A long article on a real person poisoned by lead in the UN refugee camp of Mitrovica, Kosovo. She is one of roughly 500 victims, and she needs constant medication for which she has no money.
Shame on the UN.
– Roma in Kosovo: ‘De VN heeft ons ziek gemaakt’. In: NOS. 16.10.2017. https://nos.nl/artikel/2198322-roma-in-kosovo-de-vn-heeft-ons-ziek-gemaakt.html [link-preview url=”https://nos.nl/artikel/2198322-roma-in-kosovo-de-vn-heeft-ons-ziek-gemaakt.html”]
Still no progress – the UN refuses to acknowledge its guilt and much less pay any compensation to the Roma who were settled “as refugees” in a toxic dump that was a UN run “refugee” camp.
About time to pay for it?
– ONU : Dédommager les victimes d’intoxication au plomb du Kosovo. In: Human Rights Watch. 07.09.2017. https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2017/09/07/onu-dedommager-les-victimes-dintoxication-au-plomb-du-kosovo [link-preview url=”https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2017/09/07/onu-dedommager-les-victimes-dintoxication-au-plomb-du-kosovo”]
Another article on the fate of the Roma from Kosovo who are suffering from lead poisoning following their internment in a refugee camp located on a toxic dump. The UN has still not apologised nor compensated them.
– Les Roms ont été empoisonnés par le plomb dans des camps de réfugiés au Kosovo. In: Sciences et Avenir. 20.08.2017. https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/les-refugies-roms-qui-ont-fui-le-kosovo-empoisonnes-pres-des-mines-par-du-plomb_115370 [link-preview url=”https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/les-refugies-roms-qui-ont-fui-le-kosovo-empoisonnes-pres-des-mines-par-du-plomb_115370″]
Very few news this week on Roma in France. An article about Roma from the Kosovo who had to appear in front of a judge in Angers, in Western France; in Montpellier, the mayor is asking the French state for support to control a Roma camp in the city; in Lille, one of the largest camps has been closed; and finally, Roma pickpockets in Disneyland near Paris.
– L’errance des Roms passe par le tribunal. In: Ouest France. 25.08.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765
– Camps de Roms à Montpellier : Philippe Saurel perd patience. In: Midi Libre. 27.08.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/08/26/camps-de-roms-a-montpellier-philippe-saurel-perd-patience,1552029.php
– Lille: Démantèlement du camp de Roms de Pont-Royal. In: 20 Minutesd (FR). 22.08.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2119675-20170822-lille-demantelement-camp-roms-pont-royal
– Le camp de Roms de Pont-Royal a été évacué ce mardi matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/207166/article/2017-08-22/le-camp-de-roms-de-pont-royal-ete-evacue-ce-mardi-matin
– Des pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace. http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2017/08/27/des-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765″]
Two articles on the lead poisoning and its impact. And on the fact that many years after the fact, the UN refuses to apologise or to help these families. It is the UN who chose and ran the refugee camp for Roma on an industrial dump.
– Au Kosovo, les enfants du plomb attendent la justice. In: Euronews. 06.08.2017. http://fr.euronews.com/2017/08/06/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice
– Les « enfants du plomb » attendent réparation au Kosovo. In: Epoch Times. 08.08.2017. http://www.epochtimes.fr/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice-2-51010.html [link-preview url=”http://fr.euronews.com/2017/08/06/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice “]
The victims of lead poisoning in the UN refugee camp in Kosovo are still awaiting justice and compensation. The UN had opened a camp for Roma IDPs on an industrial site contaminated by heavy metals.
No apologies, no compensation, nothing has been done.
– Kosovo: les enfants du plomb attendent la justice. In: 24 Heures. 05.08.2017. https://www.24heures.ch/monde/europe/kosovo-enfants-plomb-attendent-justice/story/22657714 [link-preview url=”https://www.24heures.ch/monde/europe/kosovo-enfants-plomb-attendent-justice/story/22657714″]
Another article about the lead poisoning suffered by many Roma refugees in Kosovo after having been parked by the UN in a camp build on a toxic waste dump. This has been going on for years and the UN has not done anything yet.
– LES MEHMETI, UNE FAMILLE ROM CONTAMINÉE AU PLOMB. In: Kosovox. 06.07.2017. http://kosovox.com/les-mehmeti-une-famille-rom-contaminee-au-plomb/
– Roma in Kosovo: ‘My children are poisoned by lead’. In: Al Jazeera. 19.06.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/05/roma-kosovo-children-poisoned-lead-160524060039653.html [link-preview url=”http://kosovox.com/les-mehmeti-une-famille-rom-contaminee-au-plomb/ “]
The special tribunal for Kosovo is close to start its work. This tribunal was set up to investigate crimes committed by the UCK and its leaders during the 1999 war. The UCK, besides ethnically cleansing the region committed several crimes against minorities, especially against Roma.
– Le tribunal spécial sur le Kosovo bientôt prêt à commencer ses travaux. In: Le Vif. 28.06.2017. http://www.levif.be/actualite/international/le-tribunal-special-sur-le-kosovo-bientot-pret-a-commencer-ses-travaux/article-normal-685597.html [link-preview url=”http://www.levif.be/actualite/international/le-tribunal-special-sur-le-kosovo-bientot-pret-a-commencer-ses-travaux/article-normal-685597.html”]
Roma organisations have criticised the lack of actions on the UN part to resolve and compensate the victims of lead poisoning that was the result of the UN opening a camp for Roma in a severely poisoned area of Kosovo.
