Swiss Roma protested on Friday against the proposed census of Roma in Italy.
– Salvini: Schweizer Roma protestieren vor italienischem Konsulat. In: Nau. 06.07.2018. https://www.nau.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/2018/07/06/salvini-schweizer-roma-protestieren-vor-italienischem-konsulat-65364694 [link-preview url=”https://www.nau.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/2018/07/06/salvini-schweizer-roma-protestieren-vor-italienischem-konsulat-65364694″]
An article about the old suspicions whenever there is a blond child amongst Roma. In this case, families had to leave their homes in Ireland.
– Suspicion about Roma abductions drove innocent family out of town. 07.06.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suspicion-about-roma-abductions-drove-innocent-family-out-of-town-lc53bv67g [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suspicion-about-roma-abductions-drove-innocent-family-out-of-town-lc53bv67g”]
Romeo Franz, a German green politician, a musician, and a Sinto is now in the European Parliament.
Good!
– Eine Stimme für die Sinti und Roma. In: ZDF. 06.07.2018. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/erster-deutscher-sinto-im-eu-parlament-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/erster-deutscher-sinto-im-eu-parlament-100.html”]
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Sharp critique from the EU at the Italian Roma census idea…
– Roma census talk ‘deplorable’ – EC. In: Ansa. 04.07.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/04/roma-census-talk-deplorable-ec-3_c0b75af5-0959-48b8-b92c-e7fd7e8c56b6.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/04/roma-census-talk-deplorable-ec-3_c0b75af5-0959-48b8-b92c-e7fd7e8c56b6.html”]
Lombardy, a stronghold of the Lega has started a census of Roma in its region. This is not yet an Italian wide census, but is bad enough.
One can only wonder at how do they determine who is Rom? Colour of the skin? Way of life? Social status? Or simple bureaucrat decision?
– Italien startet umstrittene Roma-Zählung. In: Wiener Zeitung. 05.07.2018. https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/europa/europastaaten/975331_Italien-startet-Roma-Zaehlung.html
– Lombardei startet mit der Roma-Zählung. In: Heute. 05.07.2018. http://www.heute.at/welt/news/story/Lombardei-startet-mit-der-Roma-Zaehlung-56089766
– Italien: Region Lombardei startet mit Roma-Zählung. In: ORF. 05.07.2018. http://orf.at/stories/2445749/ [link-preview url=”https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/europa/europastaaten/975331_Italien-startet-Roma-Zaehlung.html “]
An article about an illegal camp of traveller in the Surrey in the UK. If you read through the article, they speak about “incursions”, with a map, and give advice on how to get rid of them …
Really bad.
– Unauthorised traveller encampment set up at Hersham Recreation Ground. In: Get Surrey. 05.07.2018. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/unauthorised-traveller-encampment-set-up-14868712 [link-preview url=”https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/unauthorised-traveller-encampment-set-up-14868712″]
A little-known minority in a region that is trying to gets its independence. They have their own traditions, and are facing the same issues as Roma everywhere, unfortunately.
– Catalonia’s Roma: Fighting stereotypes 600 years after migration. In: Al Jazeera. 05.07.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/catalonia-roma-fighting-stereotypes-600-years-migration-180326160726571.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/catalonia-roma-fighting-stereotypes-600-years-migration-180326160726571.html”]
An interview with the Roma violinist Roby Lakatos.
– MEET THE PROS | Gypsy Violin Virtuoso Roby Lakatos – VC 20 Questions [INTERVIEW]. In: The Violin Chanel. 03.07.2018. https://theviolinchannel.com/roby-lakatos-gypsy-violinist-vc-20-questions-interview/ [link-preview url=”https://theviolinchannel.com/roby-lakatos-gypsy-violinist-vc-20-questions-interview/”]
A view on the far-right movements and Roma in the Ukraine. Attacks against Roma are mostly done in total impunity. And this has to change.
– Attacks on Roma people fuel concerns about far-right groups in Ukraine. In: the Kyiv Post. 03.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/attacks-on-roma-people-fuel-concerns-about-far-right-groups-in-ukraine.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/attacks-on-roma-people-fuel-concerns-about-far-right-groups-in-ukraine.html”]
The first audition of the perpetrators of the attack on a Roma camp that left one man dead took place yesterday behind closed doors in Lviv. The public was not allowed as some of the attackers are underage.
