A murit Vasile Ionescu, unul dintre cei mai importanţi activişti şi intelectuali romi din România postcomunistă

Vasile Ionescu, a prominent Roma activist in post-communist Romania, has passed away, as announced by the Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust. He was a member of the International Commission for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania and fought for Roma rights and cultural identity since 1990. Ionescu initiated the publication Aven Amentza and advocated for the recognition of the Roma's history, including their slavery and deportations during the Holocaust. The institute and fellow activists have expressed their condolences to his family.