Theme: Roma rights

On August 27, 2016, the body of a young girl showing signs of violent death was discovered in southern Ukraine in the village of Loshchynivka, Odessa Oblast. After this, local residents, believing that the crime was committed by a Romani…

I represent the interests of the Roma living in the settlement of Ust-Abakan. This community of 250 people moved there in 2000. In May 2018, the Roma members of the settlement’s population started receiving threats because of an everyday conflict…

On September 26, 2019, Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” organized side event “Violence against Roma population in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine: police raids, forced evictions, pogroms” during the annual meeting of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). This…

ADC Memorial, with the participation of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” (Belarus) and experts from Ukraine invite to the side event “Violence against Roma in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine: police operations, forced evictions, pogroms”. September 26, 13.15-14.45, Room 1, during…

If you go into any store on the eve of a new school year, you’ll immediately see stacks of brightly colored notebooks, pencils, and backpacks featuring the hero of the latest popular cartoon. Children and parents will be running agitatedly…

On August 2, 1944, almost three thousand of Roma were sent to the gas chambers in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz – Birkenau (occupied Poland). Just in 2015 a basic recognition of Romani victims was achieved and August 2nd was…