The latest program of the Cirque Romanes, a Rroma circus that is located just outside of the poshest Paris XVIth arrondissement.
– EN IMAGES. Au nouveau spectacle du cirque tzigane Romanes. In: Le Parisien. 03.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/en-images-au-nouveau-spectacle-du-cirque-tzigane-romanes-03-12-2016-6409737.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/en-images-au-nouveau-spectacle-du-cirque-tzigane-romanes-03-12-2016-6409737.php”]
Yet another case where the “good” society goes wrong. One wonders if it is the norm or the exception…
– Children report ‘physical abuse’ by staff in G4S-run youth jails. In: iNews. 29.12.2016. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/ [link-preview url=”https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/”]
An article about the Rroma neighbourhood of Son Banya in Palma de Mallorca. Never mind that there were never Sinti in Mallorca (except as tourists), the whole article is full of stereotypes. Drugs, poverty, and of course, the good helpers …
– Patronat für Elendssiedlung Son Banya verschwindet. In: Mallorca Magazin. 26.12.2016. https://mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/gesellschaft/2016/12/26/51998/patronat-fur-die-elendssiedlung-son-banya-verschwindet.html [link-preview url=”https://mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/gesellschaft/2016/12/26/51998/patronat-fur-die-elendssiedlung-son-banya-verschwindet.html”]
A 44 years old man was arraigned for having sprayed swastikas and anti-Jewish as well as anti-Rroma slogans in Paris.
Let’s hope he gets locked.
– À la une ce mercredi 28 décembre… In: Le Point. 28.12.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/actu-du-jour/a-la-une-ce-mercredi-28-decembre-27-12-2016-2093274_781.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/actu-du-jour/a-la-une-ce-mercredi-28-decembre-27-12-2016-2093274_781.php”]
A reportage on a camp in Berlin which houses 20 residents from a small village in Slovakia. Begging, for a meagre 10 to 20 Euros per day. This reinforce the impression that all Rroma are beggars who come from very poor families …
– Bettler-Elend mitten in Berlin. Das slowakische Dorf unter der Berliner Messe-Kreuzung. In: Berliner Zeitung. 25.12.2016. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung [link-preview url=”http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung”]
A reportage on Christmas with Rroma in Italy, mostly in the north. Quite positive for a change, but still with many stereotypes.
– UN NATALE CON I ROM. In: In Terris. 27.12.2016. http://www.interris.it/2016/12/27/109488/posizione-in-primo-piano/schiaffog/un-natale-con-i-rom.html [link-preview url=”http://www.interris.it/2016/12/27/109488/posizione-in-primo-piano/schiaffog/un-natale-con-i-rom.html”]
Seems that things are now getting serious. Camps will be closed by the 31 of January. Or not? This is not the first attempt to close the camps …
– Roma, campi rom da chiudere entro il 31 gennaio 2017: il piano del Campidoglio. In: Il Messaggero. 27.12.2016. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/campi_rom_da_chiudere_entro_il_31_gennaio_2017_il_piano_del_campidoglio-2162045.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/campi_rom_da_chiudere_entro_il_31_gennaio_2017_il_piano_del_campidoglio-2162045.html”]
The Catholic Church staged a concert to commemorate the Rroma Holocaust in Austria. Nice, but still, they could really have done more then …
– Konzert im Steffl. In: Erzdiözese Wien. 21.12.2016. https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/home/nachrichten/article/54369.html [link-preview url=”https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/home/nachrichten/article/54369.html”]
Italy was literally slammed by the UN for its treatment of Rroma, especially for its camps. The UN says “close the camps and give them lodgings” …
It is true, this is a disgrace.
