July 2012
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Bosnia’s ‘Others’ Fight for Their Rights... →
SARAJEVO | The peace agreement that ended the 1992-1995 war left Bosnia and Herzegovina with a massively complicated, multitier political system. But constitutional principles designed to bind Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats together in common structures have ended up depriving minority groups of rights to which they would otherwise be entitled.
The preamble to the constitution makes a fundamental...
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BULGARIA PRESSURED OVER NIKOLAEV CASE (Roma Buzz... →
03/07/2012 – A British court has given Bulgarian prosecuters a deadline to produce documentary evidence that Toma Nikolaev Mladenov, a leading Roma political activist, still has time to serve in prison as alleged when they filed extradition proceedings against him earlier this year.
At a hearing yesterday (2 July) defence counsel Marc Summers told Westminster Magistrates Court that there was...
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Ledyda decided to take care of Roma people on the... →
The regional state administration developed the program ‘Roma population of Transcarpathia’ for 2012 - 2015 years. The program offers to intensify the activities of Roma self-government and public organizations, gradually involve working-age Roma population to the public works, improve their public and living conditions, improve school attendance and increase the educational level in the...
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Nat Geo jumping on the "gypsy" TLC bandwagon
whooda-thunkit:
with “American Gypsies.”
I am not going into the “Gypsy is a racial slur” aspect because, at this time, that is not my main concern. The damage done by these shows is much deeper than a slur.
When I think about what this is going to do to my life, the lives of other Rroma, and our international reputation, I get nauseous. The damage TLC has done to us is going to be...
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“A few studies have examined mental health of the Roma, finding an excess of...”
– The health of the Roma people. (via golden-zephyr)
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HRW: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Roma, Jews Face... →
EU, US Support for Constitutional Change Needed to Break Legacy of War
Bosnia’s constitution was designed to help end the war. But political discrimination against minorities has no place in a modern European country. It’s high time for reform.
Benjamin Ward, deputy Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch
Sarajevo, 4 April 2012 – Roma, Jews, and other national minorities in...
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Chachipe: Roma pay the price of visa... →
4 July 2012 – The visa liberalization with the EU has resulted in arbitrary border controls and travel bans in the countries of the so-called Western Balkans. This is the result of a comparative survey on the measures which have been taken by countries of the region in reaction to EU pressures over an increase in the number of asylum seekers from these countries. Roma, who have been brandmarked as...
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Little Roma, Big Gadje World: I'll Claim You →
biggadjeworld:
There is no denying that racism exists. Ethnocentrism and racist ideologies have sparked civil wars, geonocides, slavery, and countless other unspeakable crimes. What happens when there is internal racism? What is internal racism? Though I grew up steeped in Romani traditions & culture, internal racism was something I had never been exposed to until later in my life. I was...
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Slovakia: Romani community buries victims of... →
On Friday, 30 June, the funeral service was held at the municipal cemetery in Hurbanovo, Slovakia for the victims of a massacre that occurred more than two weeks ago when municipal police officer Milan Juhász (age 51) shot dead three Romani people and injured another two members of the same family. It is not entirely clear what Juhász’s exact motive was; police are working on several...
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ACTION: Roma risk imminent forced eviction in Rome... →
Dear Activists,
The Italian authorities must immediately stop plans to evict Roma families from a camp on the outskirts of Rome, and should instead improve housing conditions there, Amnesty International said yesterday.
Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia, Jezerca Tigani, said:
“The serious deterioration of living conditions in the camp, coupled with the repeated...
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Romano Lil (Russian Roma) →
We are glad to inform everybody, that in the nearest future we are launching a website ROMANOLIL.ORG, where all the actual information regarding passportization programme could be found.
Now everyone can quickly receive answers to all questions about romani passports and apply for a passport online. For that it is possible to fill application, provide necessary documents and pay a fee online....
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RAOUL WALLENBERG: SWEDISH SAVIOR (ROMEDIA... →
British prime minister Winston Churchill wrote in a letter to his Foreign Secretary in July 1944 that “There is no doubt that the persecution of Jews in Hungary and their expulsion from enemy territory is probably the greatest and most horrible crime ever committed in the whole history of the world.”
Born in August 1912 in Lidingo Municipality near Stockholm in Sweden, Raoul Wallenberg emerged...
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ROMEA: Czech Republic: Neo-Nazis assault eight...
golden-zephyr:
During a nighttime spree of violence last Thursday, five drunken neo-Nazis attacked a total of eight young people in the Czech town of Slaný. The series of three unprovoked attacks resulted in injuries to four people. A 25-year-old man has been hospitalized with a serious head wound. News server Romea.cz has determined that several of those who were assaulted are Romani.
“On...
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Bomb attack on Euroroma Party (Roma Buzz Monitor) →
London protest on Monday
A party activist lies critically injured ina Sofia hospital after a bomb blast onFriday (29 June) at the headquarters ofthe Euroroma Party in Sandanski, theonly Bulgarian town ever to elect an all-Romamunicipal council.
When Malin Iliev (59) went to remove asuspicious package left in front of the buildingat about 6 a.m, the bomb exploded tearing offhis arm. He was taken...
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My Armaya: the Gadje in Me
biggadjeworld:
I don’t think it needs any explanation that I cannot claim to be purely ethnic Romani. I am light; my mirror tells me this every single day. I look white, or do I? I have claimed many ethnicities in my lifetime, from Jewish to the peculiar “dark German” instead of stating Romani. The ethnicity I have never invented, however, is Lithuanian. My mother is mixed. Her family comes...
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Really, Sims... really?
golden-zephyr:
Play as supernatural Sims: Create witches, wizards, werewolves, more intriguing vampires, and fairies, each with their own magical abilities, traits, and interactions. Explore the town of Moonlight Falls: Discover what mysteries and abilities are revealed by the light of the full moon. Will your Sims freak out or become more powerful? Hone your magical crafts and share the...
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Italy: Halt closure of authorized Roma camp... →
Living conditions inside Rome’s Tor de Cenci camp have deteriorated in recent years. © Amnesty International
The Italian authorities must immediately stop plans to evict Roma families from a camp on the outskirts of Rome, and should instead improve housing conditions there, Amnesty International said today.
The Municipality of Rome plans to close the Tor de’Cenci camp and resettle...
