“The heads of three Roma rights organisations called on Hungary’s government and the authorities to prevent “extreme right organisations and criminals” from disturbing the residents of Hungarian villages and incite hatred. Jeno Zsigo of the Roma Parliament, Aladar Horvath of the Civic Rights Movement for the Republic and Jeno Setet of the We Belong Here … Continue reading
Includes photos from Jobbik’s anti-Roma Oct. 17 march. Excerpt: “Bearing banners and burning torches, more than 1,000 supporters of the far-right opposition Jobbik party rallied at housing projects in the northeastern city of Miskolc where many Roma live. The radical nationalist party blames the Roma community for a number of Hungary’s social problems, including crime … Continue reading
“MISKOLC, Hungary (Reuters) – Blaming Roma for everything from petty crime to trash on the streets, thousands of supporters of the far-right opposition Jobbik party rallied in Hungary on Wednesday in the eastern city of Miskolc. Local Roma in Hungary’s second largest city simultaneously held a counter-rally rejecting what they said were typical right-wing slurs … Continue reading
Anonymous caller: “You should be arrested & deported” by ALAN MAIRSON on OCTOBER 9, 2012 “To: John Fahey, Chairman & CEO of National Geographic Re: “Subtle (and not-so-subtle) intimidation” Last month, Dr. Ian Hancock wrote you a letter in which he described the anonymous threats he and his family have received following his public criticism … Continue reading
“The situation of Romani people continues to be debated in France. Marseille is still demanding the eviction of 40 Romani people from an area in the north of the town. The group is the same one that was recently forced by residents of the nearby quarter of Creneaux to leave their campsite, after which it … Continue reading
“Immediately after Golden Dawn entered the new Greek parliament, the party leadership announced that its deputies will retain only part of the parliamentary salary. The remaining money goes into the party funds. With it and with the money Golden Dawn receives as a parliamentary force it provides foodstuffs and hands them out for free. “We … Continue reading
“About 70 protesters marched yesterday afternoon in Ústí nad Labem around residential hotels predominantly inhabited by Romani people. The protest gathering took place without any larger conflicts occurring and ended in shouting matches between small groups of those supporting the right-wing extremist Workers’ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti – DSSS) and counter-demonstrators supporting … Continue reading
“Budapest, 1 October 2012: The European Roma Rights Centre is calling on authorities to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of last week’s violence against Roma in Marseille. A group of 35 Roma, including 15 children, were forced to leave the piece of land where they were living by local residents, who later returned and set … Continue reading
“A vigilante mob in Marseille and a right-wing protest in Lille targeted Roma camps, while France’s Socialist Party government continued to persecute the Roma. On Friday, September 28, a group of 30 local inhabitants forced the Roma to abandon a camp in Marseille’s Créneaux estate—one of the city’s poorer, majority-immigrant areas. The camp was then … Continue reading
“Advocates for Roma in France called Saturday for international protests to support the ethnic minority, two days after a group of residents in the southern city of Marseille expelled about 50 Roma from their camp and burned the site. The residents blamed the Roma for a series of local burglaries. There is widespread political debate … Continue reading
