Dear All, I ask you to please read the following carefully and disseminate it, because hopefully we will all be writing letters AND getting our friends to write letters (more on that later), and it’s important to have as many detailed facts as possible. I attended the United Nations Holocaust Remembrance events in 2009, 2010, [...]
New Police Instruction in Hungary May Violate Rights for Roma
NEW POLICE INSTRUCTION IN HUNGARY MAY VIOLATE RIGHTS FOR ROMA Budapest, 31 January 2012: The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) sent a letter today to Hungarian authorities, expressing concern about a recent instruction to police which could lead to rights violations of Romani communities. The Instruction on Police Enforcement in Multicultural Environments implicitly targets Roma, [...]
Roma and the Beautiful Game
Roma and the Beautiful Game 27/01/2012 – Andrea Pirlo, Ricardo Quaresma, Jose Antonio Reyes and Rafael van der Vaart have more than just football in common. They may be highly regarded international players of Italy, Portugal, Spain and Holland respectively but they are also boasting Romani heritage. Football and Roma are more often discussed together [...]
PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY JOVAN DAMJANOVIC ON ERIO’S CONFERENCE
PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY JOVAN DAMJANOVIC ON ERIO’S CONFERENCE “REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN ROMA HOLOCAUST” Belgrade, 31st January 2012 – Parliamentary deputy Jovan Damjanovic participated on 25th January in Brussels on international conference “Remembering the forgotten Roma Holocaust” that was organized from side of the European Roma Information Office (ERIO) that is being organized within the Action 4 [...]
Hate Crimes Report: submission of information
Dear Civil Society Representatives, The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is now preparing the 2011 annual report on hate crimes. The report provides an overview of data collected on hate crimes as well as of responses to combat hate crimes. It will be launched on International Tolerance Day on 16 November 2012. [...]
Turkey: Winter Suffering In Paşaköy
Winter Suffering In Paşaköy Istanbul, 31/01/2012 – Roma and Abdal Gypsies living in Paşaköy neighbourhood of Sancaktepe district of İstanbul are facing harder conditions with snowing. The streets are not paved in Paşaköy in where almost 50 family live in houses without water system and canalization. If snow blocks the streets, bogies carrying water and [...]
Another Decade of Roma Exclusion?
Another Decade of Roma Exclusion? The constitutions of most European countries contain some form of commitment to ensuring the rights of minorities, as do the laws of supranational bodies such as the European Union and the United Nations. But as Albert Hourani once wrote, ‘Even in the best circumstances, the position of a minority is [...]
L’obsession des Roms
L’obsession des Roms La Voix du Nord 31/01/2012 – C’est l’un des sujets favoris de Claude Guéant, très critiqué pour le lien nauséabond qu’il fait entre immigration et sécurité. Le ministre de l’Intérieur ne se lasse pas de parler de délinquance des Roms et il y a de nouveau fait allusion hier. À l’issue d’un [...]
Joint Bulgarian-French project against human trafficking focused on the Roma minority
Joint Bulgarian-French project against human trafficking focused on the Roma minority Author: Maria Dimitrova The National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (NCCTHB) has started a pilot project in the coastal region of Varna to prevent human trafficking among minority ethnic groups with a focus on the most vulnerable of them – the Roma [...]
Law degree joy for campaigner – Local News – Matlock Mercury
Law degree joy for campaigner 30/01/2012 – A campaigner for gypsy rights is using her newly-gained law degree to assist traveller communities in Derbyshire. Siobhan Spencer, 53, of Beeley, graduated with a 2:1 grade at The University of Derby’s awards ceremony last Thursday. Kevin Bampton, head of law and criminology at the university, said: “Siobhan [...]
