World

Michael Mates investigated over Gypsy comment in PCC election statement

Hampshire, 16.11.2012 12:28, (ROMEA) Hampshire police refer two complaints alleging use of racist language by candidate to neighbouring force for investigation.  full story

Germany: Schleswig-Holstein officially protecting Roma and Sinti

Kiel, Germany, 15.11.2012 22:08, (ROMEA) German news server Spiegel Online reports that the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany has become the first in the country to incorporate protection for Romani and Sinti people into its state constitution. Members of the Romani and Sinti minorities now have the right to protection and support equivalent to that of two other minorities living in the state, the Danish and the Frisians.  full story

Czech Embassy Protest Over School Apartheid

London, 15.11.2012 15:17, (ROMEA) Showing solidarity with events in Ostrava, Prague and elsewhere, Roma and supporters from several countries protested outside the Czech Embassy in London on 13 November against the failure of authorities there to end apartheid in schools despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.  full story

Protest At Czech Embassy Over Denial Of Roma Children’s Rights

London, 27.10.2012 21:51, (ROMEA) Five year ago, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Czech Republic must end the segregration of Roma children into “special schools” where education is said to be severely substandard.  full story

Ultra-right growing in former East Germany

Germany (eastern part), 12.11.2012 17:19, (ROMEA) The German media reports that the Friedrich Ebert Foundation is informing the public that during the last six years, the number of people advocating opinions typical of the ultra-right in the former East Germany has significantly increased. The foundation says the proportion of persons holding such beliefs has risen from 6.6 % to 15.8 %.  full story

Former Czech Human Rights Minister on Romani issues

Prague, 12.11.2012 16:54, (ROMEA) News server Novinky.cz has published an extensive interview with former Czech Human Rights Commissioner Michael Kocáb. Romea.cz is publishing in translation the sections of that interview related to his most recent time in politics, including his approach toward Romani issues.  full story

Poland: 15 000 neo-Nazis clash with police in Warsaw

Warsaw, 12.11.2012 15:56, (ROMEA) Warsaw was all but transformed into a war zone yesterday as neo-Nazis clashed with police officers on the anniversary of the country's independence. Dozens of people were injured, 120 demonstrators were arrested, and total chaos reigned in the streets.  full story

Germany: Murder charges brought against last member of neo-Nazi group

Berlin, 9.11.2012 21:20, (ROMEA) One year after the discovery in Germany of the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Underground (NSU), which investigators say is responsible for the murders of nine immigrants and one policewoman, federal prosecutors have filed charges against its only living member, Beate Zschäpe. The High Court in Munich, where Zschäpe will be tried, made the announcement yesterday. Prosecutors have charged her with participating in 10 murders and creating a terrorist association. Press reports say she faces life in prison if convicted.  full story

Analysis: Kristallnacht and its connection to Europe today

Prague, 9.11.2012 20:03, (ROMEA) During the late night hours of 9 November and the early morning hours of 10 November 1938, the Nazis in occupied Austria, the occupied border region of the Czech lands, and Germany murdered Jewish people and captured them for the concentration camps. A total of 267 synagogues were burned down or otherwise demolished, 7 500 Jewish apartments and shops were ransacked, 91 Jewish people were directly murdered during the pogrom, and 30 000 ended up in death camps.  full story

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