Manifesto

Ani Romengiri imaginacija 20-to veko isi “vrama rovibaski”, “vrama logorengi , gaseske komorenge, parjaribaske, paldipaske, bi-alosarde bangipasko thaj na shukare manushenge-kriminalcengo” vrama bi bukjako thaj qikale kundrengoro. Pakjavgjam e manushenge, rashtrenge, avrune politikake manushenge, isinamen pakjavibe ano manushipe, solidariteti, thaj mashkar  temutno juridikano sistemi. Bibahtake na iklilo odolestar but!

8 Aprileja 1971 ,araklepe ano Londoni Romane reprezentja ando pobuter phuvja ko jekto Romano Lumjako kongresi. Akava kongresi isi produkto 10 thaj pobuter bershengo , organiziripe e Romengoro, so majbut e Romengoro kotar e Jugoslavija, Rumunija, thaj javera Evropake phuvjengoro, thaj avdive isi panda kotar jek majmahatno beshipa thaj data e Romane organizipasko palo civilikune-manushikane hakaja. Ko akava kongreso isine  dakordipe palo genocid, soske pobuter numero akale reprezentatengo so isine ko kongresi , korkore nakhavde o Romano holocaust, dakordipe palo: sajek hakaja, garavipe e qhibjako thaj kulturako, thaj maripa e diskriminacijako. Akava iknludirinela i sa odola bilaqe anava kola denape isine e Romenge. Piro bajrako-zastava, piri himna thaj 8 Aprili sar Romana nacijako dive, isi produkto akale kongresesko.

51 bersheske ando Kongresi isine pobuter nakhavibaske momentja, isine pobuter maribaske situacije. Vramaja nashaldilo o ruhi-duho e organizipasko palo sajek hakaja. Ano than e sajek hakajengo fokus phiravdilo ki “integracija” ano amalipe, kote na lelape isine ano gendipa fakti kaj but bersh gjivdina ano dola amalipa. Kritikake avazja na shundile, diskriminacija phiravdili so pobuter

Kongreseja mangaja te ana, nevo gogjaveripasko dikhiba  thaj te kera platforma ando koja ka alosargjon qaqikune problemja. Mangelapes jek pobuvli reforma Romana politikake.

Demokratikuno procesi dela siguripe politikune legitimitesko thaj zorali Romani nacija ko drumo perde emancipacijako. Odoleske ko Berlinesko kongresi mangaja te qiva alosaripasko-elekcijako sistemi kova qivela ando peste elektrorati pobuvle amare lumjake dijasporako.
Transformacijako procesi palo fundo e Shilalo Marebasko zorale bucinde ekskluzija e Romengi ano pobuter phuvja. O mareba ani Jugoslavija 1990 bershende kerde kaj but Roma te muken pe kera thaj te oven mudarde.

Roma ni jek drom na isine akceptirime sarjek ano amalipa, thaj aqile manusha dujto klasake. Panda avdive problem e diskriminacijako na agorshinipe sistematikune. Panda avdive disave forme diskriminacijako kerelape ignoracija , panda na pengjargjona: Strukturako diskriminacija ano edukipasko sitemi qorela romane qavendar lengoro avutnipa. Lenge mangelape ekvivaletno shaipe.Skolaki segregacija thaj specijalikune skole mangelapes te oven bukja kola ka bistrenpe.
Ano pobuter phuvja ulavipe e qavengoro kotar e familja isi normalno metoda institucijake diskriminacijko qorole Romane familijengo. Ko than te ikerenpes thaj denlel vast e familijenge, lenge qavore lenape kana lenge daj-dat aqona bi beshibaske thanesko, thaj javera ekonomikune problemendar. “So najshukar e qaveske” lelape sar vakeriba te qivelpe e rashtrako paternizmo upral o familijako paternizmo.
Medije kotar o poshmiba tradicijalikune produktingje thaj re-produktinde stereotipja kontra e Romenge; pobuvlo amalipasko numero negativune isile dikhiba ko akava. Amen pobuter nashti akava te akceptirina. Mangelapes amenge anti-diskriminacijake kanunja, thaj kanunja kontra rasizmoski agitacija e Romengi.
Nane but raportiribe palo rasistikune atakja palo Roma.mangelapes amenge statistika palo rasistikune atakja kaj shaj te la akcija kontra leske ko polikuno niveli.
Ano than kaj o policijako bilaqo zoralipa kriseja te ovel bango, bilaqe policijake manusha ovena usharde kotar o politikanja , sari so diklam ano eksamplo e  Stanislav Tomash.
Nacionalikune partije thaj lenge politikake manusha lena kotor ani pobuter rashtrake parlalentja, thaj Eu parlamentja. Anglo alosariba-elekcijako procesi on phiravena bikamibaske kampanje palo Roma, thaj Roma ovena lenge sar argumenti te irinen o dikhibe kaj Romane problemeske nane agorishipe. Romane gjivdipaske thana ani kontinuacija  ilegalno ruminenape,
a beshibaske manusha nashalena po gjivdipa. Ano disave phuvja politikake manusha kerena buti ekstremno nacionalikune para-askerijake-militantno grupencar, huliganencar, te terorishinen thaj te daraven I ku fundo te palden e Romen. Nane but raportja kaj akala grupe isine krisime. Akava nashti te akceptirinipe ani demokratija.
 
