Roma and Sinti in Europe are frequently targeted by racism, hate speech, and incitement, in particular during election campaigns. Politicians and political parties not only from far-right but also from mainstream political parties often draw on resentment and prejudice against Roma and Sinti. They do so in order to win votes through populist strategies and the scapegoating of minorities. The steady repetition of racist public discourse during election campaigns maintains a high level of stigmatization, racism, antigypsyism, antisemitism, islamophobia, and hate speech within politics, media, and society. Therefore, the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma urges politicians and institutions to strengthen their political commitment to sanction any form of hate speech, racism and antigypsyism in the public discourse.
This publication aims to present examples of hate speech, racism, and incitement against Roma and Sinti in public discourses and election campaigns with case studies from Germany, Slovakia, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czech Republic. The publication intents to encourage debate on the need of political commitment and the use of existing legal and political tools in order to sanction racism, hate speech, and incitement in the European Union Europe and in Member States´ election campaigns.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Romani Rose: A judiciary that is blind to the lessons of history
Arnold Rossberg: Legal prohibition of discriminatory election campaigning practices
Ruhan Karakul: Instruments for the prevention of racist election propaganda
Henriett Dinok: Roma as an instrument of politics: The case of Miskolc (Hungary)
Ognyan Isaev: Antigypsyism in Bulgarian election campaigns: a case study
Gwendolyn Albert: Antigypsyism during the 2016-2017 election campaigns in Czech Republic
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