#SolidarityRomaUkraine In May 2014, a Romani man from Slavyansk (center) was taken prisoner for several days by separatist militiamen. They extorted money from him and forced him to dig trenches and haul sand for fortifications. They took over his home…
#SolidarityRomaUkraine The elderly Romani woman Nina (shown holding her grandson Arseny) was joined in her frontline town of Toretsk by her daughter and three grandchildren, who were fleeing fighting in the devastated town of Horlivka. Although she actually lived in…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” specializes in defending the rights of vulnerable minorities, including Roma people. For more than ten years now the organization has struggled against discrimination of Russian Roma, focusing on the residents of compact Roma settlements. On many occasions…
#SolidarityRomaUkraine The war and the reconfiguration of borders has increased the vulnerability of Roma children, who were already in a precarious situation. Oleg, who lives in Toretsk, has not been able to receive a government benefit for his preschooler Angelina…
Before the war, Yekaterina lived in Horlivka, but when the fighting broke out she and her family escaped to Dzerzhynsk (now Toretsk), where they managed to rent a house. In December, 2015, she gave birth to Yegor, who required specialized…
The Roma families that have fled the fighting have had to overcome innumerable obstacles to keep their children in school. Irina and her daughter Natasha, who lived in Luhansk Oblast’s Lutuhyne District before the war, have been forced to move…
Feedback