Paldibe e Romengo palo harpi-mareba ki Kosova , bilaqe bukja so kerdile upral lende – sar soj maripe, seksualo bilaqipe, mudaripe, rumipe thaj lejipa lenge kherengoro thaj thanengoro- panda avdive kerelape ignoracija. Nane but dokumentacija palo etnikuno shuzaripa. Kosovake Roma pobuter kotar o 20 bersh gjivdinena ani dijaspora, disave lendar nanelen statusi beshibasko, but drom phareste traumatirizime, bivramako daratar tena oven deportirime I bizo hakaj ki piro than thaj kher. Nane politikaki mangin thaj nane reprezentja kola mangena te agorishinen akava problem. 13 juni te ovel pengjardo sar memorijalno dive e Kosovake Romengo, tena bistergjol kaj o Roma isine paldime andi Kosovo palo 600 bersh.

Pobuter amender muklam amare khera, daja, thaj dada, phenja thaj prala. Muklam amare Romane beshibaske thana, karavanja, mahale, rashtre, ano rodipa jeke siguripaske phuvjako, butikeripa thaj jeke polaqe avutnipaske amare qavenge. Vrama hovavne ekvivaletnipasko. Balvalja e destrukcijake  bilaqipaske phudena isine sakotar amare globesko. 80 bersh isinejamen phakiv ani demokracija, thaj palem olatar na alomen but! Panda avdive pakja ando late! Muklipe thaj demokracija bi loshalipa ano gjivdipa. Bi-respektune politikake manusha, hari-shunavde intelektualcja, thaj mashkar-themutno juridukako sistemi kova i muklo bilosave gjevapi dejipasko.

Romane gjuvla zorea isine sterilizime ; kolektivno bangipe panda ovela; Romane beshibaske thana ano pobuter phuvja nanelen –isilen restriktirimo phandibe gji ko phani thaj struja; beshibaske thanesta zorea ikalenape , thaj atakirinenape. Romane politikske reprezentja  nashti te agorishinen akala problemja.
Te sa isile piri vrama, ali e vrama kaj akaja rovipaski vrama te agorishinelpe, thaj amare mahale te poshminen te ushten naupre, amare qave arakhen buti, vrama kana o Roma ka len po gjivdipa ano po vast. Akaja vrama ali! Akana isi vrama!

Ano akava momenti nijek amender kotar o Roma thaj Romane organizacije nanelen gatisarime prepozicije thaj agorishipe. Kongreseja mangaja te keras vorba palo akala problemja thaj te araka agor akale problemenge. Mangaja te ava gji ko so pobuter Romane organizacije kaj sarinen ko jek than keraja buti ko dola agorja jeke gendoja te kera jek polaqo , bihovavno avutnipa amare qavenge thaj generacijengo kola avena.

Amen sijam jekhethane pobuter Romane organizijencar thaj akharajatumen te aven amencar.

But mangelapes kaj majoriteteske amalipa-majoriteti vazdena korkori-kritikune gjandipa thaj aktivikune kerna promocija palo sajek hakaja sarinenge.

Mangaja de kedamen ko 16 Maji 2023, Romano rezistencijako dive, te ova jeke thane thaj te kera avutnipe sarienge.

Vrama isi te ova jekhethane ano akala phare vrame.





In the imagination of the Roma, the 20th century is "the time of crying", "the time of camps, gas chambers, shootings, persecution, unpunished crimes and criminals", the time of unemployment and muddy shoes. We trusted people, states and foreign politicians, we believed in humanity, solidarity and the international legal order. And nothing came of it!

