Author Archives: Roma Foundation

News Western Europe

Documentary of the last Travellers

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An Austrian documentary on the last travellers. Lots of clichés, and it as usual gives a wrong impression on Rroma overall…

News Western Europe

Hitler’s Olympics

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Hitler’s Olympics

A new documentary on Hitler’s Olympics and on the fact that prior to them, in early July, all Sinti from Berlin were deported the a camp in Marzahn, a prelude to what would happen next…

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: More on Corruption and Rroma Camps

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Italy: More on Corruption and Rroma Camps

Policemen sharing bribes with the Rroma head of a camp in charge of allocating housing units is yet another example of the blatant corruption that keeps the camps in Italy going. Better close them once and for all.

News Switzerland

More on Racism in Switzerland

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More on Racism in Switzerland

The statement of the Swiss politician Jürg Michel from the rightist SVP whereby one can “recognise Gypsies with one’s nose” is earning him a few complaints. The Jenische organisations, the young socialists, the Gesselschaft für bedrohte Völker, and the Rroma Foundation have all deposited complaints with the police for blatant racism. The politician is defending himself saying he is defending minorities …

No further comments.

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Masseria del Pozzo

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The Italian camp of Masseria del Pozzo was evacuated by the police and 75 Rroma families are in need of lodgings, as nothing was prepared for them following the eviction. Amnesty appeals for Help!

Germany News Western Europe

Regensburg: Rroma Occupy Cathedral

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Regensburg: Rroma Occupy Cathedral

Around 40 Rroma are currently occupying the cathedral of Regensburgas a protest against Germany’s declaration of all Balkan countries as being safe, which of course, in many case they are not for Rroma. They are fighting a wave of depurations. One article is neutral, but the article of Breitbart is totally extreme rightist. Bad.

The Church has asked the police not to intervene. GOOD!

News Switzerland

Travelling Rroma in Switzerland

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Travelling Rroma in Switzerland

Yet another article about a possible camping site for travelling Rroma in Switzerland. Note that Switzerland actually segregates in many places and only allows local travellers on many sites. The rest of the article, oh, well, no comments…

News Switzerland

Racism in Switzerland

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Racism in Switzerland

A Jenische organisation, Schäft Qwant, issued a formal complaint against a politician from the right wing SVP party for racism. The politician from Lyss stated for example “if one doesn’t recognise by sight, then one does with one’s nose” …

No comments, and let’s hope this doesn’t fall under “freedom of expression” as it often does in Switzerland.

Hungary News Eastern Europe

School Segregation in Hungary

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School Segregation in Hungary

Hungary is fast approaching the deadline of its response to the European Commission letter on the segregation of Rroma in schools. The government is procrastinating… Janos Lazar, a prominent member of the government went as far as saying he has “no idea how the European Commission knows who is and isn’t a gypsy”. Well, if he ever set his foot in a village, and went to a school, he’d know.

News Eastern Europe Romania

Elie Wiesel on Romania

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Elie Wiesel on Romania

Elie Wiesel, who just died, urged his native Romania to confront its past and acknowledge the deportation of Jews and Rroma from Romania. What this article misses, ist that most Rroma were not deported to camps but displaced to Transnistria n the North East where an unknown number died of hunger and illnesses.

Italy News Western Europe

Italy’s Infamous Rroma Camps

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Italy’s Infamous Rroma Camps

An article about life inside one of these Rroma camps in Italy. One thing is somewhat missed here: Rroma are still being kept in those camps by an alliance between the State administration, the police and NGOs who are all present there. And the latest arrests in Rome have shown that the mafia hugely profited from these camps too. The comparison to Auschwitz is very much not the right one here.

News Western Europe

Olympics 1936

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Olympics 1936

Very shortly before the Berlin Olympics in 1936, on July 16th, 1936, the first Sinti from Berlin were arrested by the police and led to the Berlin Marzahn camp. An exhibition now remembers these victims on the very spot where they were first interned.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Serbia: Rromni Beaten up by Skinheads

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Serbia: Rromni Beaten up by Skinheads

A Rromni was beaten up by Skinheads in Zajecar for not obvious reasons other than her ethnicity.

BAD!

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European Commission: Report on Rroma Integration

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The European Commission report on Rroma integration calls for renewed efforts towards this goal. The First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, is quoted saying: “Roma are part of our societies, and they are part of Europe. This report comes as a timely reminder for Member States to show more political determination and implement their commitments to integrate Europe’s Roma communities. Member States should use to the full the relevant policy, legal and financial tools to ensure equal opportunities and Roma inclusion.”

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