On 1 July 2003, the 1st Open Congress of the Interregional Union of Roma Voluntary Organisations in Russia – called “Romane Prala” – took place in Liubertsy, near Moscow. This Union is headed by G. N. Tsvetkov, and has more…
“Roma in an Expanding Europe” An international conference of this name took place from 29 June – 1 July 2003 in Budapest.
It is becoming more and more common to hear parents today complaining about their children’s lack of responsibility. But what exactly is an irresponsible child? Who makes him irresponsible? Maybe he was born irresponsible? And what is this irresponsibility thing…
Throughout 2003, at our North-Western Centre for the Social and Legal Protection of Roma (Gypsies), our lawyer M.N. Nosova provided legal assistance free of charge on all manner of issues linked to infringements of the rights and the legal interests…
OPEN LETTER To the Governor of St. Petersburg V.I. Matvienko
Javen saste! Medical care for elderly Gypsies As we wrote in our last bulletin, now that “Memorial” is a partner organisation of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), it has set up a programme to provide medical care to…
International news Gypsies are often referred to as the “forgotten victims of the Holocaust”. In early December 2003, in the Jewish Holocaust Museum, an exhibition opened in memory of Gypsies killed during the Second World War. The exhibition – devised…
In the media, Gypsies are often presented as a “criminal people”, “swindlers”, and “drug dealers”. Russian newspapers and television channels do all they can to avoid seeing anything joyous or positive in the Gypsy people.
The Northwest Centre for the Social and Legal Protection of the Romany People presents a new educational project. In 2004, with the support of our long-time partners, the French organisation CCFD, our Centre will begin working in several schools…
This conference, organised by the Northwest Centre for the Social and Legal Protection of the Romany People, was held on 22 September 2003 at Aleksandrovskaya secondary school, in the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg. The seminar was attended by teachers…
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