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News![]() Czech report on Roma: Socially excluded localities grow along with youth unemploymentPrague, 3.12.2013 16:19, (ROMEA) Last week the Czech Government reviewed its Report on the State of the Romani Minority for 2012. The document confirms that Romani people continue to occupy an adverse position in the areas of education, employment, housing and security. full story![]() Czech Senate rejects EU efforts to improve Romani integrationPrague, 3.12.2013 1:00, (ROMEA) The Czech Senate has rejected a proposal from the European Commission for EU Member States to introduce social measures targeting Romani people, saying that the delivering of aid according to ethnic criteria is unconstitutional. The senators agreed that Romani integration, given the diversity of Romani communities, should be conducted nationally according to local conditions. full story![]() Slovakia wants obligatory work for Roma on welfareSlovakia, 1.12.2013 19:08, (ROMEA) Last Tuesday the ruling Směr (Direction) party in Slovakia was joined by opposition MPs to override a presidential veto of an amendment requiring work in exchange for aid to those in material distress. Unemployed persons will have to work at least 32 hours a month in order to receive the state benefit of EUR 61.60. full story![]() Amnesty International Czech Republic strongly objects to senators' remarks about RomaPrague, 1.12.2013 18:10, (ROMEA) As news server Romea.cz previously reported, a recent session of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on recommendations from the Council of the EU about Romani integration measures included remarks by some senators which revealed their antigypsyism, crassness, ignorance of the issue, and sense of superiority combined with a need to ridicule others. News server Romea.cz reached out to several figures from the NGO sphere and politics and asked them their opinion of the Senate's performance. full story![]() Slovak Police charge man with electoral fraud, Romani voters were bribedSlovakia, 30.11.2013 18:38, (ROMEA) For the first time ever, the Slovak Police have brought charges in a case of electoral fraud. Detectives believe the Slovak man charged allegedly promised voters a discount coupon worth EUR 5 and tobacco if they would vote for certain candidates in the elections to the Banská Bystrice Regional Council. full story![]() Analysis: Czech media uninterested in civil society critique of senators' antigypsyismPrague, 29.11.2013 22:26, (ROMEA) The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is part of our democratic system and should therefore honor the Constitution of the Czech Republic, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms that is a part of that constitutional order. Senators who speak during sessions of the upper chamber are representing the Czech Republic as a democratic state governed by the rule of law to the nation and the rest of the world. full story![]() Slovak PM: Growth in extremism can be confronted by better solving "the Romani question"Prague, 29.11.2013 21:03, (ROMEA) Speaking in Prague yesterday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said government can confront the growth in extremism by "managing to solve the so-called Romani question." He was responding to a question about what would stop the growing popularity in the Central European region of people like Slovak right-wing extremist Marian Kotleba. full story![]() Czech figures say Senate session on Roma integration full of collective blame, hatred, ignorance and racismPrague, 29.11.2013 18:51, (ROMEA) As news server Romea.cz reported earlier this week, the recent session of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on EU recommendations for Romani integration measures included statements by some senators that were a testament to their antigypsyism, their crassness, their ignorance of the issue, and their sense of superiority combined with a need to ridicule others. News server Romea.cz has reached out to several leading figures from the NGO sphere and politics and asked them for their opinions of the Senate's performance. full story![]() Slovakia: Ultra-right also won Romani votes, intimidation allegedSlovakia, 28.11.2013 21:30, (ROMEA) Members of the Romani Union Party in Slovakia (Strana romské unie na Slovensku - SRÚS) are calling on newly-elected governor of the Banská Bystrice region Marián Kotleba to meet with them before Christmas and show them his plans for their community. The party wants to offer its own proposals for improving the situation of Romani people to him. full story![]() Czech Senate debate on Roma integration reveals antigypsyism, crassness, ignorancePrague, 28.11.2013 2:11, (ROMEA) The recent Czech senate debate of recommendations from the Council of the EU for effective measures in the area of Romani integration in the EU Member States can only be characterized as dense. In addition to several truthful statements, the discourse included many zingers from infamous politicians such as Jaroslav Doubrava, Miroslav Krejči, Jaroslav Kubera