Radio Prague News: Romanies ordered to move out of ghetto Some 200 Romanies living in a ghetto on the outskirts of Ostrava have been ordered to move out of their flats for health reasons. The local waterworks cut water supplies to the area last week over unpaid bills and there are reportedly problems with the [...]
British study: placing Czech Roma children in “special” schools unsubstantiated
British study: placing Czech Roma children in “special” schools unsubstantiated Jan Richter 02/08/2012 – A British study has shown that Romany children who were placed in Czech special schools have no problems following the mainstream curriculum when they attend regular schools in the UK. The research, carried out buy the UK-based NGO Equality, is grist [...]
Czech Republic: Roma families at imminent risk of forced eviction
Czech Republic: Roma families at imminent risk of forced eviction 03/08/2012 – Dozens of Roma families living in rental accommodation in the north-eastern Czech town of Ostrava face being forcibly evicted over the weekend, Amnesty International and European Roma Rights Centre said as they requested local authorities to explore all feasible alternatives first. On Friday [...]
Radio Prague – Snappy campaign challenges prejudice that Roma have little ‘desire’ to work
Snappy campaign challenges prejudice that Roma have little ‘desire’ to work 01-08-2012 Jan Velinger The Czech NGO IQ Roma servis has just launched a new campaign aimed at tackling prejudices against the minority ingrained in Czech society. Making use of snappy headlines in its ads, as well as a video clip showing Roma ‘invisible’ in [...]
Prague Monitor: Campaign aims to eliminate prejudices in employing Roma
Campaign aims to eliminate prejudices in employing Roma Prague, July 31 (CTK) – “Roma work and they want to work” is the name of a new campaign aimed against prejudices people have about Roma that was launched by the IQ Roma NGO Tuesday. “The attitude of employers is very similar to the attitude of the [...]
LN: CzechRep to face lawsuit over Roma kids discrimination
LN: CzechRep to face lawsuit over Roma kids discrimination Prague, July 30 (CTK) – The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) plans to file another lawsuit against the Czech Republic over alleged discrimination against Roma children at schools, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes Monday. In 2007, when the Strasbourg-seated European Court of Human Rights supported a [...]
ERRC suing Czech Republic over discrimination of Romani children
ERRC suing Czech Republic over discrimination of Romani children Ostrava/Prague, 31.7.2012 03:57, (ROMEA) When they were children, the people bringing this lawsuit against the Czech Republic could have gone to a mainstream, nine-year primary school, then to an academic or vocational secondary school, and then found some work. Instead, it is very likely that they [...]
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 [...]
Czech Republic: Gov’t extends mandate of Romani integration group
Gov’t extends mandate of Romani integration group Prague, July 25 (CTK) – The Czech government yesterday approved the extension of the operation of its agency for social integration till 2015 to help not only Romanies from ghettoes but all people living in socially excluded areas. As a result, the official name of the office will [...]
Opinion: Czech Society and its Roma Minority
Czech Society and its Roma Minority An overview of this controversial topic 23.07.2012 Written by Ryan Scott It’s Friday, a warm summer afternoon in Prague and I’m on a tram. The peaceful ride is suddenly disrupted when an old man directly behind me shouts abuse at a Roma family he sees from the window. A [...]
