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Svatopluk Karásek (PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons, Jindřich Nosek)
Svatopluk Karásek, former Czech Govt Human Rights Commissioner, politician, religious figure and songwriter, has passed away
20.12.2020 18:51 full story
Leading Romani activist and co-founder of Dikh TV, the musician Lajos "Paci" Balogh, has succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of 28
15.11.2020 7:59 full story
videoUkrainian villagers collectively blame Roma for murder, destroy their homes, revoke their residency
30.8.2016 8:34 Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported yesterday that local authorities and media in Ukraine say a village there has decided to expel dozens of Romani families because of suspicions that a member of their community may have been responsible for the murder of a child. Police have arrested a 20-year-old Romani man on suspicion of murder. full story
Czech Republic: Romani author Andrej Giňa has passed away
1.10.2015 0:40 On 30 September the author Andrej Giňa passed away at the age of 79 after a difficult illness. full story
Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia: Hunger and fear are stronger than barbed-wire fences
23.9.2015 1:32 The following opinion piece by Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia, former Member of the European Parliament and current President of the Spanish Romani Union, was first distributed through the Roma Virtual Network on 17 September 2015 and is reprinted here with permission.full story
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