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Czech Police investigate allegations of vote-buying in northern Bohemia

28.9.2020 12:49  full story

Commentary: What are the Romani candidates running for the fascists in the Czech Republic thinking?

28.9.2020 8:29  full story

Romani candidate in Czech regional elections says politicians don't have to be corrupt

27.9.2020 7:41  full story

Czech court sentences perpetrator to five years for racist assault on Romani man, both defense and prosecution considering appeal

25.9.2020 15:54  full story

COMMENTARY: Romani actors should refuse to perpetuate stereotypes in Czech television programs

25.9.2020 11:43  full story

Council of Europe says Czech Republic not doing enough to teach the Romani language

25.9.2020 8:19  full story

Romani candidates in the Czech elections: At least seven running for regional office and one for the Senate

25.9.2020 7:02  full story

Romani girl runner in Slovakia scores another regional victory

24.9.2020 12:28  full story

Finland's Supreme Court dissolves Finnish branch of international neo-Nazi group

23.9.2020 7:38  full story

Slovak Prosecutor says party head clearly used neo-Nazi symbolism so his followers would know his views

23.9.2020 7:01  full story

Czech expert says haters' attention is fixating on Roma again, "migration" as a subject is over

2.12.2019 8:01  full story

Czech lower house will not discuss accepting unaccompanied minor refugees - ANO, Communists, SocDems and ultra-nationalists opposed it

1.12.2019 10:12  full story

Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion publishes analysis of segregation in primary schools

30.11.2019 7:07  full story

Czech fan of ultra-nationalist party gets suspended sentence for wearing Nazi symbols to demonstration

25.11.2019 5:40  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2019 9:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2018 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

UN: Slovakia must act to eliminate racism against Roma

19.3.2018 11:15 In response to a submission made by the European Roma Rights Centre late last year of their concerns about pervasive racism in Slovakia, the UN has endorsed such concerns and has made recommendations to Slovakia as to how the country should progress towards being more accepting of the Roma, as well as of individuals who are Muslim or of African descent.  full story

Balder C. Hasvoll and Gorm K. Gaare: Roma are not wanted in Norway

15.11.2017 16:57 In a new book called “An unwanted people” (“Et uønsket folk”), Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities documented how Norway had a racist policy of exclusion against Roma between 1927 and 1956. We have followed Norwegian Roma today and have documented how Norwegian Roma are still being discriminated and excluded.  full story

Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivors, Descendants and Scholars Unite in Prague

26.9.2017 10:30 Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivors, Descendants and Scholars Unite in Prague By Clare Profous.  full story

AMER: Human rights defenders in Turkey should be released immediately!

7.7.2017 15:19 The situation in Turkey is serious. Association for Monitoring Equal Rights/AMER published a statement calling for the release of human rights defenders. Our news server Romea.cz publishes it in its entirety. Human rights defenders in Turkey should be released immediately!  full story