European Roma Rights Centre

Prosecuting lawyers at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, called for 45 years’ imprisonment for Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders, for crimes against Serb and Romani civilians. Read more here 👉 www.errc.org/news/hague-p...

In July 2022, Hasib Omerovic, a disabled Romani man, allegedly ‘fell’ from a second-floor window during a violent police raid on his home in the Primavalle district of Rome. Now, two officers have been sentenced, one acquitted, and another awaits trial.

More here 👉 www.errc.org/news/they-th...

After a grim 2025, and looking to a 2026 where the far-right are in the ascendancy, the only collective solution lies in anti-racism. As Angela Davis said “In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”

Full news review of 2025 here 👉 www.errc.org/news/look-ba...

Antifascism, in 2026 and always, is a Roma Rights issue #freeallantifas #freemaja #antifascistaction #romarights

Full article here: www.errc.org/news/showtri...

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) welcomes the Ombudsman’s finding that residency and birth registration requirements for Roma, Ashkali, & Egyptian communities in #Montenegro are discriminatory, and must be reformed with immediate effect. More in our press release 👉 www.errc.org/press-releas...

The political lines have been drawn, and the crusading intent of the far-right is clear. In the face of imminent barbarism, the starting point of resistance must be that human rights are universal, inalienable and indivisible. Full article here: www.errc.org/news/italian...
#RomaRights

The message is clear: 'work-fare' for the Roma & others who are treated as an 'underclass', meanwhile tax breaks for the middle-class. Roma are citizens, not just some rainy-day demographic investment for European countries to be pitted against other marginalised people. www.errc.org/news/cleanin...

Take some time to look at their faces, read their names, remember their stories. At a time when fascists once again occupy the corridors of power, the words 'never again' seem a little hollow. Today we remember those who were murdered, tomorrow we organise ✊🏽

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Full solidarity with the family and their lawyer✊🏾Full story here www.errc.org/news/serbia-...

We have documented & taken legal action in numerous cases going back decades where grown adults (including police) have violently & racially abused children in #Serbia
#romarights #kragujevac #hatecrime

Residents say that is not the first such attack, nor the first time the police have failed to respond to emergency calls. ERRC lawyer Andrea Čolak points to the police failure to consider violence a hate crime as indicative of a wider problem in Serbian law enforcement. www.errc.org/news/masked-...

Viktor Orbán shows us the logic of racists when they implement the so-called 'economic argument for Roma inclusion' - state intervention for the middle class, and work-fare for Roma. #RomaRights #HungarianPolitics #SocialRights Full article from Bernard Rorke here: www.errc.org/news/shamele...

A large percentage of those in children's homes in #Hungary are Roma who have been removed from their families, often illegally for reasons of poverty, on a systemic scale only to be placed in institutions where they risk being physically and sexually abused 👉🏽 www.errc.org/news/no-safe...

Our Roma Rights Network is home to 30+ human rights organisations working to fight antigypsyism.

History has shown that hard times make for good activists. Now more than ever, we think Europe needs strong human rights defenders to come together in solidarity. Apply 👉 www.errc.org/press-releas...

Repeated attempts to circumvent the Czech President's refusal to nominate "Nazi adoring" Filip Turek as environment minister speaks to the creeping normalisation of neo-fascism & #antigypsyism in #Czechia. Find out more: www.errc.org/news/the-new... #filipturek #nopasaran #romarights

"Art without activism is only decoration" says ERRC President Đorđe Jovanović in his article celebrating the RoMagic LGBTQI+ Roma project as a necessary intervention challenging antigypsyism & homophobia 👉🏾 www.errc.org/news/our-exi....

The far-right drift in the #czechrepublic has led to #RomaRights activists resigning from the government's advisory body on Roma issues. We spoke with @4-gwen.bsky.social ky.social about her decision to resign, and the anti-democratic lurch to the right in #czechia

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The ERRC and MYLA welcome the final judgment of 20 November 2025 from the Court of Appeal in Skopje which has fully upheld the first-instance ruling in a landmark case marking a major step to safeguard the rights of unregistered persons, particularly Roma, in North Macedonia. shorturl.at/wlv29

🔴‼️From a Prime Minister who describes Hungary as the "country of the natives" and proclaims Hungarians "do not want to become a people of mixed race.” ‼️🔴

Judit Ignácz argues that Viktor Orbán is increasingly reading from the same fascist playbook as Trump. Read more: www.errc.org/news/hungary...

📣ERRC’s Census of Forced Evictions of Roma in Italy (2021–2025) shows forced evictions have become routine: 129+ evictions, at least 696 people affected. Data gaps and anti-Roma hate speech reveal a wider, normalised injustice. 🔗https://shorturl.at/E8XlM

📝 New Report - Relocation without rights in Turkey: the impact of urban transformation on Bağlarbaşı's Romani residents 🔗 shorturl.at/eMbAX

🏳️‍🌈Our exhibition RoMagic: Proudly Queer. Unapologetically Roma is in Belgrade until 20 December! After Brussels and Bucharest, this is our final stop of the year. :rainbow: From 10–20 December, we’re bringing the stories of queer Roma into the spotlight once again.

The authorities cut the power supply to the Romani community in Niš, Serbia, leaving dozens of families exposed to the elements in degrading and perilous living conditions. The ERRC and Group for Children and Youth ‘Indigo’ have called on the mayor to immediately restore 💡. shorturl.at/v5tx4

We filed a complaint with the Equality body of Serbia regarding this racist hate speech. In November, the Commissioner responded positively. Demo Beriša now has 30 days to issue a public apology after receiving the Commissioner’s recommendation. ✊🏽

Our exhibition RoMagic: Proudly Queer. Unapologetically Roma is coming to Belgrade this December! After Brussels and Bucharest, this will be our final stop of the year. 🌈 Save the date in your calendar! 🗓

📝The ERRC’s new report Rise Up is inspired by the actions of our Roma Rights Defenders, driven by the need to combat anti-Roma racism and hate speech, both online and in real life: shorturl.at/nskhZ

📌Our latest publication “Rise Up: Racism, Resilience and the Right to Mental Health” tells a story of resilience, creativity, and commitment. It shows how online hate impacts mental health, especially for young Romani people who are already facing segregation and exclusion.🔗https://shorturl.at/SLaO2

📢 #NorthMacedonia: The ERRC filed a complaint with the Ombudsman following a shocking incident, where a traumatised and weeping eight-year-old boy was threatened, degraded, and forced at knifepoint by two adult perpetrators to kneel and kiss their shoes. shorturl.at/A5rdQ

Géza Buzás-Hábel, a young Romani teacher and human rights activist, is facing criminal charges in Hungary simply for organising an LGBTQI+ Pride in Pécs — the first time in EU history a Pride organiser is prosecuted. A dangerous precedent for peaceful assembly. Full story: shorturl.at/GY2NW

A Negotino councillor said “Gypsies should be forbidden from voting” — blatant hate speech. Within a week the ERRC filed a formal complaint with the Equality Body for incitement to discrimination under national & international law. More: shorturl.at/2shSH

RoMagic: Proudly Queer. Unapologetically Roma has landed in Bucharest! 🌈 Opened this weekend by creator Vojin Ivkov and our partners at RomaJust, the exhibition amplifies the struggles and resilience of Romani LGBTIQ+ people through intimate photography. On view at Manasia Hub until 17 November. 🖤