan lands. A slavery that the Romanian church still denies having been involved in…

CINQ SIÈCLES D’ESCLAVAGE DES RROMS, UNE MÉMOIRE ENCORE TABOUE EN ROUMANIE. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 20.02.2026. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roumanie-l-esclavage-des-Rroms-toujours-tabou

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Romania, the Church, and Roma Slavery

March 12, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Romanian Orthodox Church is refusing to apologise for the Roma slavery in Romanian lands, a slavery that lasted until 1862. They were parts of the problems, as there were a whole category of Roma who were slaves of the church.

ROUMANIE : L’ÉGLISE ORTHODOXE REFUSE DE S’EXCUSER POUR L’ESCLAVAGE DES ROMS. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 10.03.2023. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Esclavage-des-Roms-en-Roumanie-l-Eglise-orthodoxe-refuse-toujours-de

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Romania, the Church, and Roma Slavery

March 4, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Romanian Orthodox Church should apologize for centuries of Roma slavery. It would be a long overdue symbolic gesture, historians, sociologists and representatives of the Roma community believe.

Rumänien: Roma fordern Entschuldigung von Orthodoxer Kirche. In: Deutsche Welle. 03.03.2023. https://www.dw.com/de/rumänien-roma-fordern-entschuldigung-von-orthodoxer-kirche/a-64876952

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Romania, the Church, and Roma Slavery

March 3, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

Being threatened with a lawsuit by Roma for their involvement in Slavery, the Orthodox Church of Romania denies exclusive responsibility in the enslavement of Roma in Romania.

Romanian Roma Threaten Church With Lawsuit Over Role in Slavery. Balkan Insight. 02.03.2023. https://balkaninsight.com/2023/03/02/romanian-roma-threaten-church-with-lawsuit-over-role-in-slavery/

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Romania, the Church, and Slavery

March 2, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

A leader of the Romanian Roma community, Dorin Cioaba, is planning to sue the Romanian church for its role in Roma slavery in Romania. This would be a good thing for the church to have to admit their involvement and guilt in the Romanian Roma Slavery.

Ромски лидер планира да даде на съд Румънската православна църква заради ромското робство. In: BTA. 01.03.2023. https://bta.bg/bg/news/balkans/416104-romski-lider-planira-da-dade-na-sad-rumanskata-pravoslavna-tsarkva-zaradi-romsko

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French Chronicle …

October 23, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Pretty usual week in France on Roma. An exhibition on the Romanian slavery of Roma in Nantes; near Paris, Roma are getting support for them to stay in a camp near Bobigny from their neighbours, an exception; also near Paris, a camp is evacuated; in Lyon, Roma finally get water; two camps closed in the South of France; and finally, several Roma were condemned for having defrauded immigration candidates from the East.

L’esclavage des Roms dans les principautés roumaines : cinq siècles d’esclavage oublié Cosmopolis Nantes. In: Uni Divers. https://www.unidivers.fr/event/cosmopolis-nantes-2022-11-04t1330000100-3/
Bobigny : après avoir réclamé leur expulsion, des habitants soutiennent des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 20.10.2022. https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bobigny-apres-avoir-reclame-leur-expulsion-des-habitants-soutiennent-des-roms-20-10-2022-W3NHGMZVM5ELRIGYQH6U2OR4MU.php
Bussy-Saint-Georges ► Petit-Bois : le camp de Roms a été évacué. In: Mag Journal. 21.10.2022. https://www.magjournal77.fr/vie-locale/item/56667-bussy-saint-georges-petit-bois-le-camp-de-roms-a-ete-evacue
De l’eau courante pour les Roms du parking rue de la Doua. In: Le Progrès. 22.10.2022. https://www.leprogres.fr/societe/2022/10/22/de-l-eau-courante-pour-les-roms-du-parking-rue-de-la-doua
On en sait plus sur les campements de Roms démolis après de longs mois d’occupation illégale à Saint-Laurent-du-Var. In: Nice Matin. 19.10.2022. https://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/on-en-sait-plus-sur-les-campements-de-roms-demolis-apres-de-longs-mois-doccupation-illegale-a-saint-laurent-du-var-801870
Melun : douze personnes jugées pour avoir escroqué des demandeurs d’asile. In: Evasion. 21.10.2022. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-81903-melun-douze-personnes-jugees-pour-avoir-escroque-des-demandeurs-d-asile.html
Seine-et-Marne : ils escroquaient financièrement les candidats à l’immigration venus de l’Est. In: La République de Seine et Marne. 20.10.2022. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/melun_77288/seine-et-marne-ils-escroquaient-financierement-les-candidats-a-limmigration-venus-de-lest_54646302.html