Clinton concerned about democratic freedoms in Hungary By Arshad Mohammed BUDAPEST, June 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced concern on Thursday about democratic freedoms in Hungary and said essential checks and balances should be strengthened. Opponents of the center-right government say it has undermined press freedoms, curbed the powers of the [...]
Vacancy at The Bernard van Leer Foundation: Programme Officer for the programme addressing the situation of Roma children in Europe
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is a private grantmaking Foundation. Our mission is to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances. More information can be found at www.bernardvanleer.org SUMMARY We are currently searching for a Programme Officer for our European programme that creates and [...]
Life Sentence: ERRC Research Finds Romani Children Overrepresented in State Care
LIFE SENTENCE: ERRC RESEARCH FINDS ROMANI CHILDREN OVERREPRESENTED IN STATE CARE Budapest, Brussels, 30 June 2011: Today, the European Roma Rights Centre presented the findings of a multi-country study revealing significant overrepresentation of Romani children in State care institutions in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Slovakia. The study, conducted by the European [...]
20th ISC Meeting: Macedonia Presents Its Presidency Plan
20th ISC Meeting: Macedonia Presents Its Presidency Plan http://www.romadecade.org/20th_isc_macedonian_presidency_plan The government of Macedonia presented its Decade Presidency Plan for 2011-2012 at the 20th International Steering Committee Meeting in Prague on June 27-28, 2011. During the coming year, the Macedonian Presidency will pay special attention to establishing coordination between activities carried out under the Decade and [...]
Vacancy at the Roma Health Project: Program Coordinator (Temporary)
Vacancy at the Roma Health Project: Program Coordinator (Temporary) http://www.romadecade.org/rhp_temporary_coordinator_2011 The Roma Health Project of the Open Society Foundations is seeking qualified applicants for a temporary Program Coordinator position based in Budapest. Application deadline: July 7, 2011.
Mustafa Aksu: Discrimination Maden In Turkish Dictionaries
Mustafa Aksu: Discrimination Maden In Turkish Dictionaries 30/06/2011 ANKARA - Our author and one of the most known Gypsy entellectuals of Turkey Mustafa Aksu introduces discriminative and insulting expressions in Turkish dictionaries and his legal struggle against existing of racist terms in dictionaries. These terms were deleted from the dictionaries prepared by public foundations as a [...]
Documentary Film: Romanipen, the Gipsy Identity by Ima Garmendia & Kike del Olmo
Romanipen, the Gipsy Identity Director: Ima Garmendia & Kike del Olmo Producer: Kike del Olmo & Ima Garmendia Genre: Documentary Produced In: 2006 Story Teller’s Country: Spain Synopsis: Romanipen is the set of values or code that gypsies must follow to be true Roma, as they call themselves. The persecution they have suffered and the [...]
GRUBB’s Band Of Gypsies Illuminates Montreal Jazz Festival
GRUBB’s Band Of Gypsies Illuminates Montreal Jazz Festival By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) Live Review Date: June 27, 2011 City: Montreal, QC Venue: Centre Pierre-Péladeau de l’UQAM Rating: 4 / 5 The Canadian premiere of Quebec theatre star Serge Denoncourt’s Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats (or GRUBB) was being called a “humanitarian artistic event” because it [...]
Launch of EU Journalist Award 2011
Launch of EU Journalist Award 2011 30/06/2011 – The EU Journalist Award “Together against discrimination!” is the only journalism competition for print and online journalists focused on discrimination and diversity issues in the EU. Through the Award, the European Commission recognises journalists who contribute to a better understanding of the value and benefits of [...]
Public Letter – Stop Romanian authorities to Roma ghettoisation
Romani CRISS Amnesty International “Sanse Egale” Association Bucharest, June 19th, 2011 OPEN LETTER Stop Baia Mare municipality’s actions to Roma ghettoisation Romani CRISS, “Sanse Egale” Association and Amnesty International strongly protest against the discriminatory and abusive initiatives of the Baia Mare local authorities to erect a concrete [...]
