Jonathan Lee
@jon_j_lee
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Works for the European Roma Rights Centre @errctweets. Writer, karateka, musician, cook, & Cymro 🏴
Brussels, Belgium
Joined May 2010
The bits arch-grifter #TommyRobinson missed out about the #Harehills riot. New on ERRC News from me.
2⃣7⃣ arrested in #Leeds after riots on 18th July. The unrest followed the removal of 5 Romani children from their home, sparking outrage. Read more:
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As we approach a choke point for the rise of far-right politics in Europe with this summer’s elections, the access to justice crisis has consequences for everyone in Europe - not just Roma. New one from me for @AJEnglish
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Up to £3K compensation to women whose pensions the Tories stole is a bargain for the Government. If they get away with this, they'll do it again. Get ready to work till you die in service of Brexit Britain 🇬🇧 🫡 Throwback to 2019 for the @NorwichRadical
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Deadline is 23:59 CET for the @ERRCtweets Roma Rights Summer School! Join us for 10 days in Athens with Romani and Traveller people from across Europe. We want to train a new generation of human rights activists ✊🏽 Sign up! 👉
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RT @AndyWilks61: Turkey’s ‘Roma ‘groups have felt the earthquake’s impact more than others via @AJEnglish @HemraNid…
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@TravellerLGBT If I've got the wrong end of the stick and Romanistan was a camp metaphor this whole time then I totally take back everything I said and am fully onboard 😊
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No justice, no peace.
Third killing in three years of a Romani teenager by Greek police. Once again the police officers have made a up a story about why it was necessary to shoot and kill an unarmed child. They lied before, and they'll lie again.
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This seems timely to reshare 👉🏽 Robert Fico is once again within touching distance of office - 5 years since journalist #JánKuciak & his partner Marina Kusnirova were murdered by shady Slovak businessmen, 5 years since Fico's corrupt government was toppled
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Welsh #Gypsies & #Travellers are very familiar with the type of 'concerned residents' who are protesting against migrants at #stradeyparkhotel. They have done the same thing to us for generations! An inclusive, anti-racist #Cymru 🏴doesn't happen on its own, we must fight for it.
'For Gypsies & Travellers in Wales, the events at Stradey Park Hotel represent a direct continuation of the same small-town bigotry and harassment tactics which have been tried and tested on our communities for decades.' ✍️ Jonathan Lee
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My gentle exhortation to @UKLabour to learn from their radical origins, stand by their pledges to properly fund the #NHS, & offer real social democratic alternatives to Tory rule. As Nye said: "We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down."
@CaracolBooks @AcornNorwich @KasperHassett @GowanRavin HOW WELSH RADICALS ‘TREDEGAR-ISED’ BRITAIN AND CREATED THE NHS AND THE WELFARE STATE by @Jon_J_Lee
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RT @ERRCtweets: We're going to court✊🏾#StanislavTomas #JusticeForStanislav #CzechRepublic @ECHR_CEDH
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A long-read collecting some of my thoughts over recent months working on racism against Roma in the so-called 'justice' system. Short version: It's much much worse than *just* police brutality - it's one big racist system, from police to prosecutors to prisons.
@GowanRavin @CarminaPoetry ‘NO JUSTICE, NO RIGHTS’ FOR ROMA IN EUROPE’S CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEMS By @Jon_J_Lee
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Another statistic? Another 'bad apple' cop? @EU_Commission wake up. Racist police violence is a structural European problem and needs to be tackled at an EU level through a proper legal mechanism #ACAB #KostasFragoulis
A 16-year-old Romani boy, Kostas Fragoulis, was shot in the head by the police in Thessaloniki, #Greece yesterday. Police act with impunity when they are sure that the suspect is #Roma. The ERRC will make an offer of legal support to Kostas' family.
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Last week's scribblings for @AJEnglish. After 15 years of ignoring #antigypsyism in #Italy, the EU has an opportunity to make amends. Fascism costs Romani lives. Its rise cannot go unchallenged by Europe any longer #NoPasaran
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I speak to lots of journalists because of my work. It's rare to find one who not only gives Romani and Traveller people a fair hearing, but can also cover this much material in so much depth over such a short time. Parrakro tut @MathildaMall! A pleasure being on @MediaStormPod
🌩SERIES 2 EPISODE 7 OUT NOW🌩 👉 Gypsy, Roma, Traveller: Why is prejudice on the rise? 🗣 With @thatbloodyMikey, @ERRCtweets, @LeedsGATE, @LondonGypsyTrav, @SherrieRomany and more 🎙 Your hosts are @mathildamall & @helenawadia
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One down, many more to go #ACAB #PoliceBrutality
Nearly two years later, the officer caught on camera kicking #NevzatJasharov while he was on the floor has become the first police officer in North Macedonia to face a prison sentence for police brutality. -- @jon_j_lee
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