War – rroma.org https://rroma.org Mon, 04 May 2026 15:19:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png War – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Yugoslav Wars https://rroma.org/yugoslav-wars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yugoslav-wars Mon, 04 May 2026 15:19:00 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32458 An interesting  article about Roma victims of the Bosnian war. Among the victims in Srebrenica were also Roma, but this is not recorded, because, like in other parts of the world, Roma also took on local names.

Human rights lawyer Lejla Hadžimesić talks about what went wrong, so that the process of reconciliation and dealing with the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina stopped years ago and started the journey back. She cites Milorad Dodik’s speech about secession fifteen years ago as a turning point. She sees this situation as the reason why it was (only) three decades after the war that the space for researching Roma victims opened up, which she herself is also involved in.

]]> Janush Panchenko https://rroma.org/janush-panchenko/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=janush-panchenko Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:28:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32096 An interview of Janush Panchenko wo tells what it was like when Russia invaded Ukraine and what it was like when he decided to leave Ukraine.

]]> Roma in Bosnia https://rroma.org/roma-in-bosnia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-in-bosnia Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:54:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31941 Three decades after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roma still remain outside the institutional memory, justice and reparations system, although, according to new findings, they were exposed to all forms of war crimes, from murders to expulsions and displacement, it was emphasized at the conference on the suffering of Roma in the period 1992-1995.

The conference was held in the building of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the title “Through Truth to Justice: Thirty Years of Silence on the Suffering of Roma in the Period 1992-1995”, within the project “Improving Roma Participation in Transitional Justice in BiH”, funded by the Government of the United Kingdom.

]]> Zakarpattia: Mobilisation https://rroma.org/zakarpattia-mobilisation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zakarpattia-mobilisation Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:13:36 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31857 On March 10th, near the village of Patskanovo in the Uzhhorod district, a group of Roma blocked the road of a service vehicle and attacked military personnel with wooden sticks.

According to the police of the Zakarpattia region, the incident occurred during the notification of residents of the district about mobilization and verification of military registration documents. People deliberately blocked the movement of a military vehicle, after which they provoked a conflict.

]]> Ukraine and Roma https://rroma.org/ukraine-and-roma-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukraine-and-roma-20 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:42:32 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31709 An interesting article on Roma in Ukraine who are fighting for the country and generally onm their current situation in the country.

]]> Ukraine, the War, and Roma https://rroma.org/ukraine-the-war-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukraine-the-war-and-roma-3 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:30:21 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31591 A reportage on Radio Romano about the situation of Roma in the Ukraine and about those who fled on the eve of the 5th year of the war.

]]> Switzerland and Ukrainian Refugees https://rroma.org/switzerland-and-ukrainian-refugees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switzerland-and-ukrainian-refugees Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:26:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30096 The Swiss government has decided that a large part of Western Ukraine, including Lviv, are safe and that Ukrainian refugees from those regions can safely return home… It was announced right after Lviv was bombed.

This will affect quite a few refugees, and many Roma from Transcarpathian Ukraine.

Bad.

]]> Transcarpathian Ukraine: Help? https://rroma.org/transcarpathian-ukraine-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transcarpathian-ukraine-help Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:59:51 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29465 On August 15, 2025, a humanitarian action was held in the Roma settlement of the village of Domboky of the Velykyluchkivska community, aimed at supporting vulnerable families. The event was organized by the head of the charitable organization “SOS Children’s Villages Uzhgorod” Natalia Kryvoruchko with the participation of the Regional Coordinator for National Minorities from the OSCE Projects in Ukraine at the Representation of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights in the Transcarpathian region Mykola Chyzhmar.

It looks like a nice alibi exercise. Much more needs to be done.

]]> Thaci in the Hague https://rroma.org/thaci-in-the-hague/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thaci-in-the-hague Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:16:47 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29177 Former KLA leader Hashim Thaci will begin his defense against charges of war crimes committed in Kosovo and Albania between 1995 and 1998 before the Special Tribunal in The Hague on September 9, the tribunal announced.

Alongside Thaci, Kadri Veselji, Redžep Seljimi, and Jakup Krasnići were charged with crimes against Albanians, declared “collaborators,” Serbs, and Roma, in more than 40 cases held by the KLA. All the defendants were leading members of the KLA Main Staff and the self-proclaimed Provisional Government of Kosovo.

]]> Bosnia, the War, and Roma https://rroma.org/bosnia-the-war-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bosnia-the-war-and-roma Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:42:49 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28573 Roma were victim of the war in Bosnia. They were victims of all sides in the conflict but this is still not really a topic to be discussed in Bosnia.

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