– L’Onu all’Italia: “Smantellare i campi rom e fornire ai nomadi abitazioni” In: Libero Quotidiano. 26.12.2016. http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/12260221/onu-zingari-case-italia.html [link-preview url=”http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/12260221/onu-zingari-case-italia.html”]
Not much news this week on the French front. The story of a rich Frenchwomen helping Romanian Rroma, and the involvement (not so good as always) of the social services; a riot that followed a car accident generated by a Romanian Rrom in the North of France; an expulsion in Nice; and the story of a young girl living in the streets in Menton; while in the West, a camp will now be managed by an association and in Cognac, “Tisganes” are guests for Christmas, with all clichés; finally an initiative to encounter travellers in Eastern France.
– Réfugiés : bienvenue à la maison. In: Paris Match. 21.12.2016. http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Refugies-bienvenue-a-la-maison-1147100
– «Émeute et déferlement de violences» place Gambetta pour un simple accident. In: La Voix Du Nord. 19.12.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/92337/article/2016-12-19/emeute-et-deferlement-de-violences-place-gambetta-pour-un-simple-accident
– Une famille de Roms expulsée du squat qu’elle occupait illégalement depuis près de 2 ans. In: Nice Matin. 21.12.2016. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/une-famille-de-roms-expulsee-du-squat-quelle-occupait-illegalement-depuis-pres-de-2-ans-103115
– Bianca, 10 ans, dort dans la rue depuis deux mois. In: Nice Matin. 23.12.2016. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/bianca-10-ans-dort-dans-la-rue-depuis-deux-mois-103620
– Le terrain du 86 sera géré par Une famille un toit. In: Ouest France. 20.12.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/le-terrain-du-86-sera-gere-par-une-famille-un-toit-4693262
– Cognac : la culture pour tenter de mettre fin aux préjugés. In: Sud Ouest. 22.12.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/12/22/la-culture-pour-tenter-de-mettre-fin-aux-prejuges-3048190-882.php
– A LA RENCONTRE DES « VOYAGEURS » DE LA MALCOMBE. In: L’Est Républicain. 20.12.2016. http://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2016/12/20/a-la-rencontre-des-voyageurs-de-la-malcombe [link-preview url=”http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Refugies-bienvenue-a-la-maison-1147100″]
An architecture school near Paris is trying to deal with the ghettoes and camps that dot the outskirts of Paris. The result, some successes and lots of disillusions.
– Quand l’Ecole d’architecture planche sur les bidonvilles. In: Telerama. 22.12.2016. http://www.telerama.fr/scenes/quand-l-ecole-d-architecture-planche-sur-les-bidonvilles,151593.php [link-preview url=”http://www.telerama.fr/scenes/quand-l-ecole-d-architecture-planche-sur-les-bidonvilles,151593.php”]
The Association of German Sinti and Roma has issued a movie commemorating 40 years of civil society work and of the fight against stereotypes and prejudice.
Worth seing!
– „Ich bin ein deutscher Sinto“ In: Echo. 22.12.2016. http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm”]
Now it’s official. On December 21, Roma Capitale, at the request of Laura Baldassarre, the Councillor of People, School and Community Solidarity, suspended calls for tenders for the management of the camps, the so-called “equipped villages”.
This should effectively mean the closure of these camps who are a disgrace.
– SVOLTA DEFINITIVA? Roma, chiudono tutti i campi rom. In: Il Quotidiano del Lazio. 25.12.2016. http://www.ilquotidianodellazio.it/articoli/23137/roma-chiudono-tutti-i-campi-rom
– CAMPI ROM. DOPO IL DELITTO UNA FIRMA, PER CERCARE IL DIALOGO. In: Retisolidali. 23.12.2016. http://www.retisolidali.it/campi-rom-firma-accordo/ [link-preview url=”http://www.ilquotidianodellazio.it/articoli/23137/roma-chiudono-tutti-i-campi-rom “]
Economics Minister and Social Democratic Party chairman, Sigmar Gabriel, called for the curtailing of child allowances for European residents in Germany if their children are not currently living in the country.
He claims: “In some large cities, there are whole streets with run-down estates where immigrants live for just one reason: because they can receive child allowance at a German level for their children who do not live in Germany.”
