International Romani Anti-Defamation League World Artists Initiative “Khetanes” Waterschap 90, 5345 RA Oss, Nl Phone: 0031-6-466 318 47 Artists_Initiative@ziggo.nl www.khetanes.org RISN: 850843467 TO: Professor Zsolt Rostoványi, Rector Corvinus University Budapest Professor László Zsinka, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Corvinus University Professor Zéga Jeszenszky, Hungarian Ambassador to Norway, Professor at Corvinus University Hungarian Embassy to Norway [...]
Uproar over ambassador’s comments on Roma
Uproar over ambassador’s comments on Roma 31/10/2012 – University teachers, students and researchers on Tuesday protested against remarks by Geza Jeszenszky, Hungary’s ambassador to Norway, which they think “stigmatise” the Roma minority. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Jeszenszky cannot be blamed for prejudice for his lines. Over 100 people signed the statement concerning [...]
Insight: Hungary’s far right party gains as it targets Roma
Insight: Hungary’s far right party gains as it targets Roma Thu, Oct 25 2012 By Marton Dunai DEVECSER, Hungary (Reuters) – Decades of animosity between Hungarians and ethnic Roma in this small town in western Hungary had attracted little attention until the far-right Jobbik party saw an opportunity to score a few political points. A [...]
Roma activists call for government to move against Jobbik-allied groups
Roma activists call for government to move against Jobbik-allied groups 24/10/2012 – The heads of three Roma rights organisations called on Hungary’s government and the authorities to prevent “extreme right organisations and criminals” from disturbing the residents of Hungarian villages and incite hatred. Jeno Zsigo of the Roma Parliament, Aladar Horvath of the Civic Rights [...]
If EU did more for Roma, they wouldn’t seek asylum in Canada – The Globe and Mail
If EU did more for Roma, they wouldn’t seek asylum in Canada 21/10/2012 – There is no doubt that many of the 10 million Roma who live in Europe are subject to deep-rooted discrimination, and social exclusion. But this does not make them refugees. Nor is it a problem that Canada can resolve. Rather, the [...]
Roma citizens of Miskolc pre-empt Jobbik’s latest hate rally
Roma citizens of Miskolc pre-empt Jobbik’s latest hate rally 21/10/2012 – Hundreds of Roma held a peaceful march in the eastern city of Miskolc on Wednesday afternoon in protest against the extreme-right party Jobbik, which planned to hold a rally against “Gypsy crime” that evening. Although supporters of Jobbik regularly assemble to rant against their [...]
Should The Canadian Citizenship And Immigration Minister Recognize The Danger Posed To Roma And Jews By The Extreme-right?
Toronto’s Roma Community Centre (RCC) has a mandate to serve our people, to promote understanding of Roma, including the Roma Porrajmos (i.e.Shoah) – during the Holocaust, where Roma and Jews were targeted for extermination and murdered in the Nazi death camps. In the past, we have used available opportunities to raise awareness and educate about [...]
Transitions Online: Dueling protests of far right and Roma in major Hungarian city
Dueling protests of far right and Roma in major Hungarian city 19/10/2012 – The northeastern Hungarian city of Miskolc became the scene of a debate on Roma rights on 17 October, when the far-right Jobbik party and the local Roma community held simultaneous marches, Reuters reports. Once a thriving communist industrial center, Miskolc has suffered [...]
Toronto’s Roma Community Centre (RCC) board distances itself from anti-Israel groups
Toronto’s Roma Community Centre (RCC) board distances itself from anti-Israel groups planning to protest a reception for Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf, Staff Reporter Toronto, 15/10/2012 – The main representative body of Canada’s Roma community doesn’t want its members to be labelled anti-Israel. Toronto’s Roma Community Centre (RCC) board distanced itself last [...]
BBC: March by far right raises concern for Hungary’s Roma
March by far right raises concern for Hungary’s Roma By Nick Thorpe BBC News, Hungary 18/10/2012 – The east Hungarian city of Miskolc has seen a march by several thousand supporters of the far-right Jobbik party in protest against “Gypsy crime”, and a counter-demonstration by 1,000 Roma (Gypsies) and their supporters against the party’s “Nazi [...]
