Struggles of the Roma (Gypsies) Around the
World
If you love their music, you must love and respect the people
who created and play it. If you care about human rights, civil rights, and
helping the vulnerable, disadvantaged, and displaced, this is a time to make a
stand. The Roma are facing widespread discrimination,
anger, and violence all around the world. I ask that you learn about their
struggles, sign petitions, and be an advocate.
— Steve Balkin, Professor of Economics, Roosevelt
University
Petitions
Videos
European Parliament Votes Against French Roma Expulsions
(September 10, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2AjO1JtkYQ
Inside Story – The fate of the Roma in Europe (September 7,
2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwwpp5E3zA
Italians protest against expulsions of Gypsies – PressTV 100904
(September 4, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmzXiJAjkU
Inside Story – Deporting France’s Roma (August 29, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmirOqlMgCk
France: Roma not Welcome | European Journal (August 19, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBnCBmLsMBU
Riz Khan – Expelling the Roma (August 3, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXV5w4Groes
Gipsies: victims of the prejudice (February 2010) France24
Channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLo2g_ECxU
Gypsy: The New Black? (Inside Out
London, BBC1) – 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBydNsiEKQY
Roma Websites
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
http://www.errc.org/
Idebate’s Roma Buzz Aggregator
http://www.idebate.org/roma/
Romano_Liloro – Regular updates on Roma issues for Roma people
and their supporters around the world
http://groups.google.com/group/romano_liloro
Roma Rights Network (from Vancouver)
http://www.romarights.net/
Romani CRISS –
Roma Center for Social Intervention
and Studies – in Romania
http://www.romanicriss.org/
Voice of the Rrom – from France
http://www.lavoixdesrroms.org/
Patrin – Romani Rights
http://www.reocities.com/~patrin/rights.htm
Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015 (a commitment to improve to
socio-economic status and social inclusion of the Roma by Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain.)
http://www.romadecade.org/
European Roma and Travellers Forum 2004-2010
http://ertf.org/
Roma Education Fund
http://romaeducationfund.hu/
Romani Archives and Information Center (RADOC) – The University
of Texas at Austin
http://www.radoc.net/
Human Rights Websites
EVERYONE – Group for International Cooperation on Human Rights
Culture – based in Italy
http://everyonegroup.com/
Articles
‘The Roma Are EU Citizens — Everywhere in the European Union’ –
Spiegel Online International
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,715900,00.html
“Europe Should Learn from the US Experience of Desegregation”
http://www.romadecade.org/europe_should_learn_from_the_us_experience_of_desegregation
Why Martin Luther King Matters To Europe’s Roma
http://ertf.org/en/component/content/article/3-newsflash/149-why-martin-luther-king-matters-to-europes-roma.html
Misc