On 8 April 1971, Roma representatives from many countries met in London for the First World Roma Congress. This congress was the result of more than ten years of organising by Roma, mainly from Yugoslavia, Romania and other European countries and is still the most important event of the Roma civil rights movement. It was about the recognition of the genocide, as many representatives were themselves survivors of the Holocaust against Roma, about equal rights and the preservation of language and culture as well as the fight against discrimination. This also included the rejection of all foreign names. An own flag, an own anthem and 8th April as the day of the Roma nation were the results of the congress.

In 51 years since the Congress, there has been much change, there have been many struggles. However, over time, the spirit of the equal rights movement has been lost. Instead of equal rights, the focus was only on "integration" into society, even though we have been living in these societies for centuries. Critical voices were not heard, discrimination continued to increase.

With the Congress we want to bring a new way of thinking and create a platform where the real problems are to be solved. A general reform of Roma policy is necessary.

The democratic process ensures political legitimacy and empowers the Roma nation on the path to full emancipation. Therefore, at the Berlin Congress, we want to introduce an election system that includes voters throughout our global diaspora.

The transformation processes after the end of the Cold War have strongly pushed the exclusion of Roma in many countries. The wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s displaced many Roma and deprived them of their livelihoods.

Roma were never accepted as equals in society, but remained second-class people. To this day, the problem of discrimination is not systematically addressed. To this day, certain forms of discrimination are ignored or not recognised:

Structural discrimination in the education system robs Roma children of their future. They need equal opportunities. School segregation and special schools must be a thing of the past.

In many countries, child removal is a common method of institutional discrimination against poor Roma families. Instead of supporting the families, the children are taken away from them when the parents lose their housing. Or for other economic reasons. The best interests of the child are used as an excuse to impose state paternalism.

The media have traditionally produced and reproduced stereotypes against Roma since the beginning; the majority society is negatively influenced by this. We can no longer accept this. We need anti-discrimination laws and laws against racist agitation against Roma.

There is hardly any reporting on racist attacks against Roma. We need statistics on racist violence so that we can take action against it at the political level.

Instead of punishing police violence, violent police officers are praised by politicians, as we saw in the case of Stanislav Tomáš.

Right-wing and far-right politicians sit in many national parliaments and in the EU Parliament. Especially before elections, they run hate campaigns against Roma and use them as scapegoats to divert attention from the fact that they have no solutions to real problems. Roma settlements are regularly illegally destroyed and the inhabitants deprived of their livelihoods. In some countries, politicians work with far-right "vigilantes" (paramilitary groups) or hooligans to terrorise, intimidate and expel Roma. There are hardly any reports of these groups being punished. This behaviour is unacceptable in a democracy.

The expulsion of the Roma after the Kosovo war, the crimes committed against them - torture, rape, murder, the destruction and occupation of their homes and property - are still ignored today. There is hardly any documentation about the ethnic cleansing. The people have been living in the diaspora for more than 20 years, some of them without secure residence status, often severely traumatised, with permanent fear of deportation and no right to their property. There is no political will and no representatives who can solve the problem. 13th June must be recognised as a day of remembrance for the expelled Roma from Kosovo, so that it is never forgotten that Roma were expelled from Kosovo after more than 600 years.

Many of us left our homes, our mothers and fathers, our sisters and brothers. We left our Roma settlements, our caravans, our mahallahs, our homelands, in search of a safe country, work and a better future for our children. The time of false equality. The winds of destruction and evil blew across our planet. For 80 years we believed in democracy, and again nothing came of it! We still believe in it, even today! Freedom and democracy without the joy of life. Dishonest politicians, silent intellectuals and an international legal order deprived of any responsibility.

Roma women have been forcibly sterilized; collective punishment occurs; Roma settlements in many countries have no or limited access to electricity and drinking water; settlements are regularly evicted or attacked. This list can be continued endlessly. Structural, institutional and everyday discrimination is a commonplace for Roma. The Roma political representatives are not able to solve these problems.

If everything has its own time, then the time has come for this crying time to be over and for our mahallahs to start developing, for our children to find employment, the time when the Roma will take our fate into our own hands. That time has arrived. It is now or never!

At this point in time, none of us Roma and no Roma organisation has ready-made solutions or proposals. Through the congress we want to discuss these problems and find solutions. We want to reach as many Roma organisations as possible to work together on these solutions. So that we can create a better, a fairer future for our children and the generations to come.

We are an alliance of many Roma organisations and invite other organisations to join us.

It is necessary that the majority societies develop a self-critical awareness and actively promote equal rights for all.

We want to come together on 16 May 2023, Roma Resistance Day, to unite and create a future for all.

It is time for us to unite in these difficult times.