Theme: Roma rights

In the summer of 2019, a Russian border policeman died when mass fighting broke out in the town of Chemodanovka outside Penza. Twenty-eight people have been charged in the deadly brawl — all members of Roma families who have lived…

The results of two different sociological studies on racism and the “national question” were published recently. One of the studies was a traditional survey conducted by the Levada Center, which has researched the level of xenophobia in the Russian Federation…

In 2017 the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) addressed 19 general and two priority recommendations concerning ​​combating racism and intolerance to the Ukrainian authorities. The Commission recently came to the conclusion that its urgent recommendations, which had addressed…

Congratulations to Ilona Makhotina, a winner in the category “Painting / design” at the 27th international art competition “Amico Rom”. The contest is held by Roma activists in Italy, and authors, regardless of their ethnicity, can submit their visual and…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination sent an official request to the government of Belarus regarding the measures aimed at guarantees of the rights of Roma minority following the massive arrests of Roma in Mahileu and other…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination forwarded the official request to the government of the Russian Federation asking to provide information on the anti-Roma pogroms in Chemodanovka (Penza region, 2019) and and on the forced eviction of…