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News![]() Czech NGO says tenants must leave condemned buildingÚstí nad Labem, 2.11.2012 23:06, (ROMEA) People in Need (Člověk v tísni, o.p.s.) has released the following press release on the case of the building at Beneše Lounského street no. 5 in Ústí nad Labem-Předlice. full storyUproar over ambassador’s comments on RomaBudapest, 2.11.2012 22:37, (ROMEA) University teachers, students and researchers on Tuesday protested against remarks by Geza Jeszenszky, Hungary’s ambassador to Norway, which they think “stigmatise” the Roma minority. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Jeszenszky cannot be blamed for prejudice for his lines. full story![]() videoRomani Rose: Face of Germany's Sinti and RomaBerlin, 2.11.2012 22:10, (ROMEA) For decades, Romany activist Romani Rose has been representing the interests of Germany's Roma and Sinti communities. He welcomes Berlin's new memorial for the murdered Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazis - they include many of his close relatives. full story![]() Alleged assailant of 14-year-old Romani boy tells his side of the storyOstrava, 2.11.2012 22:05, (ROMEA) As we reported earlier this week, 14-year-old Ladislav N., a Romani boy from Ostrava-Přívoz, is still hospitalized with bleeding of the brain. His mother, Jana Fišerová, says his injuries are the result of his having been assaulted and beaten, as do two eyewitnesses. Police officers have begun investigating the entire matter as a misdemeanor incident only. As promised, Romea.cz is now reporting on what the alleged assailant has to say about the incident. full story![]() An Interview with Katalin Barsony, Romani Activist and Film DirectorBudapest, 2.11.2012 21:59, (ROMEA) Katalin Barsony is a Romani activist from Hungary, an internationally-recognized film director, and head of the Romedia Foundation. She is also a PhD fellow in Media and Communications at the Corvinus University of Budapest. She spoke with Bernard Rorke about the Romedia Foundation’s work to “deliver an alternative narrative to mainstream media” about what it means to be Roma in the 21st Century. full story![]() Swiss magazine censured over Roma boy coverGeneve, 2.11.2012 0:38, (ROMEA) Switzerland's press watchdog has upheld a complaint against a magazine that used a picture of a Roma boy waving a gun to illustrate a story about alleged threats from Gypsy gangs. full storyMagnum Foundation’s Human Rights FellowshipNew York, 1.11.2012 23:11, (ROMEA) Magnum Foundation has announced the availability of human rights fellowships for the 2013 NYU-MF Photography and Human Rights Program. The program will support 5 individuals to complete the 6-week summer program, Photography and Human Rights, at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU), housing, travel, and living expenses. full story8 April Movement: Roma Self-determination Now An Achievable Goal?EU, 1.11.2012 23:08, (ROMEA) A loose coalition known as the”8 April Movement”, which has been building up over recent months, is attempting to address some of the core challenges besetting Roma in Europe and around the globe. full storyCelebration of the World Day of Romani languageZagreb, 1.11.2012 23:04, (ROMEA) Like every year, the Association for the Promotion of Education of Roma in the Republic of Croatia “Kali Sara” organizing the celebration of the World Day of Romani language 05.11. World Day of Romani language is a cultural event, which each year brings together doctors, professors, journalists and linguists romologiju that deal about Romani language. full story![]() Czech town fears rumors of Romani "influx"Znojmo, 1.11.2012 21:06, (ROMEA) News server Znojemský týden has reported that rumors are circulating in the Czech town of Znojmo alleging that Romani families will be moving in. The rumors first mentioned that Romani families would be moving into the building of a monastery on Louce street, then into muncipally-owned apartments on Sokolovská street, and finally that they would be moving into building no. 3 on that street, which belongs to the Znojmo-based Agropodnik company. full story![]() Commentary: How to learn hatred for poor Romani peoplePrague, 1.11.2012 18:04, (ROMEA) The title of this article might make some readers angry. Why not - for years we have been hearing all around us how Romani people drive their Mercedes to get their welfare money - which can be any amount they like, as much as they are able to shout down the authorities for - how their purchases in pharmacies are free of charge, how non-Romani people who commit the same crimes get stricter punishments than Romani people