and Pavel Lebeda. full story![]() Czech Republic: Activists want incoming governing coalition to enact Human Rights MinistryPrague, 27.11.2013 0:05, (ROMEA) A total of 40 nonprofit organizations and several eminent figures in the Czech Republic have issued an open letter calling on the heads of the ANO, Christian Democratic and Social Democratic parties to consider establishing a Ministry for Human Rights, Minorities and Equal Opportunities should they form a government. Proponents of the move believe it would mean such issues would receive greater weight and would not only help solve country's problems with ghettos, but would even benefit the economy as a whole. full story![]() Slovakia: Roma Initiative chair says low Roma turnout part of Kotleba's winBratislava, Slovakia, 26.11.2013 23:27, (ROMEA) The TASR press agency reports that Slovak Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Community Affairs Peter Pollák believes the election of ultra-right politician Marián Kotleba (People's Party "Our Slovakia") to chair the Autonomous Region of Banská Bystrice (Banskobystrický samosprávny kraj - BBSK) is because that the Romani issue has gone unaddressed in Slovakia for the past 22 years. Václav Kappel, chair of the Romani Initiative of Slovakia, has criticized Romani voters for not turning out to vote against Kotleba. full story![]() Czech Republic: Roma in Brno take to the streets to talk workBrno, 25.11.2013 21:28, (ROMEA) On 21 November, Romani residents were speaking face to face with people on the streets of Brno to tell them about the work they do. By wearing orange safety vests reading "We are working" and telling their personal stories to passers-by, those involved in the outreach are attempting to break down prejudices against Romani people. full story![]() Czech prosecutors disagree on whether assault in Duchcov was racially motivatedDuchcov, 25.11.2013 17:24, (ROMEA) Six months after Romani people assaulted a non-Romani married couple in the Czech town of Duchcov, sparking anti-Romani demonstrations there, it remains unclear whether the alleged assailants will be charged with racial motivation. Experts disagree on whether the incident should be considered one of racially motivated violence. full story![]() Jolana Šmarhovyčová: Six years after D.H. v Czech Republic, all that has changed are the school namesOstrava/Prague, 25.11.2013 17:13, (ROMEA) This month marks six years since the groundbreaking judgment from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of D.H. and Others vs. the Czech Republic. That judgment confirmed that the Czech Republic discriminates against Romani children by disproportionately sending them to what were once called the "special schools" and today are called "practical schools." full story![]() Czech Republic: Romani gunshot victim gets two years for riotingTanvald, 25.11.2013 16:59, (ROMEA) News server iDNES.cz reports that a Czech court has sentenced Patrik Tatár, a Romani man who was shot in the abdomen on New Year's Day 2012 by 63-year-old Jan Sieber, to two years in prison. The state prosecutor found earlier that Sieber had acted in self-defense. full story![]() Czech-Roma NGO: "Practical school" not beneficial to Romani children's futuresPrague, 25.11.2013 16:36, (ROMEA) Staffers of the Slovo 21 civic association in the Czech Republic will be attempting to discuss with Romani parents the idea that their children should be enrolled into mainstream primary schools, not "practical" ones. The NGO's latest project, called "Mom, Dad, I want to go to school", endeavors to communicate the message that "practical schools" will not benefit their children's futures. full story![]() Analysis of Czech Police strategy for anti-Roma hate marches during 2013Prague, 25.11.2013 16:03, (ROMEA) When at the end of May the traveling circus of this year's series of hate marches first broke out in the northern Bohemian town of Duchcov, the Czech Police behaved as of "ordinary citizens" had never before joined such neo-Nazi actions before. For experts on this issue who witnessed the unrest in the Šluknov area in 2011, the memories are fresh. full story![]() Czech Social Democratic shadow minister: D.H. judgment key to desegregating schoolsPrague, 25.11.2013 15:42, (ROMEA) This month marks six years since the groundbreaking judgment from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of D.H. and Others vs. the Czech Republic. That judgment confirmed that the Czech Republic discriminates against Romani children by disproportionately sending them to what were once called the "special schools" and today are called "practical schools." full story![]() Slovaks vote in Fascist as governor of Banská Bystrica RegionBanská Bystrica, Slovakia, 24.11.2013 15:04, (ROMEA) Voters in Slovakia have surprised pundits by electing right-wing extremist Marian Kotleba governor of the Banská Bystrica Region, a man who has organized anti-Romani marches and other ultra-right events. Kotleba won 55.5 % of the second round of voting, defeating incumbent Vladimír Maňka (Smer) by more than 14 000 votes. full story |