85 people died.
– Roma Rights Organizations Condemn Lack of UN Action on Lead Poisoning in Kosovo. In: ERRC. 01.06.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582″]
18 years after the facts, a relief fund is being established for displaced Roma in Kosovo. Well, less than 10% of the overall Roma population is still there. The rest have fled.
To late, to little.
– Secretary-General to Establish Trust Fund for Displaced Roma, Askhali, Egpytian Communities in Northern Kosovo Following Human Rights Panel’s Findings. In: Relief Web. 26.05.2017. http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities [link-preview url=”http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities”]
Four people were found guilty of drowning 35 Roma refugees in 1999… A court in Montenegro condemned the people to prison terms – 7 years max.
This, 18 years after the facts
– 4 found guilty for drowning of 35 Kosovo Roma refugees. In: B92. 25.05.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=25&nav_id=101374 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=25&nav_id=101374″]
An article about the dangerous lives of witnesses of UCK crimes in Kosovo. The new tribunal to close the last chapters of the Kosovo war has a problem, as witnesses are regularly intimidated, threatened, and in some prior cases, even killed.
– Zeugen leben in Kosovo gefährlich. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 23.05.2017. https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817 [link-preview url=”https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817″]
The European Roma Right Centre is demanding justice and compensation for the internally displaced Rroma in Kosovo who were quartered by the UN on a site that was severely polluted, resulting in lead poisoning for many of them.
This was 18 years ago!!!!
– ERRC Demands Justice for Kosovo Victims of Lead Poisoning. In: ERRC. 15.05.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/errc-demands-justice-for-kosovo-victims-of-lead-poisoning/4575 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/errc-demands-justice-for-kosovo-victims-of-lead-poisoning/4575″]
In Germany, Rroma protests – for example for the right of refugees from Kosovo an former Yugoslavia – have been held at or around memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Not an easy thing, and this is shown in this article.
– Wenn Roma gehört warden. In: Taz. 07.05.2017. https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/”]
An Arte Documentary on the Hotel Gracanica in Kosovo, a hotel run by Rroma and Serbs.
– http://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versohnung [link-preview url=”http://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versohnung”]
The Rroma who were forced to resettle is a UN camp and were poisoned by lead that contaminated the site are still awaiting an apology and a compensation. It looks increasingly possible they will get neither.
SHAME!
– Roma Sickened in U.N. Camps Are Still Waiting for Redress. In: The New York Times. 18.04.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/roma-gypsies-lead-poisoning-un.html?_r=0 [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/roma-gypsies-lead-poisoning-un.html?_r=0″]
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 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/wetterau-kreis-bleibt-bei-anzeige-a-1250530″]
The other victims of the Kosovo war, the Serbs, the Rroma, Moslem Slavs, Turks, and even Albanians are increasingly asking for justice. Many of them were killed by the UCK, were ethnically cleansed from their ancestral homes.
Up till now, no one was condemned for those acts, even in the case of Haradinaj who was judged in the Hague’s tribunal. In that latter case, several witnesses were subjected to extreme pressure not to appear in court.
Let’s hope for justice!
– Les victimes de «second ordre» du Kosovo. In: La Tribune de Genève. 13.02.2017. http://www.tdg.ch/monde/victimes-second-ordre-kosovo/story/22753153
– Oubliées, les victims de la rébellion kosovare réclament justice. In: Media 24. 13.02.2017. https://www.medias24.com/filafp/afp-81110-Oubliees-les-victimes-de-la-rebellion-kosovare-reclament-justice.html [link-preview url=”https://www.medias24.com/filafp/afp-81110-Oubliees-les-victimes-de-la-rebellion-kosovare-reclament-justice.html”]
Years after the end of the Kosovo war, Rroma still await justice for the crimes committed against them in that region by the UCK and Kosovo nationalists. They were evicted from their houses, killed, simply disappeared. And most of all, they were kicked out of their country, a country where they had stayed since their arrival more than 1000 years ago.
SHAME
– Roma in Kosovo: The justice that never came. In: Al Jazeera. 26.01.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/roma-kosovo-justice-170112134149767.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/roma-kosovo-justice-170112134149767.html”]
An interview of the young Rromni Leonarda Dibrani who was expulsed from France together with her family (in spite of being in school). While they were expelled to Kosovo, she now lives in Croatia, which says a lot about the “safety” of Kosovo for Rroma. And it is difficult for her.
A worthy read on the damage of mistaken Refugee policies.
– La jeune rom kosovare, expulsée avec sa famille de notre pays en 2013, a raconté son quotidien en Croatie à “BFMtv”. “Je peux venir en France quand je veux !”, a-t-elle notamment lancé. In: Planet.fr. 09.01.2017. http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html
– Leonarda Dibrani : “J’ai envie de revenir en France pour remercier les gens qui m’ont aidée. In: France Infos. 09.01.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/expulsion-de-leonarda/leonarda-dibrani-j-ai-envie-de-revenir-en-france-pour-remercier-les-gens-qui-m-ont-aidee_2008851.html [link-preview url=”http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html “]
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