Exhibition shows Czech hypocrisy on education of Romani people The Open Society Foundations is holding an exhibition of photographs of Romani children and their parents, accompanied by their stories. Prague, 29/10/2012 – The Open Society Justice Initiative has supported the creation of an exhibition of photographs of Romani parents, accompanied by their stories, entitled “Failing [...]
Commentary: Romani ideologies include radical nationalism
Commentary: Romani ideologies include radical nationalism Děčín, 27.10.2012 22:53, (ROMEA/Romano hangos) During discussions on the website of the Romea news server (www.romea.cz), the debates between pro-Romani and Romani activists have often returned on various occasions to the topic of legitimacy – who can and should “speak on behalf of Romani people” or “represent Romani people” [...]
Petra Gelbart: I don’t study the Roma, I study the gadje
Petra Gelbart: I don’t study the Roma, I study the gadje New York, 24.10.2012 17:58, (Romano vod’i) Dr. Petra Gelbart was born in Ústí nad Labem and considers Prague her home. At the age of 10, her parents moved the family to the USA. She studied musicology, specializing in ethnomusicology and education. During the school [...]
Protest At Czech Embassy Over Denial Of Roma Children’s Rights – 13 November 2012 – London, UK
Protest At Czech Embassy Over Denial Of Roma Children’s Rights Four year ago, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Czech Republic must end the segregration of Roma children into “special schools” where education is said to be severely substandard. The system has been condemned as a form of apartheid but despite pressure, [...]
First Roma Pride march staged in Prague
First Roma Pride march staged in Prague Prague, 07/10/2012 – About 100 Romanies and their friends from the majority society, mainly young people, took part in the first Roma Pride march held in Prague today. The participants carried banners reading “Hatred Is No Solution,” “Roma Pride” and “Demolish Pig Farm at the Site of Romany [...]
Czech Republic: 2 000 people say “We are all gypsies”
Czech Republic: 2 000 people say “We are all gypsies” Prague, 01/10/2012 – Around 2 000 young people marched through Prague on Saturday under the slogan “We are all gypsies” to express their general dissatisfaction with society and protest the spread of neo-Nazism. Andrea Zoulová, spokesperson for the Prague Police, reported on the event to [...]
Czech Republic: Roma Struggle for Roots, Resist Evictions in Ostrava
Czech Republic: Roma Struggle for Roots, Resist Evictions in Ostrava Written by Daniela Kantorova 28/09/2012 – Přednádraží, a small neighborhood in Ostrava, has been the site of an intense struggle against unlawful evictions of the predominantly Roma residents this summer. For the Czech Republic, this case is unique and historically significant. The Roma community has [...]
Czech educators visit inclusive schools in Leicester, U.K.
Czech educators visit inclusive schools in Leicester, U.K. By Karin Marques, Open Society Fund – Prague 15/09/2012 – The Open Society Fund Prague organized a three-day study tour to the UK for 10 professionals from the Karlovy Vary region in western Czech Republic where the majority of Roma children are still segregated into so-called practical [...]
Czech Republic: Romani ghetto residents fear their children will be institutionalized
Czech Republic: Romani ghetto residents fear their children will be institutionalized Ostrava, 21/09/2012 – Residents in the ghetto on Přednádraží street in Ostrava are concerned that social workers will institutionalize their children because of the unsuitable conditions in which they are now living there. Social workers have allegedly threatened to do so if the families [...]
Czech Republic: Romani children misplaced in special schools
Romani children misplaced in special schools Prague, 21/09/2012 – A number of Czech Romany children are still enrolled at practical schools that are for lightly mentally retarded children, government human rights commissioner Monika Simunkova said yesterday. This is still common although five years ago the European Human Rights Court ruled that Romany children are discriminated [...]
