Lack of documents, difficulties during the evacuation, denial of humanitarian aid and social support – all this is the daily routine of Roma families who fled the war. The Zmina Human Rights Center published a report that collected their stories….
Theme: Roma rights
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, many Ukrainian Roma, including those from Transcarpathia, fled the war to European countries. However, most of them did not receive protection when faced with local bureaucracy and discriminatory attitudes. Women and children…
On December 8, Romano vož magazine published an article about how people from various volunteer initiatives and NGOs help Roma from Ukraine who fled the war. According to them, in most cases, the Czech authorities are removed from solving the…
UN CERD drew attention to the problem of discrimination against Roma children in Georgian schools
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the 108th Session in November 2022 reviewed the state report of Georgia and alternative materials submitted by representatives of the civil society. In its recommendations, the Committee expressed concern about…
On November 10, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on the complaint “Minskiy and Others vs. Ukraine” regarding among others Mikhail Chebotar, a Roma who has been in custody since 2016. All this time, the investigation into the…
Roma from Eastern Ukraine found shelter in a Catholic parish in Lviv after denials at state shelters
The Polish news agency PAP made a report from Lviv, where refugees from the war-affected regions of Ukraine live in the local Catholic parish of John Paul II. According to the prior, most of the shelter’s residents are Roma. For…