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Lety u Písku, site of activism: Debate in Prague

 "Lety u Písku, site of activism" is the name of a discussion being held today at 16:00 at the National Memorial on Prague's Vítkov Hill by the Centre for the Roma and Sinti in Prague, a specialized workplace of the Museum of Romani Culture. In 2017, the industrial pig farm that had been built over the location of the former WWII-era concentration camp for Roma and Sinti at Lety was purchased by the Czech state in order to build a new Lety u Písku Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti in Bohemia.

According to those convening the discussion, the journey toward that historical moment was not easy. The first documented efforts to turn the site into a place of reverence date to the 1960s.

How difficult was it for those voices and all the other subsequent voices to face the lack of interest or unwillingness of Czech society to deal with the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti? Does the future Lety memorial symbolize Czech society coming to terms with the Nazi persecution of the Roma and Sinti during the Second World War?

 

Link: https://romea.cz/en/czech-republic/lety-u-pisku-site-of-activism-debate-in-prague

Which Roma from the region have the hardest time paying their bills?

The percentage of Roma whose salaries and other incomes decreased during the covid-19 pandemic in North Macedonia is 59, in contrast to the regional average, which is around 50 percent. There was an increase in income, on the other hand, for only one percent

Every second Roma in the Western Balkans has had their income reduced during the covid-19 pandemic, and the majority (64 percent) fear that they will lose their jobs in the next 12 months.

On the other hand, online teaching is more difficult for every second Roma child compared to teaching with physical presence, and even three out of four Roma children did not receive help during online lectures, both from their teachers and classmates.

These are part of the results of the research presented today at the regional conference on the socioeconomic impact of covid-19 on Roma from the Western Balkans, organized by the Roma Integration Project of the Council for Regional Cooperation (SRS).

Education and employment are the two areas where the pandemic has most affected this population.

Analysis: Social networks are full of prejudices and hate speech towards the Roma

According to the conclusions of the analysts in the project, it is evident that anti-Roma sentiment is on the rise on the Internet.

"The trend of normalizing hate speech against Roma continues. Today, such speech is spread not only by members of ultra-right groups, but also by "ordinary" people or political parties," say Selma Muhic Dizdarevic and Jitka Votavova, authors of a study on anti-Gypsyism.

"Fake news, fraud and manipulation are used as instruments to spread hatred. The trend of so-called humorous racism is also on the rise, creating a combination of irony, mockery and humiliation that is particularly attractive to young people," the authors say.

They add that the trend of relativizing or openly denying the historical facts related to the genocide against the Roma during the Second World War continues.

"There are often accusations that there is a special kind of 'Roma crime' or that Roma have an advantage over other residents," the report said, citing fraud related to free medicine or higher social benefits for Roma.

 

Link: https://www.portal-udar.net/analiza-stanja-u-evropi-drustvene-mreze-pune-mrznje-i-predrasuda-prema-romima/

Roma participants in the war in BiH forgotten by the state

Bajro Beganović from Sarajevo was a member of the BiH Army during the war. Like his two sons. One still lives in Sarajevo and the other, Samir, died in 1993 as a member of the BiH Army:

- Today, the citizens of Sarajevo and their comrades-in-arms said goodbye to Igor Pavlović, son of Dragan, and Samir Beganović, son of Bajra - the announcement of the Information Service of the First Corps on the day of their burial. He was 20 years old:

- Samir Beganović was born on August 5, 1963. in Sarajevo and belongs to the constellation of brave people who stood on the defensive of the homeland, convinced that in this way will provide a happier future for their children, and he had two, their mother, and their children, all mothers… And Samir is a participant in several important battles, of which we would especially emphasize the one on Žuča, but also those when Igman defended himself, when those battles decided the fate of Sarajevo. He died on December 1, 1993. years, bravely as befits true defenders of freedom - it is stated in the announcement.

Nowhere in these lines and title, written almost 26 years ago, is it mentioned that Samir Beganović was a Roma. It didn't matter then. Today it is: it can be seen from newspaper headlines and texts, in which the opportunity of labeling and emphasizing belonging to the Roma people is rarely missed when something bad happens.

 

Link: https://www.portal-udar.net/romi-ucesnici-rata-u-bih-u-ratu-smo-dijelili-komad-hljeba-danas-niko-ne-misli-na-nas/?fbclid=IwAR3wjjEEeSZgBlO92TKdHZyTVGdKSU74lBMdw8R6jLEiMjcMOLXucR4eCZY

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