Poor education, unemployment, poverty, raids, pogroms and other manifestations of racism, arbitrary police behavior, demolition of homes, and lack of documents—this has been the reality for generations of Romani people. These factors not only blend together, but also reinforce one…
This marks the 25th year that the UN Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, which was adopted at the UNESCO General Assembly in 1995 to “generate public awareness and emphasize the dangers of intolerance,” has been in effect. The first article…
On One Hectare Olga ABRAMENKO OSCE ODIHR session discussed anti-Roma outbursts in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Protection of the rights of victims of the anti-Roma pogrom in Ust-Abakan Valery ZAITSEV Police raids against Romani people in Belarus Pavel SAPELKO The…
The NGO Pink began fighting for the adoption of an anti-discrimination law in Armenia in 2012. Since then, several drafts have been submitted for public debate, but these have been criticized by the Armenian Apostolic Church and several homophobic groups….
On July 10, 2019, several dozen Crimean Tatars protested at the Red Square in Moscow holding posters, which said: “Our children are not terrorists. Stop repressions against Crimean Tatars!”, “Stop ethnic and religious repression in Crimea!”, “The fight against terrorism…
In recent days, newsfeeds have been flooded with headline-grabbing reports from the village of Chemodanovka, the site of a conflict between “residents” and “gypsies,” as this event is portrayed in the media. An all-out brawl, whose details and causes are…
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