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ERRC Seeks Applicants for the 2013 Roma Rights Summer School

Budapest, April, 15. 2013 - The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) invites applications for its highly acclaimed annual Roma Rights Summer School. The Summer School will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 21 July - 1 August 2013. Deadline for applications: 12 May 2013.

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Historic Russian court ruling: gay pride is legal

Moscow, March 20, 2013 - Kostroma regional court made a landmark ruling saying that gay pride events were previously illegally banned by the authorities

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Hungary awards top journalism prize to anti-Roma broadcaster

Brussels, March 19, 2013 - An anti-Semitic and Roma-bashing TV broadcaster in Hungary has received the country’s top journalism prize.

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Businesses Withdraw Advertising From Hungarian Newspaper Over Anti-Roma Statements

Budapest, March 17, 2013 - Dear Reader,The European Roma Rights Centre is pleased to present the nineteenth issue of its newsletter, ERRC News.

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Roma in France Face Multiple Evictions

Budapest, March 08, 2013 - Roma from Aubervilliers have faced multiple evictions, with disproportionate use of police force, after their settlement was burned down last month. The European Roma Rights Centre and Médecins du Monde sent a letter to French authorities asking them to provide assistance for the families.

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Allocation of refugees in the EU: Broad social coalition calls for fundamentally new orientation in sharing responsibility

Berlin, March 07, 2013 - Justice and Home Affairs Council deliberates on extending border controls

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Criminalisation, Discourse and Symbolic Violence

Hungary, February 27, 2013 - Criminalisation can only be legitimised if the public is made to believe that homeless people remain homeless by choice.

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Stop all forced evictions in Badia East, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, February 26, 2013 - As we speak hundreds of people are being forcibly evicted from their homes in Badia East Lagos, Nigeria. Thousands more families are at risk of eviction. Take action and tell the Lagos state governor to stop the evictions now.

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The housing situation of Roma communities

Bratislava, February 25, 2013 - Our next batch of Roma analysis is out – this week’s focus is on housing. Our latest report is part of the Roma Inclusion Working Papers series, and is based on data from the survey UNDP did together with the World Bank and the European Commission in 2011.

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Paris's Power Squatters

Paris, January 25, 2013 - Activists with the Paris-based housing rights group Jeudi Noir entered a vacant office building in broad daylight on December 31. Experienced in illegal occupations, or squats, they did not expect to be stopped. One wore a worker's hardhat. They leaned a ladder against the wall and slipped through a second-story window.

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