Monthly Archives: November 2011

Antiziganistische Klischees, Beiträge auf Deutsch, Fundstücke, Staatlicher Antiziganismus, Tschechien

Tschechisches Schulbuch: Roma stinken und stehlen

Ein tschechisches Schul-Lesebuch für die zweite Klasse enthält negative Äusserungen über Roma. Die Regierungsbeauftragte für Menschenrechte, Monika Simunkova, verlangt deswegen seine Entfernung aus dem Unterricht…

Diskriminierende Passagen über Roma

Es sei alarmierend, dass siebenjährige Kinder mit diesem Buch arbeiteten, so Simunkova. Die Kinder würden in einer Geschichte des Lesebuches mit dem Vorurteil konfrontiert, Zigeuner seien schmutzig und sie würden stehlen. Laut dem Bruenner Museum für Roma-Kultur, das auf die Passagen des Lesebuchs aufmerksam gemacht hatte, werde in dem Text der Blick auf die Roma vereinfacht. Das Buch trage damit zur Festigung von Stereotypen bei anstatt zu einem bessern Verständnis.

Das Lesebuch wurde im Jahr 2005 im Rahmen eines Projektes herausgegeben, das eigentlich multikulturelle Erziehung fördern sollte.

Quelle: Hagalil
Stand: 08.11.2011

Analyse und Kritik des Antiziganismus, Beiträge auf Deutsch, Fundstücke, Ungarn

Roma-Gymnasium in Pecs – Raus aus dem Teufelskreis

Einziges Gymnasium von Roma für Roma soll Benachteiligungen der größten Minderheit ausgleichen – Ein Besuch in Pécs

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Die Schulglocke klingelt und Kinder mit weiten Hosen, bedruckten T-Shirts, Turnschuhen und bunten Rucksäcken schlendern aus ihren Klassen. Darunter auch Barbara, Virág, Kármen und Zsani. Die vier 16-jährigen Mädchen sind Schülerinnen der 9C des Gandhi Gymnasiums in Pécs im Süden Ungarns.

An den weiß getünchten Wänden hängen die Bilder der bisherigen Absolventen. Jede Klasse hat eine eigene Collage gestaltet. Auf einer Holzbank in der Aula nehmen die Mädchen Platz und erzählen von ihren Zukunftsplänen. Kármen will Polizistin werden, Virág Psychologin, Zsani möchte irgendwas mit Musik machen und Barbara will „studieren, aber was weiß ich noch nicht“. Um diese Wünsche umsetzen zu können, müssen sie hier in vier Jahren maturieren und anschließend ein Studium oder eine Ausbildung beginnen. Ist doch ganz normal, oder?

Nicht für diese Vier. Die Mädchen gehören zur Minderheit der Roma, der mit rund 800.000 Vertretern größten Minderheit in Ungarn, die sich oft in einem Kreislauf aus schlechter Ausbildung, Arbeitslosigkeit und Armut wiederfindet. Continue reading Roma-Gymnasium in Pecs – Raus aus dem Teufelskreis →

Antiziganistische Übergriffe, Antiziganistische Klischees, Fundstücke, Posts in English, Tschechien

Romani man charged with assault in Prague says he was defending his wife from attack

An incident that took place in Prague late in the evening of 12 August at the Palmovka metro station is generating comment in the Czech media. An ethnic Czech man involved in the incident claims he saw three Romani women pickpocketing passengers and did his best to prevent them before being attacked by a Romani man. That man has testified that his common-law wife was one of the women victimized by the ethnic Czech’s aggression and said he was doing his best to protect her. Unedited CCTV footage of the incident is available here: http://www.romea.cz/romeatv/index.php?id=detail&source=tn&vid=857721&detail=857721

The footage reveals that what actually took place was not the „brutal“ attack described by the Czech media. The start of the footage shows how the conflict between the three Romani women and the ethnic Czech who thought they were pickpockets began: He pushes the women more than once. The Romani man then runs up and starts fighting the ethnic Czech. They exchange blows before the ethnic Czech falls to the ground, where the Romani man holds him down, doing his best to keep him out of range. The Romani man then lets the ethnic Czech go, who gets up. Their exchange continues verbally. One of the women does her best to pull the Romani man away and to prevent further conflict. The train arrives, the women get on, and the men continue to haggle. In the end the Romani man gets on the train and prevents the ethnic Czech (whom he says was drunk) from following them into the train car. The ethnic Czech makes for the exit, the train car doors close and the train leaves. Continue reading Romani man charged with assault in Prague says he was defending his wife from attack →

Analyse und Kritik des Antiziganismus, Antiziganismus im Fußball, Beiträge auf Deutsch, Deutschland, Fundstücke, Ungarn

Abseits im eigenen Land – Die Minderheiten Sinti und Roma im europäischen Fußball

Sinti und Roma werden seit Jahrhunderten ausgegrenzt, in Osteuropa sind sie oft in Lebensgefahr. Über keine anderen Minderheiten weiß die Bevölkerung so wenig und glaubt so viel Negatives zu kennen. Auch im Fußball wird Antiziganismus, die rassistische Ablehnung von Sinti und Roma, weitgehend toleriert. „Zick, zack, Zigeunerpack“ gehört für viele Fans zum festen Sprachgebrauch.

