Czech Roma protest against racist violence

Litvínov, Czech Republic.
3 May 2009

About two hundred people gathered at the Peace Square Litvínov to condemn the act in which arsonist torched the houses of Roma families which left a Roma baby fighting for life.

Rallies were held across the Czech Republic on Sunday in a show of strength by the country's Roma community against extremism, two weeks after an arson attack left a Roma baby fighting for life.

Similar protests were held in 13 other towns and cities including Usti nad Labem, where neo-Nazis staged a march two weeks ago, and Chomutov, whose town hall seizes benefits from Roma defaulting on rents.

When the speaker in Prague said the Roma rallying in Chomutov had been attacked by Neo-Nazi extremists throwing firecrackers, the crowd chanted: "This is our home too," "Murderers" and "Shame on you."

The Prague rally was attended by several politicians including Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, but their presence failed to silence criticism that the government had been slow to react.

"If the family were white, politicians would have acted at once," said Hlavacova.

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• arson
• attack
• racism
• Neo-Nazis
• violence

[Vulturu]

gypsies should be send to india. support to white czechs from Romania!

[SinclairNicholas]

No, the iron is stolen from railyards etc, tombstones and statues are stolen by rings of Czech antique smugglers, and you know it, but what's the point in endklessly correcting a mean spirited loser? No point, the end...

[pahrb10]

video plné multikulturních a xenofilních blbců a negrů

[ComradeSinclair]

@JujuWoaW How many Gypsies live in the proximity of your house situated in a calm town quarter?

[uiqmania]

čechy čechům.... 

[dubyamoney]

@buffyguy10 very well said I'm sick of all this hate, what's the point we are human beings, 6 million Jews were killed because of twisted hate, also who knows how many gypsies, no one ever bothered to count, and it carries on. There is good and bad with all peoples. Cheers! peace!

[Indygoguy]

The Roma pray on the native people of the lands they are in. To tell people they can not fight back is to support the violation of the native peoples. To couch such devious cowardice as somehow heroic and virtuous is beyond contemptible.

[PitBull123oi]

Fůj !!!! 

[dark33r]

@pirosjumbo Im not some damned hungarian. But never mind, what u know about nations in Europe. And US will have a lot to do to defend itself in few years.. with its foreign policy. We´ll see.

[pirosjumbo]

@dark33r your mother wass retarded when you born. stupid shit hungarian racist moron USA never protect hungarian racist facist minded peoples.. special like you who against America..