by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
(MENAFN – AFP) With bulldozers at their doorstep, beginning to tear down their homes, it is hard to imagine life could get worse for the Roma of Miskolc, Hungary’s impoverished third-largest city. But for Gypsies, it can seemingly always get worse. But...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
The Holocaust that resulted in the deaths of millions of European Jews during World War II is well known. However, fewer people are aware that several other groups of people were targeted for elimination by the Nazis, including the Roma, often referred to in the...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
Five years ago, six Roma Gypsies were murdered by far-right extremists. Half a decade on, authorities seem to have little interest in the surviving victims of the Roma Community. Never could I have imagined that, says said Tibor Nagy. People attacking others and...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
A local group assisting homeless EU migrants in southern Stockholm has claimed that “racists” were behind the weekend attacks on camps which left tents and car tyres slashed.
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
Some 70 years have passed since the so-called “gypsy night” when close to3,000 Roma died at Auschwitz-Birkenau and memorial ceremonies were held in Stockholm and Malmö on Saturday to mark the event.
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