10 most-read articles on Romea.cz during 2013 - Czech and English editions

31 December 2013

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The Czech-language article
that was read the most in 2013 on news server Romea.cz was our piece in July
about a controversial art project for a Czech-Roma flag. That project
culminated on the last day of 2013 when Romea.cz was the first to publish the
information that the author of the exhibit must now pay a fine for disgracing
the official symbols of the Czech Republic; he is appealing.

The "silver"
medal for most-read article goes to our piece about the birth of the first
quintuplets in the Czech Republic to Romani parents, which prompted an
unprecedented wave of hatred and racism. The third most-read article was a
report in August about preparations for simultaneous anti-Romani neo-Nazi
demonstrations throughout the country.

Many of the top 10
most-read articles in the Czech edition were about this year’s hate demonstrations. The brutal
assault on a married couple in Duchcov and the murder of a Romani man in
Teplice also made the top 10.

The eighth most-read
article concerned martial arts. In May a Hungarian neo-Nazi was scheduled to
come to the Czech Republic as part of a sports tour, but thanks to Romea.cz’s
reporting, his participation in the event was cancelled.

TOP 10 most-read
articles of 2013 on Romea.cz – Czech edition:

1. Výtvarník
Tomáš Rafa: Návrh nové, česko-romské vlajky. Kterou vyberete? (16.7.2013
16:15) – 30 304 reads

English version: Artist
exhibits designs for new Czech-Roma flag

2. Narození
paterčat zvedlo vlnu rasismu, nenávisti a závisti. To odsoudil bývalý primátor
Liberce Jan Korytář, (3.6.2013 16:12) – 2 574 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: Birth of Roma quintuplets
prompts hate online

3. Chystá se největší hon na Romy v novodobé historii České
republiky. Politici k tomu zarytě mlčí, (23.8.2013 13:10) – 27 446 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: Police preparing for five
anti-Roma marches organized by neo-Nazis tomorrow around the country

4. V Duchcově došlo k brutálnímu napadení manželů. Pachateli jsou
podle velitele strážníků Romové, (23.5.2013 14:58) – 26 670 reads

English version: The initial article was not translated, but
follow-up pieces on the incident were (see Czech
Republic: Anti-Roma demonstrations
tomorrow in Duchcov over assault)

5. Svědek: V Teplicích nešlo o hádku kvůli klobáse, ale o brutální
rasistickou vraždu – 21 bodných ran, (27.5.2013 14:03) – 26 303 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: Media downplay last weekend’s
racist murder

6. Pokus o pogrom v Českých Budějovicích: Neonacisté zapálili
kontejnery, házeli kameny a láhve, policie zasáhla. Zraněno 10 lidí, zadrženo
30 demonstrantů, (29.6.2013 14:42) – 22 009 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: Neo-Nazis attempt pogrom on
Roma, commit arson, nine injured, 28 arrests

7. Ostrava on-line: Po pokusu o pogrom na ostravské Romy
pochodovalo městem asi 500 Romů, neonacisté nakonec utekli, (28.10.2013
15:19), 19 530 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: Neo-Nazis attempt pogrom in
Ostrava, 500 Roma march against them

8. Maďarský neonacista přijede na turnaj bojových sportů, Praha a
Česká televize se od akce distancují, dalším to nevadí, (15.5.2013 16:30) – 18 561 reads

English version: The initial article was not translated, but
a follow-up piece on the outcome was (see Czech
organizers cancel wrestling match featuring Hitler-tattooed neo-Nazi in
response to protests)

9. Útočníky z Duchcova se během napadení snažili zastavit jiní
Romové. Jeden z útočníků se veřejně omluvil, (28.5.2013 11:38) – 16 876 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: Anti-Roma demonstrations
tomorrow in Duchcov over assault)

10. On-line: Na sídlišti Máj v klidu diskutovalo asi 400 lidí,
policie později zasáhla proti neonacistům, více jak 100 lidí zadrženo,
(6.7.2013 11:30), 16 834 reads

English version: Czech
Republic: 400 Czech and Romani neighbors
hold calm discussions while police hold neo-Nazis back

The most-read article
on the English edition of news server Romea.cz in 2013 was our article about a
group of neo-Nazis attempting to take a fair-skinned little boy away from his
Romani parents directly on the street in Serbia. That piece was reported in the
context of the worldwide media hysteria about light-skinned children being “discovered”
by authorities in families with darker-skinned Romani parents in Greece and
Ireland.

The “silver” medal for
the English edition went to an article not directly connected to the Romani
community, but to human rights in general – our piece about a protest
demonstration in the Czech Republic in support of the imprisoned members of the
punk band Pussy Riot. Third place went to an August article about an
anti-Romani demonstration in Ostrava.

As in the Czech edition
of Romea.cz, articles about anti-Romani hate demonstrations in the Czech
Republic were among the most-read pieces of the year. English-speaking readers
of Romea.cz were also drawn to an article about successful Romani footballers,
which was the fifth most-read piece on the English version of Romea.cz.

10 most-read articles on Romea.cz during 2013 - Czech and English editions

TOP 10 most-read articles in 2013 on Romea.cz – English edition

TOP 10 most-read articles in 2013 on Romea.cz – English
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