Reactions - National Roma Centrum

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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)

Director Morten Kjaerum

Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

Nils Muiznieks, Chair, ECRI

Independent Expert on minority issues, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ms. Rita Izsák

ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic

ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Andrzej Mirga

Respected,

This reaction expresses particular concern over the rise of violence and hatred toward Roma in Bulgaria, having in mind that Roma as citizens in EU Member state suffer great damage, loss of human dignity and represent innocent victims. The reality is that we have expansion of extreme violence, hatred and endangered fundamental rights in Bulgaria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. If 6 out of 27 Member states have violent riots and incidents toward Roma citizens, how do they respect, protect and fulfill basic human rights and fundamental freedoms. Keep reading…

The National Roma Centrum (NRC) would like to express serious concern in relation to the latest public informing about members of the Roma community as violators of the regulation for visa liberalization.

The public is a witness to many domestic and international initiatives that urge for improving of the condition of the Roma community, but where are the results? What kind and how much improvement can we expect with investments of 300 denars per person, with an army of unemployed persons who due to low level of education are not competitors on the labor market? Keep reading…

What is Cordoba Summit promising? Is European Commission accepting Roma to promote herself?

In the light of II EU Roma Summit which will be held in Cordoba, Spain as effort for the largest European 10 millions minority. The first Summit held in 2008 promised urgent changes, integration and inclusion. NRC as participant at the Summit supported the idea for EU Roma Strategy, which was lately adopted only as Platform. Second Roma Summit will be parade of politicians who are part of high EC structures and without quality Roma representatives. Keep reading…

Reagarding the latest events in Italy, following the horrific murder of an Italian woman, when Romanian Roma was suspected, which leads to immediate expulsion of Roma, buldozing of Romani setlements, and anti-Romani settlement in the media and in the public life.

To:
Mr. Traian Basescu
President of Romania

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Mr. Călin Popescu – Tăriceanu
Prime Minister of Romania Keep reading…

Respected, National Roma Centrum (NRC) is hereby reacting to the video clip published on Kajgana’s portal in November 2006 in the humour and satire category, and unofficially the same recording is used by some owners of mobile phones. The video clip published on the Macedonian site of Kajgana, and this kind of children’s representation in media, is representing brutal violation of children’s rights. We strongly condemn this act and we urge to find any and all perpetrators and culpable persons. We demand and urge for investigation to be carried out in order Keep reading…

New picture, appearance or every day event for the Roma children, expression of someone’s animosity and hatred, discrimination, but not just that, the greatest pain is that it is just a child. As sigh of deprecating, we received reaction from one humane citizen of Republic of Macedonia, editor of http://istoricar.blog.com.mk/, who was worried and concerned while informing us about the clip called “Latif” on the Kajgana’s Keep reading…

To Mr. Janez Jansa Prime Minister of Republic Slovenia Cc. Dragutin Mat Minister of Interior of Republic of Slovenia Cc. Matja Hancek Office of the Ombudsman of Republic of Slovenia Honourable Prime Minister The National Roma Centrum (NRC) is a professional non-governmental organization located in Kumanovo, Macedonia, with the aim of representing and stimulating the active participation and integration of Romani people on the principles of the modern multiethnic European society. National Roma Centrum is writing to express grave concern about the recent Roma eviction, and to urge the authorities of Republic of Slovenia to carry out a prompt, thorough and effective investigation. Keep reading…

To EU Parliament Mr. president Josep Fontelles Borrell Brussels, Belgium Fax: ++32 2 284 93 41 Respected Mr. president Josep Fontelles Borrell Hereby, we are sending strong protest to any act of Anti-Gypsysim in the EU institutions as recently happened in the European Parliament when the observer Mr. Dimitar Stoyanov from Bulgaria via public e-mail conversation had publicly offended the Roma MEP Livia Jaroka from Hungary stating serious Anti Romani observations. This event could be a far more serious threat then it seems at the beginning and represents a strong indicator about the condition and the atmosphere which rules in certain circles and even institutions in Europe. Therefore, we hope that similar acts of racism against Roma will not be allowed and continued in your house as well as you will use your maximum power to inform the Bulgarian Authorities to prevent Mr. Stoyanov from future observation status in the European Parliament.

Asmet Elezovski