do, etc. Imagination knows no limits. full story![]() Commentary: Czech domestic intelligence reports short on intelligencePrague, 1.11.2012 0:50, (ROMEA) The activities of the Security Information Services (Bezpečnostní informační služby - BIS) here in the Czech Republic and their reports to the public are truly amazing. More than once, without exaggeration, I have compared their "reports" on extremism to ninth-grade composition exercises. The "information" their latest report provides us about developments on the extremist scene during the third quarter of 2012 unfortunately just confirms my previous descriptions (the report is available in Czech only at http://bis.cz/2012-3q-zprava-extremismus.html). full story![]() Michaela Marksová-Tominová: The strange Czech practice of "inclusion"Prague, 31.10.2012 3:05, (ROMEA) I am very involved in advocating for inclusive education in the Czech school system. For a year and a half I had the opportunity to work at the Education Ministry as the director of its Equal Opportunities in Education Department, which was involved in introducing inclusive education and collaborating on transforming the special - or rather, today the "practical" - schools. I will use the original name, "special schools", in this piece, even though that name is no longer used in practice, because that term corresponds best to what these schools still are in reality. full story![]() Czech Police say attack on Romani minor, hospitalized with bleeding of the brain, was a "misdemeanor"Ostrava, 31.10.2012 1:46, (ROMEA) Ladislav N., a 14-year old Romani boy from Ostrava-Přívoz, was hospitalized recently with bleeding of the brain. His mother, Jana Fišerová, says he was assaulted and beaten. Police officers initially said that was the case, but then began to investigate the matter as a misdemeanor only. full story![]() Hundreds of videos inciting racial hatred available on YouTubePrague, 31.10.2012 0:23, (ROMEA) Hundreds of videos inciting racial hatred are freely available on the YouTube website, including videos of songs with Czech-language lyrics, but police do not know how to intervene against their authors. Allegedly the perpetrators cannot be prosecuted because the website belongs to an American company and is not subject to Czech law. full storyMany questions, few answers for Toronto’s Roma: FioritoToronto, 29.10.2012 23:02, (The Star) There is more to know as a result of the Roma Health Forum held a while ago. As you recall: the purpose of the forum was to discuss the problems faced by Roma refugee claimants in Toronto. full story![]() Life through a Lens with Roma childrenKosice, 29.10.2012 22:16, (Creative Boom) A photographer and lecturer from Cambridge is hoping to stage a photography project which will run for two weeks at the Roma community, Lunik IX in Košice, Slovakia. full story![]() Commentary: How should Romani representatives be appointed?Prague, 29.10.2012 21:42, (ROMEA/Romano hangos) During discussions on the website of the Romea news server (www.romea.cz), the debates between pro-Romani and Romani activists have often returned on various occasions to the topic of legitimacy - who can and should "speak on behalf of Romani people" or "represent Romani people" in the Czech Republic? The Editor-in-Chief of the Romano hangos periodical, Pavel Pečínka, has reached out to a circle of his regular contributors with questions that can all be summarized under the basic question of: Who can speak "for Romani people"? News server Romea.cz is gradually publishing the responses submitted to him by selected authors. Below is the translation of the response submitted by Ondřej Klípa, who has been entrusted with representing the management of the Office of the Czech Government Inter-ministerial Commission for Roma Community Affairs. full story![]() Greek Metropolitan Bishop says neo-Nazis are the people's hopeAthens, Greece, 29.10.2012 19:23, (ROMEA) A leading representative of the Greek Orthodox church, Metropolitan Bishop Ambrosios of Kalavryta, shocked the public yesterday by calling the neo-Nazis in the Golden Dawn party the "sweet hope" of the people. Online Greek news server newsit.gr called the statements of the clergyman symptoms of insanity. full story![]() Exhibition shows Czech hypocrisy on education of Romani peoplePrague, 29.10.2012 18:24, (ROMEA) The Open Society Justice Initiative has supported the creation of an exhibition of photographs of Romani parents, accompanied by their stories, entitled "Failing Another Generation" (in Czech, "Jak vztratit další generaci"). The exhibition will open on 13 November 2012 at 19:30 in the arcade of the Lucerna Palace in Prague. full story |