An interesting parallel between some of the Nazi’s methods and the ones used by the Alt Right nowadays…
– The American right is criminalizing immigrants. In: Global Comment. 31.03.2017. http://globalcomment.com/american-right-criminalizing-immigrants/
10 Rroma from Levoče, were denied boarding in Warsaw for a flight to Canada, in spite having all necessary papers.
SHAME!
– Stali sa obeťami rasizmu? Levočských Rómov nepustili do lietadla. In: TA3. 28.03.2017. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1102578/stali-sa-obetami-rasizmu-levocskych-romov-nepustili-do-lietadla.html
The Capitoline council rejected 23 against 5 the popular initiative for the closure of the Rroma camps around the city. It seems that the Five Star Mayor of Rome and here associates have a peculiar view of “Integration”
SHAME!
– Roma, la giunta Raggi boccia la delibera sulla chiusura dei campi nomadi. In: Il Giornale. 30.03.2017. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-giunta-raggi-boccia-delibera-sulla-chiusura-dei-campi-1380907.html
There are great expectations on the conclusion of the people’s initiative regarding the closure of Roma camps. The document, signed by thousands of Roman citizens, was presented in July two years ago to end up in drawers first under Ignazio Marino and then under the Special Commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca postponing the delicate issue of Roma camps. Today is finally revived thanks to repeated requests by the organizing.
Let’s see …
– Roma: la questione dei campi rom arriva alle battute finali? In: L’Ultima Ribattuta. 29.03.2017. http://www.lultimaribattuta.it/63382_campi-rom-delibera-campidoglio-chiusura
A peasant near Lucerne is ready to offer a site for Jenische – the Swiss travellers – on his land. But the authorities of Lucerne don’t want to hear about it…
Bad.
– Platz für Fahrende: Behörden stellen sich quer. In: Luzerner Zeitung. 24.03.2017. http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/zentralschweiz/luzern/Doch-kein-Platz-fuer-Fahrende;art9647,995463
An exhibition in Scotland called “Gypsy Maker” was commissioned by a Rroma organisation with two installations by contemporary artists aiming to engage Gypsy Roma Traveller communities with the wider public.
– Gypsy Maker-Commissioned Exhibitions At Barrys Art Central. In: The Daily Vale. 29.03.2017. http://thedailyvale.com/gypsy-maker-commissioned-exhibitions-at-barrys-art-central
A German psychiatrist is being indicted for having broken the doctor’s confidentiality following the expulsion of a young Rrom back to Kosovo. He had treated him and found him to be in need of a treatment due to trauma encountered in his home country but was nevertheless sent back.
The psychiatrist openly (and in the press) complained about the expulsion.
At least there are still some people with courage.
– Kreis bleibt bei Anzeige. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 27.03.2017. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/wetterau-kreis-bleibt-bei-anzeige-a-1250530
Some pictures of the living conditions in the illegal Rroma settlements in and around the city of Kosice, in Eastern Slovakia.
– V Košiciach pribúdajú nelegálne osady. Podľa aktivistov sa Rómovia „sťahujú k plným kontajnerom“ In: Plus 7 Dni. 28.03.2017. http://www.pluska.sk/plus-7-dni/domov/v-kosiciach-pribudaju-nelegalne-osady-podla-aktivistov-romovia-stahuju-k-plnym-kontajnerom.html
Drom, a theatre play on Rroma born from a collaboration between Rroma and non-Rroma, is focusing on the road from Novi-Sad to Berlin as a metaphor for the route for escaping poverty and discrimination in the Balkan.
The play will be presented in Budapest in April.
– Roma Journey passes through Budapest. In: Budapest Business Journal. 28.03.2017. http://bbj.hu/whatson/roma-journey-passes-through-budapest_130743
Another article on the current exhibition of Ceja Stojka’s paintings in Marseilles, France.
– Ceija Stojka, la victoire de la couleur. In: La Croix. 27.03.2017. http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/Ceija-Stojka-victoire-couleur-2017-03-27-1200835005
Ludwig Heilmeyers, a respected surgeon, university professor, first rector of the university of Ulm, turned out to have a Nazi past. He was active in asking for the rehabilitation of the Nazi Doctor Wilhelm Beiglböck who conducted “medical experiments on Rroma and Sinti in Dachau.
Germany is still dealing with its past. Many other countries are not.
– Der Uni-Gründer und seine NS-Vergangenheit. In: Augsburger-Allgemeine. 26.03.2017. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/illertissen/Der-Uni-Gruender-und-seine-NS-Vergangenheit-id40982641.html
A conference by Peter Höllenreiner, Sinto, Holocaust survivor in Munich highlighted that discrimination against Rroma and Sinti in Germany continues.
He is unfortunately right!
– Soll das alles sein? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.03.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861
A new novel by the German Author Heiko Haumann tells the story of a Rromni during the Nazi period in Germany and the aftermath.
Good that this is being dealt with in Germany! Other countries would do well to dwell on this period of history.
– Von Vorurteil, Willkür und staatlichem Unrecht. In: Badische Zeitung. 25.03.2017. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html
Well, he went up to the European Court of Human Rights to fight his fine for racism against Rroma. Well, he was kicked out…
About time!
– Propos sur les Roms. Jean-Marie Le Pen débouté de sa requête. In: Ouest France. 23.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592
A long article by a researcher from Amnesty International on the constant discrimination and exclusion of Rroma children in Slovakia. The situation is just simply not improving fast enough.
