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Police propose charges against four accused of arson in the Vitkov case
Prague, 5.2.2010, 11:11, (ROMEA) The police investigation into last year’s arson attack on the home of a Romani family in Vitkov has definitively ended. Today police proposed to the state prosecutor that attempted murder charges be filed against four right-wing extremists. The Czech Press Agency reports Sona Stetinska, spokesperson for the Moravian-Silesian police, as saying that the accused have been familarized with the material gathered during the investigation. The charges should be filed during next week.
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| Czech and German NGOs plan to focus on the victims of violent hate crime
Prague, 6.11.2009, 11:11, (ROMEA) Several Czech and German NGOs involved in the “Hate Crime – Forgotten Victims” project plan to map the situation of victims of violent hate crime in the Czech Republic. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, NGO representatives told journalists there is a lack of statistics on the number of victims and the kinds of violence they encounter. Victims include not only the Roma, but foreigners, homosexuals and those involved in alternative cultures.
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| More than 600 people protest in Ústí nad Labem against neo-Nazis, children gassed in Lidice also "turn their backs" on them
Usti nad Labem, 16.4.2009, 15:03, (ROMEA) Opponents of the neo-Nazis held a concert today to protest a march being convened on Saturday by the Autonomous Nationalist movement in Ústí nad Labem. More than 600 people gathered on Mírové náměstí. The organizers planned the high point of the evening to be a performance by the band Pražský výběr, fronted by outgoing Czech Human Rights and Minorities Minister Michael Kocáb.
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| EU criticized at first European Roma summit
Brussels, 17.9.2008, 10:10, (AP) The European Union called Tuesday for a continentwide drive to improve the plight of millions of Gypsies, also called Roma, who face discrimination and poverty.
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Decade of Roma Inclusion: News - Number 3 (2010)
Beograd, 8.2.2010, 21:09, (ROMEA)
Decade of Roma Inclusion: News is a trilingual newsletter of the Serbian Ministry of Human and Minority Rights. Decade of Roma Inclusion: News is a newsletter of the Serbian Ministry of Human and Minority Rights produced with the support of Open Society Fund–Serbia. The newsletter is in Serbian, Romanes and English.
full story | Call for Proposals: OSI Roma Decade Matching Fund
Budapest, 8.2.2010, 21:09, (OSI)
The Open Society Institute Roma Initiatives announces a call for a new round of proposals for its Decade Matching Fund.
full story | Eurochild launched first ever survey to compare the situation in 30 European countries on children in alternative care
Brussels, 8.2.2010, 14:02, (ROMEA)
Co-hosted by MEPs Corina Cretu and Roberta Angelilli, Eurochild launched yesterday (27 January 2010) in the European Parliament in Brussels its trans-European survey on children in alternative care. It’s the first time such a comprehensive survey has been compiled, covering 26 EU Member States.
full story | Shut down this Facebook hate site!
EU, 8.2.2010, 12:12, (ROMEA)
The anti racist group "Love Music HateRacism" as called for the shutting down of an anti-Romanian hate site on facebook. LMHR issued the following statement: Today we were alerted to a facebook group--''I Hate Romanian Gypsies''-- that targets what the creator Aaron Prestley calls ''Romanian Gypsies''.
full story | Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg visited ERIO office in Brussels
Brussels, 5.2.2010, 21:09, (ROMEA)
 On January 29th 2010 Human Rights Commissioner Mr. Thomas Hammarberg visited the premises of the European Roma Information Office in Brussels.
full story | ERRC presented the prestigious Silver Rose Award
Budapest, 5.2.2010, 21:09, (ROMEA)
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is honoured to have been presented with the prestigious Silver Rose Award for social justice by SOLIDAR. The ERRC shares the 2010 award with Colombian Trade Union Federations and former Prime Ministers Gyula Horn (Hungary) and Pierre Mauroy (France).
full story | Call of UKAGW for immediate evacuation and re-settlement of the Roma community residing on lead contaminated camps in Kosovo
London, 5.2.2010, 21:09, (UKAGW)
The UK Association of Gypsy Women (UKAGW) has embarked on a campaign that will call on the UN for immediate evacuation and re-settlement of the Roma community residing on lead contaminated camps in Kosovo. We are appealing for the support of Romany/Roma/Traveller NGO’s, individuals and all human rights organisations that will use their influence to lobby European and US Governments, not least Antonio Guterres UN High Commission for Refugees and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon regarding the plight of the Roma community residing on the Osterode and Cesmin-Lug refugee camps in Northern Kosovo.
full story | Press Release of MEP Lívia Járóka: For the protection of the Kosovar Roma refugees
Brussels, 5.2.2010, 21:09, (ROMEA)
Thomas Hammarberg (High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe) held a working lunch with the representatives of the EU’s main institutions. Representing the European Parliament’s largest political group, the European People’s Party (EPP), MEP Lívia Járóka discussed the issue of Kosovar Roma repatriated from EU Member States with the High Commissioner.
full story | Marginalised communities could get EU regional funds for housing
Strasbourg, 5.2.2010, 21:09, (ROMEA)
Poor communities could get EU regional funding in all Member States for renovation or replacement of their houses, according to a regulation to be put to the vote on Wednesday.
full story | Health Project-PHP: OSI is seeking a new Program Assistant
Budapest, 3.2.2010, 22:10, (ROMEA)
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grant making foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses.
