Komunismus

Monika Mihaličková (PHOTO: Jan Mihaliček)
Monika Mihaličková: The basis for institutional racism was laid by work of the kind the Czech Human Rights Commissioner did in the 1980s
18.1.2020 10:42 full story
Czech media reports Human Rights Commissioner co-authored communist-era paper alleging Roma are predetermined to commit crimes
17.1.2020 18:42 full story
Czech Human Rights Commissioner accused of defending the persecution of dissidents during communism, she calls it a smear campaign
9.1.2020 19:41 full story
Czech archaeologists discover two graves of Romani concentration camp victims at Lety u Písku
14.9.2019 15:46 full story
Commentary: The thorny path of Romani emancipation from Czechoslovakia to today's Czech Republic
2.11.2018 12:43 It has been 50 years since I first encountered the call for Romani emancipation. I was in Paris when the "fraternal" Warsaw Pact armies occupied Czechoslovakia in 1968, and after arriving back home by train to Prague's Smíchov station, I went into the restaurant there. full story
Researcher seeks US veterans and others with information about Romani WWII veteran from Czechoslovakia
22.2.2017 14:19 It all began with an interview filmed by Czech Radio during a panel discussion on Roma Genocide Remembrance Day last summer. One participant, a Romani woman, was there to speak about her family and their fate during the Second World War, and she recalled her uncle, Imrich Horváth, telling her how he fought for the freedom of his homeland, first in the ranks of the Soviet Army (for example, during the Battle of the Dukla Pass) and then how, as a scout, he made it across the front lines to the US Army. full story