European Roma Rights Centre
@romarights.bsky.social
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation working to combat antigypsyism and human rights abuses of Roma through strategic litigation, advocacy, media work, and human rights education.
Get the full article on community legal action and the EQUAL project, supporting community paralegal teams & legal clinics in marginalised neighbourhoods for Romani communities, people with disabilities, and refugees HERE: www.errc.org/news/why-com...
On 2 August 1944, the last 4,300 Roma & Sinti at Auschwitz were gassed to death. Today - Fascism is not some abstract, distant menace. It is a present, coordinating power across Europe. Now is the time for active #antifascism as a civic duty. Resist in any way you can. #romaholocaustmemorialday
Albania moved 95% of public services online. But what happens when entire communities can't get online? We've filed a complaint exposing how Albania's digital-only system locks out Roma & Egyptian families & also puts their data at risk when they have to use 'middle-men' www.errc.org/press-releas...
We have filed a criminal complaint against Hungarian police over the death of Tamás Baki, a 37-year-old Romani father who died in hospital after being tasered 4 times, beaten, & kicked on the ground, during a police check www.errc.org/news/errc-fi...
🚨We are filing a legal complaint with the public prosecutor demanding an independent investigation into the death of Tamás, B., who police allegedly tasered 4 times, forced to the ground, and kicked and beat until he passed out in Százhalombatta #Hungary on 8th July. He died 2 days ago in hospital.
Yesterday the European Court found the #Czech state responsible for failing to protect Stanislav Tomáš’ life, and for failing to investigate whether institutional racism was the cause of his death. We hope this judgment brings some small comfort to his family. PR here: www.errc.org/press-releas...
After years of police lies, cover up, paramedic testimony being ignored, racist investigation, & victim blaming the @echr.coe.int has finally delivered a degree of justice for the family of Stanislav Tomáš. Today is a victory for all Roma against racist law enforcement www.errc.org/press-releas...
An important ruling from the Council of Europe: Sweden must ensure access to healthcare for all vulnerable EU migrants, regardless of their residence status or ethnicity. Congrats to @amnesty.org and @mdmfrance.bsky.social for securing this vital decision from the ECSR 👏 www.errc.org/news/council...
Romani boy of 14 was lured to a park in Skopje, #NorthMacedonia & attacked by 3 adult men who stabbed him 7 times & left him unconscious. We have formally written to the Police & Public Prosecutor demanding they reclassify "violence against a child" as "attempted murder" www.errc.org/press-releas...
🇭🇺 A law that legalized residential exclusion is finally under fire 🔥 The ERRC and other human rights advocates flagged the discrimination, institutions stalled, but with new leadership in Budapest the push for repeal may be gaining ground! www.errc.org/news/hungari...
🚨93 police raids on Roma neighbourhoods in Greece since September 2025 ‼️ Watch 👆Then contact your MEP and ask them to speak out against ethnically targeted police raids here: www.errc.org/uploads/uplo...
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance's latest report on #Slovakia is grim reading: weak police accountability for racially motivated violence, school segregation, unequal access to healthcare, & hate speech in political discourse without consequences www.errc.org/news/ecri-mo...
After 6 years of legal battles, evictions, & exclusionary policies, a provisional victory has been secured in Cluj-Napoca. Bucharest Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Municipality's social housing rules constitute indirect discrimination against Romani families. www.errc.org/press-releas...
The word fascism is sometimes used too loosely these days. But when a state uses its monopoly on violence to treat its own citizens as invaders in their own homes based on ethnicity, it crosses a line. More on Operation ENTOS by Jonathan Lee for @aljazeera.com here www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Greece’s ‘war on Roma’ is Europe’s new blueprint for discrimination
Mass raids on Roma communities show how Europe is recasting racial discrimination as crime prevention and public order.
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A good outcome in our complaint in North Macedonia 🇲🇰⚖️ www.errc.org/press-releas... The Commission for Prevention & Protection from Discrimination found that Romani children at “Sande Shterjoški” school in Kičevo face illegal ethnic segregation. 6 months to implement 3 binding recommendations!
2025 was hard. The pressure on democracies, rule of law, and civil society intensified. But difficult times demand dedicated activists, and at the ERRC - we're in it for the long run. Check out the full annual report here: www.errc.org/reports--sub...
Europe’s largest ethnic minority is facing a declared state of acute crisis. The Roma Rights Network (33 human rights organizations from 21 countries) today warned that the persecution of Roma is a deliberate political strategy that 'securitizes' Romani communities: www.errc.org/press-releas...
Beyond the legal arguments lies a more uncomfortable reality about urban development in southeastern Europe. For cities eager to attract tourists &investment, Roma neighbourhoods often become viewed not as communities requiring support, but as obstacles to redevelopment. www.errc.org/news/they-tr...
Last week the #RomaRights Network met in Paris. 33 orgs from 21 countries represented in 1 room, at a time when assembling as anti-racists is in itself an act of defiance. Fascism isn't a spectre haunting Europe - it's in office. That's why this meeting mattered. The struggle continues and so do we.
🚨 Uncovering the largest campaign of police harassment and ethnic profiling that the ERRC has documented anywhere in Europe for decades.🚨 🔗 Get the full investigative piece by Jonathan Lee here: www.errc.org/news/drones-...
On May 3rd, 2025, Ramajana Asan, a 36-year-old Romani mother in North Macedonia, was murdered by her partner in front of her young daughter. Despite seeking police protection multiple times, her warnings were minimized, no action was taken to prevent her ultimate murder👉 www.errc.org/news/systemi...
Congratulations to the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the applicants in their victory in this case against the odious racist politician Valeri Simeonov 👏 Full story here: www.errc.org/news/europea...
As Hungary starts to move from the "honeymoon period" to the difficult task of coalition-building and delivery, how the state treats its most discriminated against citizens will prove instructive as to what kind of Hungary Péter Magyar wants to build. Full story here: www.errc.org/news/euphori...
Eileen Flynn, Ireland's 1st Traveller woman Senator, is facing a relentless wave of racist abuse from the far-right after refusing to attend protests where the 🇮🇪 flag was hijacked for hate. We stand with Sen. Flynn. Anti-Traveller racism has no place in Irish democracy✊ www.errc.org/news/anti-tr...
We have filed legal complaints in #Hungary #Moldova #Romania #Czechia against exclusion of Romani refugee children from education. "Formal enrolment" is a lie if a child never steps foot in a school. We are fighting to end this systemic abuse. 🔗Press Release here: www.errc.org/press-releas...
Stop performative talk of police reform and demand real justice, said the ERRC's Jonathan Lee in the European Parliament yesterday 🚫👮♂️Training workshops and diversity hires are not working. They are a distraction from the real issue: police impunity. www.errc.org/news/you-can...
For Roma families in Montenegro, no ID means no doctor, no work, no school. 🛑 New reforms aim to break this "vicious cycle" of statelessness, but promises mean nothing without execution. Until an ID is in hand, the cycle continues. www.errc.org/news/beyond-... #RomaRights #Montenegro #Statelessness
"Humiliation, injustice, and resentment." That’s the reality for many Romani families in Hungary, according to a new Council of Europe opinion detailing systemic police abuse. Get the full story from Bernard Rorke here: www.errc.org/news/16-year...
