“Controlling ethnic populations like this is a form of genocide,” says Jonathan Lee, the ERRC’s Advocacy & Communications Director.

💬Why do #EU4Roma still face shocking levels of deprivation, marginalisation, and #discrimination ? asks #EURightsAgency ’s Michael O'Flaherty launching our latest survey findings.

He offers FRA support to address the challenges Roma face.

➡️Find out more:
fra.europa.eu/en/news/2022/8…

Roma Rights activists in Prague have filed criminal complaints for incitement to racial hatred against #Roma on #socialmedia . Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft ROMEA #Forumforhumanrights

PR (EN): bit.ly/3gGn0VO
PR (CZ): bit.ly/3TBvjks

Let us introduce you our new Slovakian #Roma Rights Defenders! ✊The ERRC organised a training programme, through our partner Forum for Human Rights for young Romani activists to monitor, report, and litigate online #hatespeech . The project is funded by the European Union.

I want to say a little more about Jimmy Carr’s abhorrent ‘joke’. First, the awful truth. Many hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti people were murdered by the Nazis during World War II, in what has become known to the victims’ families as the Porrajmos (the ‘Devouring’).

Our #volunteers fighting digital antigypsyism gathered in #Bulgaria . We organised a training, through our partner Equal Opportunities Initiative Association for young Romani activists to monitor, report, litigate #hatespeech online. The project is funded by the European Union.

Say hello to our new Romanian #Roma Rights Defenders! The ERRC organised a training programme, through our partner RomaJust for young Romani activists to monitor, report, and litigate #hatespeech online. The project is funded by the European Union.

#CivilSociety organizations working on migration, #HumanRights and inclusion are vital in times of crisis - and beyond. Find out how national & local authorities, #NHRIs , and international organizations can do more to support #CSOs across the OSCE 👉 bit.ly/3CYnWwr

The ERRC has intervened in a case before the ECHR CEDH against Serbia, concerning the eviction of an elderly non-Roma man. We believe many #Roma are in a similar situation to him and his case is important in our fight against evictions of Roma in Serbia. ✊

A group of Romani refugees who were attacked by security guards with tear gas at a refugee shelter in Chisinau, #Moldova are taking legal actions against the shelter & the assailants. The ERRC is representing the Romani litigants. 👉 errc.org/press-releases…

European Parliament adopts a set of recommendations aiming at improving the situation of Romani communities in the EU, including many recommendations that the ERRC has raised over the years: europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…

We are kicking off the Plenary Session V: Tolerance and Non-discrimination II at the #WarsawHDC . Intro remarks by ERRC on discrimination of #RomaandSinti , access to justice & policing. Stay tuned osce.org/chairmanship/w…

I speak to lots of journalists because of my work. It's rare to find one who not only gives Romani and Traveller people a fair hearing, but can also cover this much material in so much depth over such a short time. Parrakro tut Mathilda Mallinson! A pleasure being on Media Storm Podcast