In Ungarn zum Beispiel hat sich in den vergangenen 20 Jahren nur ein Spieler zu seinen Roma-Wurzeln bekannt: István Pisont. Seit seinem Karriere-Ende setzt er sich für die Rechte seiner Minderheit ein, ebenso wie der Malteser Imre Kozma, der jugendliche Roma durch Fußball in die Gesellschaft eingliedern will.

In Deutschland wird Antiziganismus – anders als Rassismus oder Antisemitismus – totgeschwiegen. Dabei hätte der DFB viel aufzuarbeiten: Sein früherer Präsident Felix Linnemann war während des Nationalsozialismus an der Deportation von Sinti und Roma beteiligt. So ist der Antiziganismus eines der letzten weißen Forschungsfelder des Sports.

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Quelle: Deutschlandradio Kultur
Stand: 30.10.2011

Analyse und Kritik des Antiziganismus, Antiziganismus von Rechts, Beiträge auf Deutsch, Deutschland, Fundstücke, Tschechien

Vereint im Kampf um Europa

Die antiziganistischen Vorfälle im tschechisch-deutschen Grenzgebiet wecken auch bei deutschen Neonazis Interesse. Teile der deutschen und tschechischen Neonaziszene sind generell um eine bes­sere Zusammenarbeit bemüht.

In der tschechischen Stadt Ostrava treffen am frühen Nachmittag des 28. Oktober gut 100 tschechische Nationalisten auf dem Masaryk-Platz ein. Die meisten sind Anhänger der neonazistischen DSSS (»Arbeiterpartei der sozialen Gerechtigkeit«). Die Chemnitzer NPD-Stadträtin Katrin Köhler steht vor den Versammelten auf einer Bank. Dass sie ungeachtet der weiten Anreise gerne ins Nachbarland gekommen sei und dass deutsche und tschechische Nationalisten trotz der »schwierigen Geschichte« zusammenarbeiten müssten, sagt sie in ihrer Ansprache. Von einer solchen »Zusammenarbeit« gibt es an diesem Freitagnachmittag keine Spur. Köhler wird lediglich von einer Kameradin des »Rings nationaler Frauen« sowie von den bekannten Funktionären Frank Rohleder und Christian Bärthel begleitet.

Am nächsten Tag marschiert die DSSS »für mehr Bürgerrechte« in Rotava auf. Tatsächlich handelt es sich um eine der vielen antiziganistischen Demonstrationen gegen einen angeblichen »schwarzen Rassismus« der Roma-Bevölkerung. In dem zehn Kilometer hinter der deutschen Grenze gelegenen Ort bleiben Katrin Köhler und die Mitglieder ihrer kleinen Delegation diesmal nicht die einzigen deutschen Teilnehmer. Der bayerische Kameradschaftsverband »Freies Netz Süd« (FNS) hat zwei Busse gemietet, mit denen 70 Neonazis anreisen. Pogromähnliche Vorfälle im Grenzgebiet, an denen sich in den vergangenen Monaten Tausende Bürger beteiligt haben, dürften das Interesse an einer Fahrt über die Grenze geweckt haben. Continue reading Vereint im Kampf um Europa →

Abschiebung und Asyl, Fundstücke, Posts in English, Serbien, Staatlicher Antiziganismus

