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Category Archives: Racial Discrimination
Bringing home Roma reality to the heart of the EU
On 8 April, we brought home the daily reality for Romani people to the European Union headquarters, when Roma community activists (alongside members of local and international organizations) marked International Roma Day by staging a flash mob outside the European … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, EU, Racial Discrimination, Slums and the Right to Housing, Uncategorized
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Roma activists are standing up against discrimination
Millions of Roma across Europe experience prejudice, exclusion, forced evictions, segregation in schools, lack of access to essential services and hatred that can lead to violence. How do they deal with discrimination on a daily basis and still keep going? … Continue reading
Read WIRE and take action against the death penalty
“I can’t believe he’s not here anymore,” Lubou Kavalyoua told WIRE about her son, Ulad, who was executed and buried in secret last year. She still doesn’t know where his grave is. Read their story on page 18 in WIRE … Continue reading
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Roma moved ‘like pawns on a chessboard’ under Rome’s ’Nomad Plan’
By Matteo de Bellis, Campaigner for Amnesty International’s EU team With summer holidays upon them, many school-children in Rome are about to enjoy a few months respite from study. But for Roma children living in the Tor de’ Cenci camp, … Continue reading
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Roma community forcibly evicted from Coastei Street share their story
By Creta Ernest & Fekete Petru members of the Coastei Street community, Support the call for justice of the Roma community forcibly evicted from Coastei Street by taking action It’s been over a year 76 families, the majority Roma, were … Continue reading