Monthly Archives: January 2017

Germany News Western Europe

Berlin and Rroma

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Following the case of a shop in Neukölln that forbade Rroma entry, the Berlin Senat has decided to sing a contract with a Rroma organisation „Landesrat der Roma und Sinti, RomnoKher Berlin-Brandenburg e. V.“ with the aim of ensuring that any Rrom, regardless of origins will not be discriminated and will be given the chance to integrate. The association is directed by Dotschy Reinhardt.

– Senat will Vertrag mit Sinti und Roma. In: TaZ. 24.1.2017. http://www.taz.de/Einsatz-gegen-Antiziganismus-in-Berlin/!5373308/

Einsatz gegen Antiziganismus in Berlin: Senat will Vertrag mit Sinti und Roma

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Czech Republic and Sterilisation

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A long article on the forced sterilisations conducted in Czechoslovakia and then in the Czech and Slovak republics, until very recently. These sterilisations were solely motivated by eugenics.
No one has ever been convicted for such a crime, but they should.

– Racism’s cruelest cut: coercive sterilisation of Romani women and their fight for justice in the Czech Republic (1966-2016) In: Open Democracy. 24.01.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/bernard-rorke-marek-szilvasi/racisms-cruelest-cut-coercive-sterilization-of-roman

Racism's cruelest cut: coercive sterilisation of Romani women and their fight for justice in the Czech Republic (1966-2016)

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Peter Mercer

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It is with great regrets that we learnt the news of the death of Peter Mercer on January 17th. Peter Mercer relentlessly fought for the rights of Rroma and Travellers in the UK and in Europe. For his work, he was awarded an MBE in 2000.
May he rest in peace.

– Peter Mercer M.B.E. – 22.1.1934 – 17.1.2017. In: The Travellers Time. 20.01.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx

Peter Mercer - -

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine: Camp on a Dump

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A reportage on a Rroma camp built on a garbage dump in the village of Ribne, near Ivano-Frankivsk. Roughly 500 Rroma live there in appalling conditions, and it seems to be growing.
Bad

– Франківець показав, як живе близько п’ятиста циган на сміттєзвалищі у Рибному (фото). In: Версіі. 19.01.2017. http://versii.if.ua/novunu/frankivets-pokazav-yak-zhivut-500-tsigan-na-smittyezvalishhi-u-ribnomu-foto/

Франківець показав, як живе близько п'ятиста циган на сміттєзвалищі у Рибному (фото) - Версії | новини та розслідування

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Sheffield – More on it

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More news on the Sheffield scandal where many Rroma children are being bullied out of school and where the teachers do nothing about it. This time, at long last there seem to be a bit of uproar, and a head teacher calls it by its name: RACISM …

– One in six Roma students excluded from school in Sheffield. In: Yorkshire News. 23.01.2017. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/one-in-six-roma-students-excluded-from-school-in-sheffield-1-8349035

One in six Roma students excluded from school in Sheffield

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Czech Republic: Politics and Rroma

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An interview of a Rroma activist who condemns the recruitment by extremist parties of Rroma to support anti-migrant policies. The same happens in Hungary and in other countries. In Hungary, the government even dsaid that should migrants come in, they would have to cut social help for Rroma …

– Jozef Miker: It irritates me when Workers Party supporters recruit Roma against migrants. In: Romea. 21.01.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/jozef-miker-it-irritates-me-when-workers-party-supporters-recruit-roma-against-migrants

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Switzerland: Beggars

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An interview of a Romanian Rroma beggar. Unfortunately, with all stereotypes that one can think of: Arranged weddings, early pregnancies, large families, poverty etc. This is the life of this family and quite a few others but is not the entire Rroma reality.

– « Mendier, c’est tout ce qui me reste à faire » In: L’Hebdo. 17.01.2017. http://www.hebdo.ch/les-blogs/pirolt-sabine-rédacteur-lhebdo/«%C2%A0mendier-c’est-tout-ce-qui-me-reste-à-faire%C2%A0»
– Et si l’on commençait par dire bonjour aux mendicants. In: 24 Heures. 18.01.2017. http://www.24heures.ch/signatures/reflexions/commencait-bonjour-mendiants/story/17545650

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Slovenia: Give them a Chance

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The project “give them a chance” was presented recently in Lendava. The project with its partners from Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia prepared a training program for teachers in various education programs and vocational training for adults taught by members of the Roma ethnic minority. As explained by Rachel Hojnik in the People’s University of Lendava the targets of this program are adult educators who work in areas where members of the Roma ethnic minority live.

– Tri države združile moči v projektu za večjo uspešnost izobraževanja odraslih Romov. In: Pomurec. 19.01.2017. http://www.pomurec.com/vsebina/41370/Tri_drzave_zdruzile_moci_v_projektu_za_vecjo_uspesnost_izobrazevanja_odraslih_Romov

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle

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A few news this week in France. The camp on the tracks of the former “petite ceinture” railway in Paris and another one nearby in the 18th Arrondissement will have to be vacated within 4 weeks; a new centre for migrants is opening up in Ivry, north of Paris, and will also accommodate ca. 50 Rroma; the views of an Italian journalist of La Stampa on a French Northern Town; the closure of a squat in Toulouse; and, as usual Breizh Info (rightist webpage) on Rroma criminality.