– Суд на Львівщині почав розгляд апеляцій підозрюваних у нападі на ромів. In: Hromadske. 04.07.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshchyni-pochav-rozhliad-apeliatsii-pidozriuvanykh-u-napadi-na-romiv
– Нападники на табір ромів у Львові оскаржують свій арешт. In: Express. 04.07.2018. http://expres.ua/news/2018/07/04/300306-napadnyky-tabir-romiv-lvovi-oskarzhyly-sviy-aresht [link-preview url=”https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshchyni-pochav-rozhliad-apeliatsii-pidozriuvanykh-u-napadi-na-romiv “]
A reportage inside the camps on Rome outskirts.
– Italy’s Gypsy Camps Allege Government Purge. In: Reuters’ TV. 02.07.2018. http://www.reuters.tv/v/ene/2018/07/02/italy-s-gypsy-camps-allege-government-purge [link-preview url=”http://www.reuters.tv/v/ene/2018/07/02/italy-s-gypsy-camps-allege-government-purge”]
An essay on the roots of racism against Roma in the Ukraine. This article points out at politics and at the upcoming elections as well as the increased nationalism that rose in Ukraine following the Dombas and Crimea cises.
– Расисты и ксенофобы: Зачем украинцев убеждают, что они ненавидят цыган. In: Depo.UA. 02.07.2018. https://www.depo.ua/rus/politics/rasisti-i-ksenofobi-navischo-ukrayinciv-perekonuyut-scho-voni-ne-lyublyat-romiv-20180702799258 [link-preview url=”https://www.depo.ua/rus/politics/rasisti-i-ksenofobi-navischo-ukrayinciv-perekonuyut-scho-voni-ne-lyublyat-romiv-20180702799258″]
A Romni was killed in the Transcarpathian region of the Ukraine. Roma say that unidentified attackers slit her throat. Ukrainian Press (see next post) mentions a family feud.
– Romany Woman ‘Found With Throat Slashed’ In Ukraine. In: Radio Free Europe. 02.07.2018. https://www.rferl.org/a/romany-woman-found-with-throat-slashed-in-ukraine/29332980.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rferl.org/a/romany-woman-found-with-throat-slashed-in-ukraine/29332980.html”]
Roma in the UK fear that they will be deported following Brexit. This, even though Roma are mostly EU citizen and should be able to remain.
– Roma communities fear deportation in post-Brexit Britain. In: The Guardian. 02.07.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/02/roma-communities-fear-deportation-in-post-brexit-britain [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/02/roma-communities-fear-deportation-in-post-brexit-britain”]
A review of Damian Le Bas book.
– The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas, review: a stunning memoir of Gypsy life. In: The Telegraph. 01.07.2018. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/stopping-placesby-damian-le-bas-review-stunning-memoir-gypsy/ [link-preview url=”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/stopping-placesby-damian-le-bas-review-stunning-memoir-gypsy/”]
An interesting overview of the situation of Roma in Lviv.
– Ukraine’s Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes. In: AFP. 01.07.2018. https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/ukraines-roma-under-attack-wave-hate-crimes-doc-16p9v51
– Agence France-Presse: Ukraine’s Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes. In: Kyiv Post. 01.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/agence-france-presse-ukraines-roma-under-attack-in-wave-of-hate-crimes.html [link-preview url=”https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/ukraines-roma-under-attack-wave-hate-crimes-doc-16p9v51″]
France may have invented them, but when it comes to respecting them, it could do better. This time, France is criticised on migrants and Roma …
– Droits de l’homme, la France épinglée par l’ONU. In: La Croix. 28.06.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice/Droits-lhomme-France-epinglee-lONU-2018-06-28-1200950953 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice/Droits-lhomme-France-epinglee-lONU-2018-06-28-1200950953″]
A report on a more humane approach to the Roma camps: A project that allows for small grants for those who want to set up a small business as a mean of getting people out of the camps and into the mainstream society.
– A Roma progetti di inclusione per togliere rom e sinti dai campi, c’è anche un contributo di 5mila euro per nuove attività. In: Notizie Tiscali. 28.06.2018. http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/rom-superare-campi-contributo-imprenditoria/ [link-preview url=”http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/rom-superare-campi-contributo-imprenditoria/”]
On the day of the burial of the victim of the attack on a Roma camp, an overview of the situation.
– Roma’s murder by far right reveals deep wounds in Ukraine. In: Al Jazeera. 30.06.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/attack-roma-killed-laid-rest-180629175419541.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/attack-roma-killed-laid-rest-180629175419541.html”]
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