World

Police abuses against Roma, migrants and activists: Russia’s record before the UN Committee against Torture

Moscow, 8.11.2012 21:29, (ROMEA) Russia’s record of torture and ill-treatment is up for review by the UN Committee against Torture. On Friday 9th and Monday 12th November, the Committee will hear Russian officials and engage in a dialogue to monitor the Russian Federation’s compliance with the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment.  full story

Cambridgeshire councillor's apology for 'stupid Gypsy joke'

Cambridgeshire, UK, 8.11.2012 20:30, (ROMEA) A councillor considering plans to reopen a Cambridgeshire travellers' site has apologised for sending an email which disparages Gypsies.  full story

How Czech dailies are commenting on Obama's re-election

Prague, 8.11.2012 18:18, (ROMEA) Czech daily papers have commented on Tuesday's re-election of the Democratic Party candidate for President of the USA, saying the voters found Barack Obama to be the more comprehensible, reliable candidate despite the constrained results of his government so far. According to the Czech press, Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney correctly bet on people's dissatisfaction with Obama's effectiveness throughout the country, but failed to offer a better alternative.  full story

British football fan does prison time, gets lifetime ban for racism

Manchester, 7.11.2012 21:38, (ROMEA) News server SuperSpy.cz reports that a Chelsea football fan committed the offense earlier this week of imitating a monkey during a match in order to racially abuse a dark-skinned Manchester United footballer. Police arrested him and he will not be seen at the stadium again.  full story

videoThe Guardian: Greece lets fascism grow in security forces

7.11.2012 20:09, (ROMEA) News server Ežurnál.cz reports that The Guardian newspaper has quoted a Greek police officer who claims the Greek Government is closing its eyes to fascists and that the ultra-right will probably use this fact to provoke clashes with demonstrators.  full story

Spanish gypsies lament after homes demolished

Madrid, 6.11.2012 11:19, (ROMEA) Photographer Susana Vera documented the demolition of a long-standing gypsy community in Spain over the course of several months. She has created diptychs that pair images from before and after the demolition, as well as tell the story of the effect on the communities, showing the demolition of houses and the displacement of families.  full story

Clinton, Ashton Should Seek Reforms by Bosnia and Serbia and Kosovo

Washington, 5.11.2012 22:23, (ROMEA) United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton should emphasize the importance of improving human rights records in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia and Kosovo during their Western Balkan tour, Human Rights Watch said today. The visits are scheduled from October 30 to November 2, 2012.  full story

Template for Civil Society Monitoring of National Roma Integration Strategies and Decade Action Plans

Budapest, 5.11.2012 22:18, (ROMEA) The Decade Secretariat has prepared a monitoring template in order to encourage civil society coalitions to monitor the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies and Decade Action Plans.  full story

Father Patrick Desbois to Present New Findings on Treatment of Roma People During World War II at UN Kristallnacht Event

New York, 5.11.2012 22:04, (ROMEA) On Wednesday, 7 November, the United Nations Department of Public Information, in partnership with Yahad-In Unum, will mark the anniversary of the Kristallnacht Pogrom of November 1938 with a roundtable discussion entitled “The Holocaust by Bullets: Uncovering the Reality of Genocide”.  full story

Moscow: Neo-Nazis and Orthodox fanatics voice support for Breivik

Moscow , 5.11.2012 19:11, (ROMEA) News server iDNES.cz reports that Moscow has just experienced a wave of extreme hatred against immigrants and of ultra-nationalism. The so-called "Russian March" has taken place in the capital during which roughly 6 000 neo-Nazis and ultraconservative adherents of the Orthodox Church demonstrated in favor of purging Russia of all newcomers.  full story

No record of agreement for second gypsy site in Llansamlet

Swansea, 3.11.2012 16:43, (ROMEA) AN "AGREEMENT" not to create a second gypsy traveller site in Llansamlet cannot be found, residents have been told.  full story

videoTensions running high over Swansea gypsy site plans

Swansea, 3.11.2012 11:51, (ROMEA) Tensions are running high in Swansea over plans to build a new gypsy traveller site in the city. One of the potential areas is Llansamlet which already has a gypsy site. Local people took their protest to the city council on Thursday evening.  full story

Uproar over ambassador’s comments on Roma

Budapest, 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

Swiss magazine censured over Roma boy cover

Geneve, 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 story

8 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 story

Celebration of the World Day of Romani language

Zagreb, 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

Greek Metropolitan Bishop says neo-Nazis are the people's hope

Athens, 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

Jerusalem gypsies want Israeli citizenship

Jerusalem, 28.10.2012 20:29, (The Jerusalem Post) The 2,000 members of Jerusalem’s Muslim gypsy population want to become Israeli citizens, Mukhtar Abed Salim told Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat on Sunday. Barkat visited the capital’s small and impoverished gypsy population on Sunday to wish them happy holidays for the Eid al Adha [Feast of the Sacrifice], one of the most important Muslim holidays of the year. The gypsies, in turn, celebrated the mayor’s 53rd birthday last week with a special cake featuring the mayor’s face.  full story

Open ‘CONTEST 2012: Make a Change'

Brussels , 28.10.2012 15:57, (ROMEA) RomaReact.org announces Make a Change: Open Contest 2012, a video and photo contest made possible by a donation from European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes. The contest is individuals above the age of 16 who live in European Union countries or in Albania, Macedonia or Turkey.  full story

The First Roma Journal of Turkey: Rom-ca

Ankara, 27.10.2012 21:48, (ROMEA) The first Roma journal of Turkey Rom-ca is the sign of the development of Roma in Turkey. Many Roma journals were published in Europe since 1900s. However there were no periodicals prepared by Roma in Turkey until 2012. Rom-ca which is published by Abdullah Cıstır, who is a Roma entrepreneur and activist, became the first example of periodicals focusing on Roma in Turkey.  full story