Concert for Tolerance linked to the success of Roma culture in Košice after 84 years Košice 29 April (RPA) – The Concert for Tolerance, which was organized by the Roma Media Center (MECEM) on 15th April and held at Košice’s House of Art, was attended by 700 spectators. “Košice is a multicultural city and art [...]
Mom’s Crusade to Rescue Daughter from Sex Traffickers Forces Trial
Mom’s Crusade to Rescue Daughter from Sex Traffickers Forces Trial By Teresa Sofía Buscaglia 27/04/2012 – A decade ago, Susana Trimarco’s 23-year-old daughter left her house in Tucuman, Argentina for a doctor’s appointment and said: “I’ll be back soon.” She was never to be seen again. Her daughter, María de los Angeles Verón, is believed [...]
At Yom Ha’atzmaut, school shows it’s OK for Jewish, Arab students to have differences
At Yom Ha’atzmaut, school shows it’s OK for Jewish, Arab students to have differences By Eetta Prince-Gibson April 23, 2012 JERUSALEM (JTA) — The two seventh-grade girls walk together down the hall, their heads touching as they talk excitedly. Dana’s dark auburn hair is pulled back in a ponytail. Waard’s head is covered by a [...]
Portugal joins Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking
Portugal joins Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking 16 April 2012 – Portugal is the latest European country to join the Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking. At any given time, an estimated 140,000 victims of human trafficking are trapped in a vicious cycle of violence, abuse and degradation across Europe. UNODC research shows that [...]
Sales of women and girls booms in Europe
Sales of women and girls booms in Europe By Nikolaj Nielsen Hague, 26/04/2012 – Human trafficking is booming in Europe, the Hague-based Eurojust, the EU’s crime fighting unit, said on Thursday (26 April). But the number of cases brought against traffickers is grossly disproportionate to the number of reported victims. “Something is wrong, not enough [...]
L’Europa non ha mai protetto il popolo Rom
L’Europa non ha mai protetto il popolo Rom di Roberto Malini Milano, 29 aprile 2012. L’Europa non ha mai protetto il popolo Rom. Da otto secoli Rom e Sinti sono colpiti da discriminazione, violenza, persecuzione etnica. Tutta la cultura e la tradizione del nostro continente sono permeate di antiziganismo e il milione di morti Rom [...]
Redefining racism: Romanian dictionary corrects anti-Semitic and anti-Roma words
Redefining racism: Romanian dictionary corrects anti-Semitic and anti-Roma words Agence France-Presse Bucharest, 26/04/2012 – The Romanian Academy has corrected the definitions of anti-Semitic and racist words in the latest edition of a widely-circulated dictionary, after protests from Jewish and Roma groups. “The definitions of 30 words related to the Roma have been revised in the [...]
Romani filmmakers establish International Romani Film Commission
Romani filmmakers establish International Romani Film Commission Berlin, 29.4.2012 19:51, (Romano voďi) Who are we, how many of us are there, and how can we help one another? Those were the basic questions intensively covered by the world’s most famous Romani filmmakers during two days of discussion in February. The filmmakers were invited to the [...]
Showdown Looms Over Europe’s Largest Shantytown
Showdown Looms Over Europe’s Largest Shantytown Lauren Frayer April 27, 2012 Europe’s largest illegal settlement lies on the edge of Madrid. As the Spanish capital has grown, the city’s limits have moved ever closer to the shantytown known as Cañada Real, a sprawling tangle of tents and cement houses. And as the economy has tanked, [...]
Government fends off responsibility – The Budapest Times
Government fends off responsibility After 282 days, government lawmakers accept findings of government-led ethnic tension probe 28/04/2012 – The opportunity for the government to make good on the mishandling of events and its series of mistakes in Gyöngyöspata has come and gone. It failed to condemn politicising and operations based on the theory of collective [...]
