Human Rights Abuses of the Roma (Gypsies): Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights of ... One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, A - Hardcover

Affairs, U. S. Committee On Foreign

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0260545112 ISBN 13: 9780260545114

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2017

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Excerpt from Human Rights Abuses of the Roma (Gypsies)<br/><br/>I want to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses to this hearing on human rights abuses against the Roma, a people often called gypsies. I believe this is the first Congressional hearing to focus specifically on the Roma, who are a trans-national minority, and not the minority of a single nation. Since human rights abuses against the Roma must be addressed in an international context, I am delighted that we will hear testimony today from leaders of Roma communities in Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and the u.s. A few days ago, I returned from a trip to Russia, where conditions have worsened since my last visit a few years ago. The promises of a free market economy still elude many Russians, and the difficulties in adjusting to a market economy have been far greater than anticipated. Consequently, the optimism and euphoria that swept Russia, as well as the countries of central and eastern Europe, with the fall of communism have been supplanted by frustration, a search for scapegoats, and a horrifying resurgence in ethnic violence. Among those hardest hit by the economic crises and racial intolerance triggered by the collapse of the communist system are the estimated 6 million Roma living primarily in Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. To many in the United States, the term Gypsies evokes an image of people who dress like Spanish ?amenco dancers, wander the countryside in brightly-painted wagons, and play Hungarian violin music. However, as we will learn today from our distinguished witnesses, modern reality for the Roma is in harsh contrast to this romantic image. A bit of background information is useful: The Roma migrated from northern India around the loth century. They were mistakenly assumed to be from Egypt; hence the name gypsy. Many settled into a nomadic lifestyle in the mountains and forests of central and Eastern Europe.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0260545112
• ISBN 13: 9780260545114
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 48
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