Roma travellers in Switzerland have been unwelcome lately. An article about them and about the work of an association of Sinti and Roma and its president who mediate between travellers, locals, and authorities.
– Er erklärt ausländischen Fahrenden die Schweiz. In: Berner Zeitung. 02.10.2018. https://m.bernerzeitung.ch/articles/5bb26d1fab5c3743ef000001 [link-preview url=”https://m.bernerzeitung.ch/articles/5bb26d1fab5c3743ef000001″]
An interview of the president of one of the Swiss Sinti organisation in the context of the recognition of the Sinti (but not the Roma – Really!) in Switzerland.
– Die unbekannteste Minderheit: Sinti in der Schweiz. In: SRF Tagesgespräch. 06.09.2018. https://m.srf.ch/sendungen/tagesgespraech/die-unbekannteste-minderheit-sinti-in-der-schweiz [link-preview url=”https://m.srf.ch/sendungen/tagesgespraech/die-unbekannteste-minderheit-sinti-in-der-schweiz”]
A young researcher from Göttingen in Germany has investigated the Swiss Federal Commission against Racism and comes out with a scathing review, saying Switzerland turns a blind eye on institutional racism and that the commission is actually fuelling it.
– Ist die Schweiz blind für Behörden-Rassismus? Das behauptet zumindest diese Forscherin. In: Watson. 19.08.2018. https://www.watson.ch/!519782544 [link-preview url=”https://www.watson.ch/!519782544″]
A judge in Fribourg (Switzerland) dismissed the complaint against racism that was lodged against 5 professional associations (three from Fribourg, two overall from Switzerland) who had advertised last year in the papers against giving work to Travellers and Roma. In these pamphlets, travellers and Roma were accused of shoddy work and practises, if not of outright fraud.
This highlights the difficulty in Switzerland to win such cases.
– Plainte pour discrimination raciale rejetée à Fribourg. In: Swissinfo. 17.08.2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/plainte-pour-discrimination-raciale-rejetée-à-fribourg/44333494 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/plainte-pour-discrimination-raciale-rejetée-à-fribourg/44333494″]
Another outrageous report on travelling Roma in Tele Züri – a conduct of rightists views. What is bad, is that it plays the local travellers and some Sinti against Roma.
– https://www.telezueri.ch/62-show-zuerinews/26193-episode-dienstag-24-juli-2018/62231-segment-nach-skandal-hochzeit-sinti-und-jenische-haessig-auf-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.telezueri.ch/62-show-zuerinews/26193-episode-dienstag-24-juli-2018/62231-segment-nach-skandal-hochzeit-sinti-und-jenische-haessig-auf-roma”]
Yet another article in the press about the “foreign” Roma travellers and the problems they create. If the Swiss had done their jobs and effectively provided some official camping sites, it certainly would be easier.
– Polizei zeigt Fahrenden Grenzen auf. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 18.07.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Polizei-zeigt-Fahrenden-Grenzen-auf-17592246 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Polizei-zeigt-Fahrenden-Grenzen-auf-17592246″]
A group of travelling Roma is being expelled in Gossau for littering. This is usually the result of poorly planned sites with not enough infrastructure.
– TOP NEWS vom 14. Juli 2018. In: Top Online. 14.07.2018. http://www.toponline.ch/tele-top/sendungen/top-news/news/heute-auf-tele-top-0092072/ [link-preview url=”http://www.toponline.ch/tele-top/sendungen/top-news/news/heute-auf-tele-top-0092072/”]
Salvini’s proposal to count Roma boils down to fuelling hate… It is a populist move but is dangerous. Two articles on the subject (The Swiss one is a copy of the German one).
– Nur der Hass zählt. In: Tages Anzeiger. 10.07.2018. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/nur-der-hass-zaehlt/story/10453493
– Nur der Hass zählt. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 03.07.2018. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/sinti-und-roma-in-italien-nur-der-hass-zaehlt-1.4038393?reduced=true [link-preview url=”https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/nur-der-hass-zaehlt/story/10453493 “]
Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s prime Minister is against the census of Roma proposed by his interior minister.
Good – let’s see if he can really clamp it.
– Italiens Regierungschef ist gegen Roma-Zählung. In: Basler Zeitung. 20.06.2018. https://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/italiens-regierungschef-ist-gegen-romazaehlung/story/18617640 [link-preview url=”https://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/italiens-regierungschef-ist-gegen-romazaehlung/story/18617640″]
Yet another article on Roma travellers in Switzerland with all stereotypes and clichés.
Needless to say, this is not really positive.
– Anwohner haben genug vom Wohnwagen-Lager. In: Blick. 18.06.2018. https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/tierquaeler-ulrich-k-vermietet-wiese-an-fahrende-anwohner-haben-genug-vom-wohnwagen-lager-id8510437.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_user&utm_campaign=blick_web [link-preview url=”https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/tierquaeler-ulrich-k-vermietet-wiese-an-fahrende-anwohner-haben-genug-vom-wohnwagen-lager-id8510437.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_user&utm_campaign=blick_web”]
An interview of Angela Mattli of the Society for Threatened People (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker) on the refusal of Switzerland to recognise Roma as a Swiss national minority in the sense of the Framework Agreement on the Protection of National Minorities.
