Theme: Roma rights

06.04.2016

Campaign in solidarity with the Roma of Donbass

By the International Roma Day 8th of April, Anti-discrimination Centre Memorial presents a photographic portrait of the Roma of Donbass, whose lives have been upended by war and pogroms. Living amid the devastation of war and lacking the most basic...
05.04.2016

The Campaign in Solidarity with the Roma of Donbass

#‎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...
04.04.2016

The Campaign in Solidarity with the Roma of Donbass

#‎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...
04.04.2016

Life safety is a universal right with no exceptions

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...
03.04.2016

The Campaign in Solidarity with the Roma of Donbass

#‎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...