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Ciprian Necula (PHOTO: Petrut Calinescu/Panos for the Open Society Foundations)
Ciprian Necula on 30 years of freedom: Roma are not demanding their rights, that's why people are ignoring us
18.11.2019 7:40 full story
France: Controversial humorist could be fined EUR 30 000 for Facebook post
Paris, 5.2.2015 20:51, (ROMEA) The French Public Prosecutor is seeking a fine of EUR 30 000 against the controversial humorist Dieudonné, who testified in court today on charges of allegedly glorifying terrorism. The defendant feels he is innocent of the charges; the prosecutor could have sought a multiple-year prison sentence against him as well. full story
Commentary: France is going crazy with the fight against terrorism - what next?
Prague, 25.1.2015 5:03, (ROMEA) "We aren't Charlie and we never will be, you band of whores. You reap what you sow," is what one of four underage students in France posted to Facebook, according to the Czech News Agency, before they were arrested on 22 January by French Police. full story
Czech court rules publication of Hitler's speeches was legal
Brno, 24.1.2015 20:43, (ROMEA) The publication of a book entitled Adolf Hitler: Projevy (Adolf Hitler: Speeches) is not a felony and its publisher should not face prosecution. Yesterday the Regional Court in Brno upheld the verdict of the Municipal Court in Brno from last September, which came to the same conclusion. full story
Charges against creator of Czech-Romani flag exhibit don't stick
Prague, 24.1.2015 19:54, (ROMEA) Prague City Hall has refused to uphold a fine levied by the Prague 7 Municipal Department against an exhibition of designs for a Czech-Romani flag. The decision to levy the fine has been overturned and the proceedings in the matter halted. full story
France: 42 % oppose publishing caricatures of Mohammed
Paris, 18.1.2015 23:40, (ROMEA) More than two-fifths of people in France (42 %) believe the press should avoid publishing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and half agree with restricting freedomof speech online. The French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche published the results of a survey it conducted on the issue today. full story

Czech Republic officially recognizes more people who resisted communism
Prague, 29.9.2014 19:41, (ROMEA) Another 38 people have been recognized as participants in the resistance to and revolt against communism in the former Czechoslovakia. Certificates to that effect have been presented by Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnický (ANO) to, for example, the former Charter 77 signatory and journalist Otta Bednářová; the former dissident and post-1989 officer with the Security Information Services, Vladimír Hučín; and to Zdislav Zima, who assisted a French secret service agent; Hučín and Zima have also been awarded the status of war veteran. full story
Commentary: Freedom of speech vs. Holocaust denial
Prague, 12.8.2014 3:33, (ROMEA) After the revolutions of 1989, freedom speech became a "sacred right" in the new democracies of the post-communist world. This was hardly suprising. full story
Czech Republic: Pig farm on Holocaust site allegorized in parade
Prague, 20.11.2013 0:49, (ROMEA) On 17 November, the Czech state holiday celebrating democracy and freedom, the Slave of Race (Otrokem Rasy) initiative participated in an event in Prague called the Velvet Fair (Sametové posvícení). Our particular topic was the Romani Holocaust at Lety by Písek and our contribution was appropriately called "SOMETHING STINKS HERE". full story