– Les Roms de la “petite ceinture” ont 4 semaines pour quitter leurs bidonvilles. In: L’Express. 18.01.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/styles/les-roms-de-la-petite-ceinture-ont-4-semaines-pour-quitter-leurs-bidonvilles_1870414.html
– Démantèlement imminent pour le bidonville de la Porte de la Chapelle à Paris. In: France Bleu. 16.01.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/paris-le-sort-du-bidonville-de-la-porte-de-la-chapelle-devant-la-justice-1484432954
– Un sursis de quatre semaines pour les bidonvilles Roms. In: Le Parisien. 18.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/un-sursis-de-quatre-semaines-pour-les-bidonvilles-roms-18-01-2017-6585513.php
– Migrants: Ivry va accueillir des femmes dans son nouveau centre. In: Arte. 16.01.2017. http://info.arte.tv/fr/afp/actualites/migrants-ivry-va-accueillir-des-femmes-dans-son-nouveau-centre
– Ouverture jeudi à Ivry d’un nouveau centre d’accueil pour migrants. In: Le Parisien. 16.01.2017. http://www.itele.fr/france/video/ouverture-jeudi-a-ivry-dun-nouveau-centre-daccueil-pour-migrants-172407
– Un second centre pour migrants ouvre jeudi à Ivry-sur-Seine. In: Reuters. 16.01.2017. http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRKBN1501XS
– Paris : Le centre humanitaire pour femmes et familles migrantes ouvre ce jeudi à Ivry. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 16.01.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/1996727-20170116-paris-centre-humanitaire-femmes-familles-migrantes-ouvre-jeudi-ivry
– Un journal italien de référence se penche sur le sort de la ville. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/106437/article/2017-01-20/un-journal-italien-de-reference-se-penche-sur-le-sort-de-la-ville
– Six mois pour résorber la mini “jungle” de Toulouse ? In: Le Point. 21.01.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/six-mois-pour-resorber-la-mini-jungle-de-toulouse-21-01-2017-2098971_23.php
– Voitures pillées à Machecoul – La délinquance s’installe dans le Sud Loire. In: Breizh Info. 17.01.2017. http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/16/58998/voitures-vandalisme-machecoul-delinquance-sud-loire

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Racism in Czech Schools

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The reality in Czech schools: Racism against Rroma is prevalent. Read the article …
BAD.

– Carmen Russo: The Fight For a Better Future. Battling Racism in Czech Schools. In: Romea.cz. 12.01.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/the-fight-for-a-better-future-battling-racism-in-czech-schools-carmen-russo
– Carmen Russo: Útěk za lepší budoucností a boj s rasismem v českých školách. In: Romea.cz. 16.01.2017. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/carmen-russo-utek-za-lepsi-budoucnosti-a-boj-s-rasismem-v-ceskych-skolach

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Slovenia: Gentrification

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In Krško, the municipality is planning a residential neighbourhood on the site of a Rroma settlement. A petition was launched and the Slovenian government referred it back to the municipality…
This is not the first time that Rroma are evicted in this manner.

– Krški župan Stanko: Vlada odgovornost pri nameravani gradnji na območju romskega zaselka prelaga na občino. In: STA. 20.01.2017. https://www.sta.si/2347637/krski-zupan-stanko-vlada-odgovornost-pri-nameravani-gradnji-na-obmocju-romskega-zaselka-prelaga-na-obcino

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Slovakia and world War Two

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A testimony of massacres of Rroma during World War Two in Slovakia. Rroma there were often accused to collaborate with the resistance and were therefore deported or simply executed. While this was true in some cases, in others, this was simply a pretext to kill Rroma.
The testimony here is about a massacre in the village of Čierneho Balog in central Slovakia.

– Neviem, kde sa vo mne tá odvaha nabrala. In: Dennik. 20.01.2017. https://dennikn.sk/blog/neviem-kde-sa-vo-mne-ta-odvaha-nabrala/

Neviem, kde sa vo mne tá odvaha nabrala

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More on Odessa

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A follow up on the anti-Rroma posters and leaflets being distributed in Odessa since the end of last year. The people who distribute them are still not identified, and it seems that not much is being done …

– Як боротись з ксенофобними листівками? In: Громадське Радіо. 15.01.2017. https://hromadskeradio.org/programs/rankova-hvylya/yak-borotys-z-ksenofobnymy-listivkamy

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary Condemned

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The European Court for Human Rights condemned Hungary for its lack of protection of Rroma against extreme rightist violence. This is the consequence of a march of ca. 500 Jobbik members through a Rroma neighbourhood in Devecser, chanting racist slogan and threatening the Rroma who lived there. The police did of course nothing.

Ungarn wegen mangelndem Schutz von Roma vor Rechtsextremen verurteilt. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 17.01.2017. https://www.nzz.ch/international/europaeischer-menschenrechtsgerichtshof-ungarn-wegen-mangelndem-schutz-von-roma-vor-rechtsextremen-verurteilt-ld.140407

Ungarn wegen mangelndem Schutz von Roma vor Rechtsextremen verurteilt | NZZ

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