Many Roma families left Slavyansk for Kharkiv region in April 2014, just after the anti-Roma pogroms sanctioned by “people’s Mayor” Ponomaryov. After coming back, Roma found their houses plundered and unfit for habitation – marauders stole gas stoves, even pillows,…
The European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated legal appeal made by the lawyer of ADC “Memorial” Olga Tseitlina on behalf of Zhanna Lakatosz, who had been accused of beating a 1-year-old child, which had led to the baby’s…
The wartorn house of a big Roma family in Slavyansk hasn’t yet restored. To repair the destroyed roof, building materials are needed but it’s difficult for Roma to procure them. In 2014, this house was occupied by separatists, later fights…
On March 15, 2016 the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a positive ruling in the case of “Novruk and others v. Russia”, which had brought together five similar legal appeals regarding violation of the rights of HIV-infected citizens…
Between International Women’s Day (8 March) and International Roma Day (8 April), UNITED network organisation Anti Discrimination Centre Memorial is conducting a special campaign in solidarity with the Roma of Donbass. The Donbass region in the east of Ukraine has…
A large memorial complex devoted to the victims of political repressions will be built in Moscow. Moreover, it will be located not in the suburbs, but in the city center. This follows enactment of changes in the Russian legislation, which…
It’s utterly sad to see a home destroyed – a place of once happy life, children play and celebration … a manifold of bitter loss when such a home is suddenly and violently destroyed by war. In the photograph :…
Here in 2016, there’s no need for the Romani kids of Slavyansk to hide in shelters. Their homes bear the marks of war, cracks and other structural damage and living in them is still not safe. The children bedroom in…
One year after the ceasefire, Romani children in Donbass still live in ruined homes… #SolidarityRomaUkraine If you want to express your solidarity with the Roma of Donbass and support the campaign, follow the link (click “support”) : https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/38840-solidarityromaukraine
Dyumen “took” Crimea two years ago. Now he’s “taking” a Roma settlement in Plekhanovo It’s all happened before, of course: Gas and electricity are disconnected. Frozen Roma mothers and grandmothers wail and curse in desperation. OMON troops, SWAT teams and…
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