Roma families in Belgrade face forced eviction by government agency

Twenty seven Roma families in Serbia’s capital Belgrade face imminent forced eviction from their homes to make way for new commercial housing built by a government owned company, Amnesty International said today.
On Tuesday, at the request of the Building Directorate of Serbia, families living in the informal settlement Block 61 in the New Belgrade area were informed that the eviction of the settlement is planned.
The families of Block 61 were not consulted about the eviction or offered any alternative accommodation ahead of the approaching harsh Serbian winter. Many of those facing eviction are children.
„Roma families in Belgrade are continuing to be pushed out on to the streets without providing adequate alternative housing. The authorities must end this unacceptable practice,“ said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia.
„Of particular concern here is that 20 of the families were internally displaced from Kosovo after the 1999 war, and the government is obliged to give them protection and assistance. Instead they have been left in informal settlements without access to basic services.
„The government should be providing social housing for these displaced families who have lived in Serbia without adequate housing for 12 years.“
The planned eviction would be the first of Roma in Belgrade to be carried out on behalf of the government rather than the city authorities.
„Amnesty International has repeatedly called on the Serbian government to introduce a law prohibiting forced evictions,“ said John Dalhuisen. „We are very concerned that the government, instead of preventing evictions, now appears to be complicit in their conduct.“
According to an Amnesty International report published in April, the Serbian government has repeatedly failed to prevent the forced eviction by the Belgrade authorities, of Roma families who often lose their livelihoods and their only possessions in addition their homes.
In 2009, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons told the Serbian government to address the human rights situation of internally displaced people and to ensure that forced evictions were carried out in accordance with international standards.
The Roma population in Belgrade has been subject to forced evictions since at least 2000, after Roma displaced from Kosovo sought assistance and shelter but often had no choice but to live in informal settlements.
Forced evictions in Belgrade have increased rapidly since May 2009 when the City of Belgrade introduced its „Action Plan for the Resettlement of Shanty [Unhygienic] Settlements“.
Serbia is required under international human rights law to refrain from and protect people from forced evictions.

Quelle: Amnesty International
Stand: 02.11.2011

Analyse und Kritik des Antiziganismus, Antiziganistische Übergriffe, Beiträge auf Deutsch, Fundstücke, Tschechien

Hass gegen Roma – Schulterschluss zwischen Bevölkerung und extremer Rechter in Tschechien

Seit August dieses Jahres beteiligen sich im Norden Tschechiens Tausende Bürgerinnen und Bürger an Aktionen gegen die dort ansässigen Roma. Tschechische Neonazis versuchen, von der antiziganistischen Stimmung zu profitieren und melden nun auch außerhalb Nordböhmens Kundgebungen an, um Massenaktionen gegen Roma zu provozieren. Bereits im Jahr 2008 kam es zu massiven Übergriffen auf Roma. Antiziganismus verfügt in Tschechien über eine hohe Anschlussfähigkeit.

In einer soziologischen Studie des „Centrum pro výzkum verejného mínení“ (Zentrum zur Erforschung der öffentlichen Meinung, CVVM) in Tschechien antworteten im Jahr 2009 77 Prozent der Befragten, dass ihnen Roma „unsympathisch“ seien; auf einer Beliebtheitsskala von eins (sehr sympathisch) bis sieben (sehr unsympathisch) erhielten Roma mit 5,7 den mit Abstand schlechtesten Wert aller ethnischen Minderheiten.

Die etwa 200.000 Roma, ungefähr drei Prozent der Gesamtbevölkerung, leben in Tschechien überwiegend ghettoisiert. Mehrere hundert von ihnen wohnen in den Kleinstädten des tschechisch-deutschen Grenzgebietes, dem sogenannten Schluckenauer Zipfel. In dieser Region mit überdurchschnittlich hoher Arbeitslosigkeit und unterdurchschnittlichen Löhnen sind Roma in den letzten Wochen verstärkt zum Sündenbock für eine allgemeine Unzufriedenheit geworden. Continue reading Hass gegen Roma – Schulterschluss zwischen Bevölkerung und extremer Rechter in Tschechien →

Antiziganistische Übergriffe, Antiziganistische Klischees, Fundstücke, Polen, Posts in English

Roma minority attacked with Molotov cocktails

Roma inhabitants of the village of Krosnica, southern Poland, near the Slovak border, have called for monitoring on their estate, after an assault involving Molotov cocktails last Friday.

The incident occurred at about 10 pm on Friday night, when two flaming bottles of petrol landed on property belonging to members of the Roma community.
One bottle fell onto grass and the flames quickly petered out. The second landed on the roof of a house, and the inhabitants swiftly extinguished the flames.
No one was injured in the assault.
Police believe that the crime was carried out by someone driving through the village.
Roma inhabitants of Krosnica told the Gazeta Krakowska daily that they are regularly intimidated by drivers, whether it be with empty cans or stones.
However, this is the first time that a home-made bomb has been used.
“Up until now its just been stones and insults that have been thrown at us,” said one resident.
“But now, if someone wants to go as far as to set us alight, we’ve reason to fear for our lives.”
The resident underlined that the Roma community did not suspect other inhabitants of the village.
“They’re good people, we manage to get along with them,” they said.