full story | Recommendations of ERIO to the Spanish EU Presidency
Brussels, 3.2.2010, 11:11, (ERIO)
Spain takes over the EU Presidency at a historical moment; it will be the first EU Presidency to operate under the Lisbon Treaty and with the Charter for Fundamental Rights. At the eve of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion – 2010 and in times of an economic crisis, the Spanish EU Presidency has the opportunity to strengthen the social pillars of the Treaty, linking employment with social policies and promoting social inclusion of disadvantaged groups such as Roma and migrants. Roma are one of the groups which are mostly affected by the economic crisis in the EU; large parts of Roma live in poverty and social exclusion. It is unacceptable that people as Roma who are living in the European Union, one of the richest parts of the world, are facing substandard living conditions and are not treated equally as citizens from the majority societies. The plight of Roma continues despite considerable efforts made by EU institutions and Member States.
full story | Czech Television reveals Roma barred from enrolling in elementary school
Prague, 2.2.2010, 13:01, (ROMEA)
An elementary school in Brno is telling some students enrolment is closed while simultaneously keeping its doors open for others. Czech Television reporter Richard Samko recently performed a hidden camera investigation and discovered exactly how elementary schools approach the enrolment of Romani children. In general, it is important that all children attend school together. For Romani children, it is important they do their best to achieve academically, while for non-Romani children it is important to learn tolerance of those who are different. “We’re full, go ask somewhere else,” is what Roma often hear when trying to enrol their children in elementary school in the Czech Republic.
full story | Let's Stop For a Moment: Thoughts on the 5-th Anniversary of Launching The Decade of Roma Inclusion Program
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 The official ceremony of the International Launch of the Decade of Roma Inclusion took place on February 2, 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The international launch was preceded by thorough preparation executed in a rather tight time frame. This had been the very first time when based on the enforcement of international organizations such an initiation was set off that could actually stimulate governments to make measurable quantitative and qualitative steps in order to accelerate the social and economic inclusion of Roma people. Delegations were formed and National Decade Action Plans were prepared, and the same day 5 years ago high rank governmental officials declared the years 2005–2015 to be the Decade of Roma Inclusion. Five years have passed since then and it is a great opportunity to stop for a few minutes and think over what this period has been like, what we have been able to achieve and can be proud of, and which are the areas we need to concentrate on in the second half of the programme.
full story | The 12th year of the World The 12th year of KHAMORO in 2010!
Prague, 2.2.2010, 13:01, (ROMEA)
 The 12th year of the World Roma festival Khamoro will be held from 24th till 29th of May in Prague, the organizers are NGO Slovo 21 and Studio Production Saga. During this last week of May the city of Prague will become the centre of celebration of Roma culture and its richness from whole the world!
full story | Second Roma summit
Cordoba, 2.2.2010, 11:11, (ROMEA)
The second European Summit on Roma inclusion will take place in Córdoba (Spain), on the 8th and 9th April 2010, on the occasion of the International Roma Day, as a key event of the Spanish Presidency of the Council.
full story | Typical Roma? ERGO launches international campaign
Brussels, 2.2.2010, 11:11, (ROMEA)
 Roma groups from five European countries started the `Typical Roma?` campaign on January 27th in Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria, with further campaign launches this week in Romania and Moldova. `Typical Roma?` (www.typicalroma.eu) is an international campaign, initiated by the European Roma Grassroots Organisation Network (ERGO). The campaign addresses stigmatization and stereotypes as root causes of social exclusion of Roma. The campaign raises the awareness for active citizenship of ALL in ONE society and intends to promote a positive image of Roma.
full story | New Spolu Website
Utrecht, 2.2.2010, 11:11, (ROMEA)
 Spolu is a Centre of Expertise on building human and institutional capacity among Roma grassroots groups in Europe. Over the years, Spolu capacitated numerous grassroots Roma leaders and organisations to be united in Roma grassroots networks, who in turn organise grassroots Roma groups and organisations to achieve their citizens´ rights. We developed Roma organisations into key stakeholders that professionally support the empowerment of Roma. Spolu is more than a donor to the Roma organisations that are supported. We are closely involved in guiding our partner organisations to find their niche in the Roma field and to play an innovative role.
full story | EP: Livia Jaroka, Romani women are the most vulnerable women
Brussels, 28.1.2010, 11:11, (ERIO)
 The EP's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality hosted a hearing on the new EU strategy for gender equality. In her speech Lívia Járóka (European Peo-ple's Party - EPP) the Vice-Chair of the committee drew the attention to multiple discrimination and to the harmful economic effects of disparities among women and men.
full story | Remembering the Holocaust is key to fighting modern-day racism, OSCE Roma adviser says ahead of UN ceremony
New York, 27.1.2010, 11:11, (ROMEA)
 Remembering the Holocaust is key to fighting modern day manifestations of racism and intolerance, said the OSCE's senior Roma and Sinti adviser, attending a Holocaust remembrance ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York today.
full story | 2010 European Year against Poverty: Stop Roma exclusion now
Brussels, 22.1.2010, 20:08, (ROMEA)
As the opening conference of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion takes place in Madrid on 21 January, Amnesty International urges the EU to address the continuous human rights violation suffered by Europe’s Roma population. In a letter to the Spanish EU presidency, Amnesty International calls specifically to stop forced evictions of Roma and to end all segregated schooling.
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