Postcards: “Times are changing” – Spain’s Roma renew fight for rights
LAURA MANNERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Czech lawmakers urged to compensate sterilised Roma women
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of women in the Czech Republic who were sterilised under an unofficial policy to curb the country’s Roma population are hoping to finally win a long battle for compensation. A bill expected to be debated in the Czech parliament on Wednesday envisages granting each woman a one-off payment of 300,000 […]
Roma across Europe seen as police target in lockdown
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Roma communities across Europe have become a police target in lockdown, a report found on Wednesday, amid a sharpening global focus on racial equality and law enforcement. The report by Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, said Roma communities had faced tougher quarantines than citizens who posed a greater health risk. […]
Quickfacts – Where are the world’s stateless people?
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation An estimated 10 to 15 million people are not recognised as nationals by any country, often depriving them of basic rights most of the world takes for granted such as education, healthcare, housing and jobs. The UN refugee agency hosted a major intergovernmental meeting in Geneva on Monday to assess progress at […]
Pope asks forgiveness from Roma for discrimination and mistreatment
Pope Francis has asked forgiveness for injustices perpetrated by the Catholic Church against the Roma people on the final day of a three day visit to Romania. Addressing members of the Roma community in the town of Blaj on Sunday, the Pope said his heart was “weighed down by the many experiences of discrimination, segregation […]
TRENDSPOTTER: ON SCREEN GO SLOW
DAVID ADAMS looks at how slow TV – and its cinematic counterpart – are increasingly making an impact in the mainstream…
Quick facts – 10 ways the Roma people, Europe’s biggest minority, face discrimination
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The Roma migrated to Europe from India in the 10th century and have long faced persecution around the world. Many live on the fringes of society and struggle for work. With Monday declared Roma Visibility day, here are 10 facts about Roma people: Bulgarian Roma people from the close-knit Kalaidjii clan dance […]
Hundreds of refugees and Roma homeless in Italian eviction drive
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of migrants and Roma have been left homeless following two days of evictions in Italy, as its interior minister said on Wednesday that he was restoring order to the country. Volunteers running the Baobab camp in Rome said that police forcibly evicted about 150 refugees and undocumented migrants on Tuesday […]
POSTCARDS: DRIVEN FROM CAMPS, ROMA FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN ROME
ELAINE ALLABY, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of the Roma people in Italy…
Plan for Rome seeks to avert ‘dangerous’ tensions, reap benefits of migrants
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rome must help refugees integrate into life in Italy’s capital city, to cut the risk of tensions between communities that could escalate to dangerous levels – and to benefit from the fresh life they bring to an ageing population, officials said. Welcoming migrants is an important way to strengthen Rome, the city […]