Supporting the Roma population During the funding period 2004-09, the EEA and Norway Grants supported projects aimed at improving the welfare of Roma in five European countries. 27.07.2012 A large proportion of the Roma population in Europe face deep social and economic exclusion. Education and employment are crucial areas for Roma integration. Employment rates among [...]
UNICEF prize: “Gold Medal” for the Alternative Education Club in London
Last week Policy Center for Roma and Minorities received UNICEF prize for Sports and Education at the Beyond Sports awards in London. The prize was given by UNICEF ambassador Martin Bell. It is the first time a Roma organisations wins a prize at Beyond Sports. More details about this you can find at http://www.policycenter.eu/en/clubul-de-educa%C8%9Bie-alternativ%C4%83-%E2%80%9Emedaliat%E2%80%9D-la-londra
Internationaler Gedenktag der Sinti und Roma in Auschwitz am 2. August 2012
Bitte Sperrfrist 2. August 2012, 12.00 Uhr beachten! PRESSEMITTEILUNG 30. Juli 2012 Internationaler Gedenktag der Sinti und Roma in Auschwitz am 2. August 2012 Zentralratsvorsitzender Rose wirft Behörden bewusstes Wegschauen beim Rechtsterrorismus vor – Antirassismus-Gipfel verlangt Mit einer Delegation von 70 Personen – unter ihnen viele KZ-Überlebende – nimmt der Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma [...]
Human Rights Centre 30th Anniversary Scholarship for Roma Students – University of Essex, UK
Human Rights Centre 30th Anniversary Scholarship for Roma Students Marking its 30th Anniversary in 2012-13, the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, in conjunction with the European Roma Rights Centre, is offering one scholarship to a Roma student to study one of its highly lauded (one-year) Taught Master’s courses in human rights from [...]
Media: Czech Tabloid Editor on Attack!
Czech Tabloid Editor on Attack! A testy interview probes the role of the country’s best-selling newspaper in ginning up anti-Roma sentiment. From Romea.cz. 27 July 2012 Pavel Safr, editor in chief of the Blesk tabloid, is rejecting criticism that his newspaper, which is the most widely circulated in the Czech Republic, has been intentionally writing [...]
Worries after France threatens to dismantle Roma camps
Worries after France threatens to dismantle Roma camps 26/07/2012 – Rights groups raised concerns Thursday after France’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls threatened to dismantle illegal Roma encampments, raising the spectre of previous controversial expulsions. “It’s not the Grenoble speech, but Manuel Valls’s statements are still worrying,” said Saimir Mile, the head of the Voice of [...]
Laws for Roma: survey
Laws for Roma: survey 29/07/2012 – More than half of respondents to a survey about prejudice against Roma said that there are crimes typically committed by the ethnic minority, thus criminal legislation should be stricter for these. The majority also believes that the Roma community is endangering the security of society because its ratio is [...]
In Kosovo, dangers in returning home
In Kosovo, dangers in returning home 20/07/2012 One of the challenges for the returnees is their safety and the security. By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina — 20/7/12 More than 330,000 of the 3 million people displaced during the Balkan conflict in the 1990s remain separated from their homes, with as many [...]
Human Rights: NGO Advises Sofia Mayor against Demolishing Roma Ghettos
NGO Advises Sofia Mayor against Demolishing Roma Ghettos 26/07/2012 – The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has warned Sofia Mayor Yordnka Fandakova to abstain from demolishing Roma ghettos at random because the move may breach the European Convention on Human Rights. “Dwellings inhabited by Roma families are to be treated as their “homes”, as provided for [...]
Norway: Police receive harassment complaints
Police receive harassment complaints 26/07/2012 – Police in Norway have received 24 complaints regarding their handling of the homeless Roma People, with an investigation now being launched into 10 of these. Helle Gulseth is the leader of the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs’ department for southern Norway. She told VG, “We will [...]