In January this year Roma from the western city of Poznan complained that they were being banned from bars and clubs simply because they were members of the Roma community. Prosecutors opened an investigation after local authorities and the Interior Ministry became involved to solve what Roma said was a case of “blatant racism”

Quelle: Polskie Radio
Stand: 26.10.2011

Abschiebung und Asyl, Analyse und Kritik des Antiziganismus, Fundstücke, Posts in English, Serbien, Staatlicher Antiziganismus

Serbian activists arrested for protecting evicted Roma family

Two human rights defenders were today arrested for trying to stop the forced eviction of a Roma family in Belgrade.
The activists from the Regional Centre for Minorities were arrested for obstruction of justice after they peacefully attempted to prevent police evicting Mevljude Kurteshi and her six children from their apartment.
„These activists were merely trying to defend the human rights of the family being forcibly evicted – an unlawful and inhumane act by the Serbian authorities,“ said Nicola Duckworth, Amnesty International’s Director for Europe and Central Asia.
„Mevljude Kurteshi and her children must be given adequate alternative housing immediately.“
Witnesses say the two activists were arrested after politely refusing to move from the door of Mevljude Kurteshi’s basement apartment. They were released and may face charges of obstruction of justice, which could lead to a custodial sentence.
Mevljude Kurteshi was given no reason for the eviction and the authorities have not provided her with anywhere else to live.
After the eviction, her possessions were loaded onto a truck and taken to the informal Roma settlement at Belvil, where the family have no option but to move in with relatives. Evictions are also scheduled at Belvil.
Neighbours reportedly stood around jeering and applauding as she waited for a bus to take her and her children, some of them barefoot, to her new “home” at Belvil.
“Over the last month we have seen several forced evictions carried out with complete disregard for the rights of vulnerable people,” said Nicola Duckworth.
“To forcibly evict a single mother and her children without any adequate alternative housing is a complete violation of Serbia’s international obligations.”
Mevljude Kurteshi and her family were forcibly displaced from Kosovo after the 1999 war. Like other internally displaced Roma, she is unable to return home.
She was provided with the apartment in 2006 after she had been relocated from a housing estate, known as the “asbestos settlement”, which was demolished for health and safety reasons.
The eviction, which was carried out by police and the Čukarica authorities had previously been postponed on 11 October after human rights activists and local NGOs protested at the site.
Serbian authorities have failed to adopt a law prohibiting forced evictions, which would ensure that the processes and safeguards set out in relevant UN Guidelines and Principles are in place before any evictions are carried out.
According to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, “Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to participate in peaceful activities against violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.

Quelle: Amnesty International
Stand: 25.10.2011

Fundstücke, Geschichte des Antiziganismus, Posts in English, Rumänien

The Holocaust of Roma in Moldova continue to remain unaddressed issue

On 20-21 October 2011 in Chisinau, at the Free University (ULIM) was held a two-day conference “Unknown Holocaust of Roma” – as a challenge of nowadays situation of Roma people. The conference have been followed with an exhibition of photos with Roma survivors made by Luminita Cioaba (from Romania).
The Conference have been attend by Swedish EU Affairs Minister, Birgitta Ohlsson, the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg, academics from various parts of Europe, representatives from different embassies and international organizations present in Moldova, Minister of Justice, vice-Ministers of Education and of Labour, Social Protection and Family, representatives of the Romani NGOs from Sweden and Moldova, etc.
On the first day the Roma National Center has presented a film named“Persecution” produced in collaboration with the E Romani Glinda (Sweden) as a documentary film on Roma survivors from Republic of Moldova and facts of roma deportation by Nazis to Transdnestrian region. The second day have been dedicated to contemporary forms of discrimination as well as their poverty, illiteracy, jobless, their migration to European states and portrayal of the negative prejudices by media in enforcing the anti-Roma sentiment in the whole society.
“The improvement of Roma cannot be done without considering ways to tackle their inclusion and combating discrimination” – said Mr. Nicolae RADITA, chair of Roma National Center at the conference.
“Roma are excluded at all levels of decision making process, there is a widespread violence against them and treated in mockery way when it comes to address their issues”.
As a conclusion participants have stressed that there is a need of public policies developed by the Moldovan Government where Roma should be considered equal partner in implementing it, education made available at all levels and to adopt antidiscrimination legal framework in order to secure rights for everyone.
The events were organized by Roma National Center in cooperation with Porojan Association and E Romani Glinda from Sweden supported financially by Swedish Institute, Sweden Embassy in Chisinau, UNDP, UN Women Moldova.
For more information, please contact Natalia Duminica, project assistant, Roma National Center, tel. +373 22 227099, email: natalia_duminica@yahoo.com

Quelle: Roma Buzz Monitor
Stand: 27.11.2011