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Sharing developments and academic commentary on (national, ethnic, religious, indigenous) minorities and equality law, with special focus on Europe.
Set up as part of MINOTEE: https://tinyurl.com/y8d7u8ud. Not reflecting official institutional positions.
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Gideon Horváth (interdisciplinary artist):

“Being different has been demonised: we are moving backwards in the emancipation process...
...Fidesz named the LGBTQ+ community as their enemy number two, after migrants.”
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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“Khetane ame Zorale. Together we are stronger.” Learn more about the additional challenges Roma communities in Uzhhorod face after the war, including statelessness, marginalization, and displacement.

📷 Karol Grygoruk

#minority #minorityrights #roma #ukraine #uzhorod #minorities
They have never caused any war - Minority Rights Group
As the Roma say: Khetane ame Zorale. Together we are stronger.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Read an open access chapter from Erőss, Kovály, and Tátrai on how war shapes ethnic dynamics, migration, and demographics for Ukraine’s Hungarian minority, and how their lives and coping strategies transcend borders.

📖 dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...

📷 Adrien Vautier

#minority #ukraine #academicsky
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October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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“As I crossed the border into Zakarpattia a couple of hours ago, I heard Ukrainian, I heard Slovak, I heard Hungarian. And I knew I was standing not only in Ukraine, but in the very heart of Europe.” Marta Kos, Commissioner, visited Uzhhorod. Read her speech below.

🎤 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Image of four people sitting behind desk with nametags. The woman in the middle with black short hair and glasses looks towards the camera whilst the two women to her left look down at the desk and the man on her right looks ahead with his hand up to this face
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Explore Selma Selman’s selected works and an interview on her Flowers of Life exhibition, where she explains how trauma and pain can be transformed into resistance and how art serves as a tool for communication.

📖 www.selmanselma.com/activism

📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxSI...

📷 Selma Selman
#art
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October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Explore the work of Selma Selman, a Roma performance artist and painter from Bosnia who “challenges stereotypes and critiques oppressive systems.” Read about her inspirations, feminism, and how she highlights Roma histories.

📖 secondaryarchive.org/artists/selm...

📖 artreview.com/how-selma-se...
Selma Selman - Secondary Archive
The work of artist and activist Selma Selman, born in 1991 into a Roma community in Bihać, Bosnia, draws heavily from her personal experiences to inform her internationally-recognised artistic practic...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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See how lack of change has hindered Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU accession, as noted in the 2019 Commission Opinion (point 4f), requiring “equality and non-discrimination of citizens, notably by addressing the Sejdić-Finci ECtHR case law.”

📖 enlargement.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...

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October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM