Italian teachers in Naples protested against the eviction of Rroma in that metropolis.
Nice!
An article clearly showing that there is a need for action, not only for words after this years Rroma week.
Another series of pictures which, aside from their esthetical aspect, perpetuates the usual stereotypes about Rroma. How about making a series of pictures on French exclusively showing poor drunken French homeless?
Another excellent article on the fate of returning Rroma refugees in Kosovo.
In spite of some positive coverage due to the international Rroma day, this week’s French chronicle is not particularly nice. First, an intervention of the police in a Rroma camp near the prison of Loos in the North of France, an attempt to remove the Rroma from this camp; in the North, two families are expulsed; toilets are awaited in a camp near la Rochelle in the West of France; a new camping spot for travelers is installed near Paris in the bois de Vioncennes; near Paris, the arrival of Rroma is problematic; the Seine’s banks are being cleaned near a former Rroma camp; and news about a gang of thieves who stole tools near Dijon.
On a more positive note, a French Radio broadcasted for a day from a Rroma ghetto in Paris; and a positive action in the North of France!
A few articles and calls for action in France in the context of the International Rroma Day.
A reportage from the Swiss television on a Rroma beggar. Nice in itself, i.e. in the portrait of that particular person, bad in that it reinforces the stereotypes – All Rroma are poor and are beggars.
Rroma women in Budapest are cooking against discrimination and stereotypes! A new restaurant in Budapest serves traditional Rroma food.
A good Idea, and a nice article for a change.
Hundred of displaced Rroma in Kosovo were forced to live in a camp build on a toxic wasteland. They should be compensated according to the UN.
Late …. But better than never.
An excellent article on the plight of returning refugees, especially to Kosovo.
An article on Deutsche Welle on Rroma and on anti-tsiganism.
In the context of the International Rroma Day, an article in the Latin American Press on Rroma.
Some articles on the International Rroma Day yesterday from Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia.
The recent surge of rightist extremism in Slovakia is threatening Rroma and their integration in the country.
Bad!
The myth of organized begging – a mafia like organization… Real studies like the one in Lausanne in Switzerland have shown that these are sinly larger families or friends from a single viallage who come in the hope of work and end up begging to make end meet. Average income is so low that organized crime doesn’t pay here.
Last time it was a football player, this time a tennis one. The sult is the same “Gypsy Sh*t” … When will sports start condemning these kinds of statements more seriously?
A review and views on the work of Peter Pollak and his impact on Rroma issues. This highlights also the fact that a single Rrom in a parliament is bound to face issues and be seen as failing, and also that there are many established institutions who prefer “their” Rroma reality to the hard facts …
Hard job, long term, and impossible hurdles.
An article about these little stones that commemorate victims of the Holocaust in several countries (there are by now 48’000 of these). The sculptor Gunter Demnig had the idea on the 50th anniversary of Himmler’s edict on the deportation of Roma and Sinti. Strangely enough, Minich still bans these stones …
The portrait of an activist in Austria: Raim Schobesberger, originally a Macedonian Rrom who lives in Salzburg.
An opinion which we share that the EU and Italy in this particular case should stop the forced evictions of Rroma.
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