Romani CRISS reports and Photographs
"Please find below Romani CRISS reports regarding the situation of Roma minority in Romania, as well as photos from the most recent cases of abuse and/ or violence against the Roma: abuse of Police during raids in Roma communities (shot people even in the back, bullet holes in the houses walls), pictures of segregated classes where Roma pupils study, photos of places where the Roma have been moved, after being evicted from the cities (you can see clearly in one of the photos the notice with toxic gas and the social houses provided by the City Hall)." (Note: Romani CRISS is a Roma NGO working in Romania.)
Reports
- Overview of the Human Rights Situation of the Roma in Romania (August 2006, PDF)
- Overview of the Human Rights Situation of the Roma in Romania: Annex 1: Cases: Eviction, Exclusion or Marginalization of Roma in Regard to housing Rights in Romania (August 2006, PDF)
- Shadow Report to the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 0n the occasion of Report of Romania Bucharest (March 2006, PDF)
Photographs
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Further information:
- Opportunity for Ireland to Promote Human Rights Should Not be Missed - Crosscare
- Irish Traveller Movement supports Pavee Point in its role in highlighting humanitarian crisis of Roma at M50
- 26 July 2007 - Pavee Point Statement
- Statement from ATD Fourth World
- 24 July 2007 - Press Release: Roma Repatriation
- Statement by the Children's Rights Alliance: Roma Crisis
- 24 July 2007 - Point of clarification
- 23 July 2007 - Pavee Point rejects accusations of the Embassy of Romania in Ireland
- 23 July 2007 - Press Release: Response to the Statement from the Romanian Embassy
- 21 July 2007 - Press Release: Deportation Notices an Inadequate Response to Roma Crisis
- Press release: Inhumane Living Conditions in Ireland- Not Acceptable, Action Demanded Now.
- Press Release June 07: Pavee Point and the Roma Support Group calls on Government to offer humane support to Roma Families camping on roundabout.
- Case Study: Rostas Family
- Statement from Anastasia Crickley of the the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- Social Workers call for action to reunite children with parents. Press release from the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW)
- Photographs from the scene at the Ballymun Roundabout
- Background context report by ERRC, Romania: State of Impunity Human Rights Abuse of Roma in Romania (PDF)
- Extract from Council of Europe/European Commission against Racism and Intolerence: Third Report on Roma (PDF)
- Campaign Support: How to support the Roma