– «Die Minderheitspolitik der Schweiz hat ausgedient». In: Inforsperber. 13.06.2018. https://www.infosperber.ch/Politik/Die-Minderheitspolitik-der-Schweiz-hat-ausgedient [link-preview url=”https://www.infosperber.ch/Politik/Die-Minderheitspolitik-der-Schweiz-hat-ausgedient”]
https://www.facebook.com/angela.mattli.3/posts/10215865493057830 [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/angela.mattli.3/posts/10215865493057830″]
An article on Roma travellers in Switzerland, and for once, one that is not as negative as the usual presentation in the country’s press.
And it shows one can do things differently.
– «Schaue ich vorbei, werde ich oft zum Kaffee eingeladen». In: Der Bund. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767″]
Another slew of articles on the non-recognition of the Roma minority by the Swiss government. This time, the French speaking press of Switzerland.
Check the pictures – then there is no wonder about the decision …
– LES ROMS PAS RECONNUS COMME MINORITÉ NATIONALE. In: Le Matin. 01.06.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/roms-reconnus-minorite-nationale/story/11067196
– Les Roms pas reconnus comme minorité nationale. In: 20 Minutes (CH). 01.06.2018. http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/Les-Roms-pas-reconnus-comme-minorite-nationale-30821632
– Les Roms en Suisse : partie intégrante de la société, ils ne constituent pas une minorité nationale. In: AlbInfo. 03.06.2018. http://www.albinfo.ch/fr/les-roms-en-suisse-partie-integrante-de-la-societe-ils-ne-constituent-pas-une-minorite-nationale/
– Les Roms suisses ne sont pas reconnus comme minorité nationale. In: RTS. 01.06.2018. http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/9615035-les-roms-suisses-ne-sont-pas-reconnus-comme-minorite-nationale.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/roms-reconnus-minorite-nationale/story/11067196 “]
Following a complaint against a SVP (Rightist populist party in Switzerland) politician, Roland Schöni, against his open statements against Roma, he gave an interview in which he says he will not let himself be “intimidated” by such a complaint.
De-facto, he is stating again that what he said against Roma is “the truth” and that generalisations to an entire population are ok.
– Nach der Strafanzeige wegen Rassismus sagt SVP-Fraktionschef Roland Schöni: “Ich lasse mich nicht einschüchtern”. In: Tagblatt. 01.06.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kreuzlingen/nach-der-strafanzeige-wegen-rassismus-sagt-roland-schoeni-ich-lasse-mich-nicht-einschuechtern-ld.1025288 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kreuzlingen/nach-der-strafanzeige-wegen-rassismus-sagt-roland-schoeni-ich-lasse-mich-nicht-einschuechtern-ld.1025288″]
A reaction of Roma organisations on the rejection of the minority status by the Swiss government.
– https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=274a4f6e50f28962117e434e7&id=478891af61 [link-preview url=”https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=274a4f6e50f28962117e434e7&id=478891af61″]
Several articles on the refusal of the Swiss government to recognise Roma as a national minority in the sense of the the framework agreements on the protection of national minorities.
– Schweizer Roma sind keine nationale Minderheit. In: SRF. 01.06.2018. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/teil-der-gesellschaft-aber-schweizer-roma-sind-keine-nationale-minderheit
– Schweizer Roma gelten auch künftig nicht als nationale Minderheit. In: Blick. 01.06.2018. https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/minderheiten-roma-sollen-nicht-als-nationale-minderheit-anerkannt-werden-id8447291.html
– Bundesrat lehnt Sonderstatus für Roma ab. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 01.06.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/Bundesrat-lehnt-Sonderstatus-fuer-Roma-ab-27499018
– Bundesrat will Roma nicht anerkennen. In: Vaterland. 01.06.2018. http://www.vaterland.li/region/schweiz/bundesrat-will-roma-nicht-anerkennen;art103,331983
– Roma werden nicht als Minderheit anerkannt. In: Bote der Urschweiz. 01.06.2018. http://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/bundesrat-will-roma-nicht-anerkennen;art46447,1099902
– Roma für die Schweiz keine nationale Minderheit. In: Unser Tyrol. 01.06.2018. https://www.unsertirol24.com/2018/06/01/roma-fuer-die-schweiz-keine-nationale-minderheit/ [link-preview url=”https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/teil-der-gesellschaft-aber-schweizer-roma-sind-keine-nationale-minderheit “]
The Swiss government through its Federal Council refused a demand by Roma organisations to be recognised as a national minority in the sense of the framework agreements on the protection of national minorities.
This is even more frustrating as the Swiss recognised Sinti and Manouches …
– Roma denied official minority status in Switzerland. In: Info Suisse. 01.06.2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/minority-rights_roma-denied-official-minority-status-in-switzerland/44161476 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/minority-rights_roma-denied-official-minority-status-in-switzerland/44161476″]
First reactions in Switzerland on the complaint against an SVP politician who made derogatory comments about Roma travellers.
– SVP-Politiker hat Anzeige am Hals. In: FM1 Today. 31.05.2018. http://www.fm1today.ch/svp-politiker-hat-anzeige-am-hals/781689 [link-preview url=”http://www.fm1today.ch/svp-politiker-hat-anzeige-am-hals/781689″]
The Society for Threatened People and the Association of Sinti and Roma Switzerland have lodged a complaint against a SVP (right wing populist party) politician for racism and incitation to racial hatred for his comments on Roma travellers.
– «Das ist rassistisch» Strafanzeige gegen Arboner SVP-Mann nach Verbalattacke auf Fahrende. In: Tagblatt. 30.05.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762″]
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