– EN SLOVAQUIE, LES MAUVAISES NOTES DU PAYS SUR LE SUJET DES ENFANTS ROMS. In: Amnesty International. 24.03.2017. https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/slovaquie-mauvaises-notes-sur-le-sujet-des-enfants-roms
All that we need … A band of Sinti Piemontese in Turin is known for having committed armed burglaries with stolen cars and license plates… 8 of them were arrested recently.
– TORINO, SPACCATE E FURTI NOTTURNI: CATTURATI 8 SINTI. In: Roma Daliy News. 23.03.2017. https://www.romadailynews.it/cronaca/torino-spaccate-furti-notturni-catturati-8-sinti-0306308
One thorny subject in Slovakia is land ownership in the Rroma settlements. The Rroma there are mostly without any formal ownership, leaving them vulnerable to evictions and resettlement.
An amendment to the current law of land ownership is in review in the Slovak Parliament, and would allow for transfer of ownership and compensation for the owners. Let’s see how the law will work out in reality.
– Novela o vysporiadaní pozemkov pod obydliami Rómov je v 2. Čítaní. In: Teraz. 23.03.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/nrsr-novela-o-vysporiadani-pozemkov-po/250657-clanok.html
It seems that with the polemics on the Front National politician on gold teeth, the rest of the news is pretty much concentrated in the North of France… Why is a mystery, but clearly one speaks more about Rroma in the North of France than in any other region of the country bar Paris.
More closures in Roubaix, on the Quai de Bordeau; and with one squat being on the list of impeding closures; in Ronchin, where the former school Sainte Thérèse has been closed and is now being sealed to prevent any other arrival; and finally for the North, the arrest of a 14 years old Rroma boy following a theft, and who was recognised by a women who was sexually assaulted, prompting the closure of several camps in Lille.
Other news in France cover the interpellation of Marine Le Pen in the South of France by a Rrom on the affair of the gold teeth; the visit of an “insertion village” in the Isère by the Minister of Housing; and a reportage on children sleeping in the rough in Caen, in Normandie.
– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: Nord Éclair. 22.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/46277/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Le squat de la rue Nain risque aussi l’évacuation. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136537/article/2017-03-22/le-squat-de-la-rue-nain-risque-aussi-l-evacuation
– Loin de la Roumanie, Adrian et Maritza découvrent la première maison de leur vie. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136675/article/2017-03-23/loin-de-la-roumanie-adrian-et-maritza-decouvrent-la-premiere-maison-de-leur-vie
– Désamiantage puis demolition. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136672/article/2017-03-22/desamiantage-puis-demolition
– Arrêté pour vol ce dimanche, un ado de 14 ans reconnu par une joggeuse agressée en 2016. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/135671/article/2017-03-20/arrete-pour-vol-ce-dimanche-un-ado-de-14-ans-reconnu-par-une-joggeuse-agressee
– Au nom des Roms, il interpelle Marine Le Pen. In: Nice Matin. 22.03.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/politique/au-nom-des-roms-il-interpelle-marine-le-pen-123503
– EMMANUELLE COSSE AU VILLAGE DU RONDEAU : “ON A BESOIN DE CES LIEUX-LÀ !”
In: Place Grenet. 24.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/24/emmanuelle-cosse-au-village-du-rondeau-on-a-besoin-de-ces-lieux-la/129266
– Chaque nuit à Caen, des enfants dorment à la rue. In: Ouest France. 22.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/chaque-nuit-caen-des-enfants-dorment-la-rue-4876378
The Front National politician, Franck Sinisi, who last week suggested that one could recover the gold the gold teeth from the Rroma to pay for their lodging (really!) is being investigated by his own party.
Well, good that the FN realised this is not acceptable, but do we believe that they are really serious about that? There have been too many politicians of that party, starting with Jean Marie Le Pen himself who have made such statements.
– Isère: L’élu FN qui proposait de «récupérer les dents en or des Roms» va passer en commission de discipline. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 22.03.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2035375-20170322-isere-elu-fn-proposait-recuperer-dents-or-roms-va-passer-commission-discipline
– Il proposait de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms: un élu FN de Fontaine (Isère) en commission de discipline. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 22.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/il-proposait-recuperer-dents-roms-elu-fn-fontaine-isere-commission-discipline-1219127.html
– L’élu FN qui veut “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms sanctionné ? In: Lyon Capitale. 23.03.2017. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Actualite/Actualites/L-elu-FN-qui-veut-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-Roms-sanctionne
UN ÉLU FN PROPOSE DE “RÉCUPÉRER (LES)DENTS EN OR” DES ROMS POUR FINANCER LEUR HÉBERGEMENT. In: LCI. 19.03.2017. http://www.lci.fr/politique/isere-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-financer-leur-hebergement-2029614.html
«Récupérer les dents en or des Roms» : un élu FN se lance dans le grand n’importe quoi. In: Rue89. 24.03.2017. http://www.rue89lyon.fr/2017/03/24/recuperer-dents-en-or-roms-elu-fn-fait-parler-de-lui/
POLÉMIQUE « RÉCUPÉRER LES DENTS EN OR » DES ROMS, LA PROPOSITION CHOC D’UN ÉLU FN. In: VSD. 20.03.2017. http://www.vsd.fr/actualite/polemique-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-la-proposition-choc-d-un-elu-fn-20315
A conference was held in Paris on the integration of Rroma in the country. The conference’s title was voluntarily provocative: “Pourquoi ne seraient-ils pas intégrables ?” [Why couldn’t they be integrated] and is a reflection of Manuel Valls’ statement a few years back stating that Rroma cannot be integrated.
– Le souhait d’une politique globale pour l’intégration des Roms. In: Politis. 23.03.2017. https://www.politis.fr/articles/2017/03/le-souhait-dune-politique-globale-pour-lintegration-des-roms-36565/
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