This is total propaganda …
– Germany: SPD leader calls for cuts to child benefits for European citizens. In: The World Socialist Website. 22.12.2016. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/12/22/chil-d22.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/12/22/chil-d22.html”]
The Federal government and the Regions in Germany have finally promised to retain the graves of Rroma Holocaust survivors. Normally, unless the family pays, these graves are re-used after a 25 years period.
May these people rest in peace and eternity.
– Gräber verfolgter Sinti und Roma können erhalten bleiben – damit die Erinnerung an den Porajmos weiterlebt. In: Bundespresseportal. 20.12.2016. http://www.bundespresseportal.de/hessen/10-hessen/graeber-verfolgter-sinti-und-roma-koennen-erhalten-bleiben-damit-die-erinnerung-an-den-porajmos-weiterlebt.html [link-preview url=”http://www.bundespresseportal.de/hessen/10-hessen/graeber-verfolgter-sinti-und-roma-koennen-erhalten-bleiben-damit-die-erinnerung-an-den-porajmos-weiterlebt.html”]
The person who kicked a young woman down the stairs in Berlin has been identified. He is unfortunately a Rrom from Bulgaria. He is definitively a criminal, and deserves a penalty, but it seems that the papers are more concerned about his ethnicity rather than the facts.
BAD.
– PICTURED: Man wanted for booting woman down underground train station stairs. In: Daily Stars. 15.12.2016. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/570651/man-kicking-woman-down-stairs-wanted-berlin-germany-metro-train-station [link-preview url=”http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/570651/man-kicking-woman-down-stairs-wanted-berlin-germany-metro-train-station”]
Zoltan Balog, the Hungarian Minister of Human Resources, was awarded the Rainer-Hildebrandt-medal for human rights. YES, you read it, for human rights. He who advocates the SEGREGATION of Rroma in schools, and whose positions on minorities and migrants are far from any rights…
SHAME for this.
– Rechte für Menschenrechte. In: TAZ. 15.12.2016. http://www.taz.de/!5363976/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5363976/”]
Liebeskind’s plans for a Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam were unveiled. The memorial is dedicated to the 103’000 Jews and Rroma from Holland who were sent to the concentration camps.
– Holocaust Memorial Is Closer to Reality in Amsterdam. 16.12.2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/arts/design/holocaust-memorial-is-closer-to-reality-in-amsterdam.html?_r=0 [link-preview url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/arts/design/holocaust-memorial-is-closer-to-reality-in-amsterdam.html?_r=0″]
Bad taste in France. The comedian Christian Clavier who a while back said he would produce a comedy on Rroma called “Sivouplee” a pun on the beggars asking “s’il vous plait” released the trailer of the movie now called “A bras ouverts” – with open arms.
All clichés are there. BAD and BAD TASTE.
– Christian Clavier accueille des roms dans “A bras ouvert” In: Paris Match. 16.12.2016. http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Christian-Clavier-accueille-des-roms-dans-A-bras-ouvert-1145000
– Christian Clavier accueille des Roms dans la bande-annonce d’À Bras ouverts. In: Premiere. 16.12.2016. http://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Christian-Clavier-accueille-des-Roms-dans-la-bande-annonce-d-A-Bras-ouverts
– Clavier lance la bande-annonce de Sivouplééé ! rebaptisé À bras ouverts. In: Le Point. 16.12.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/cinema/clavier-lance-la-bande-annonce-de-sivoupleee-rebaptise-a-bras-ouverts-16-12-2016-2090909_2923.php
– À bras ouverts: S’il vous plaît, pas une comédie sur les Roms avec Christian Clavier! In: Le Figaro. 16.12.2016. http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2016/12/17/03004-20161217ARTFIG00088–bras-ouverts-s-il-vous-plait-pas-une-comedie-sur-les-roms-avec-christian-clavier.php
– A bras ouverts : la comédie de Christian Clavier décriée sur YouTube et Twitter. In: Braindamaged. 18.12.2016. http://braindamaged.fr/2016/12/18/a-bras-ouverts-la-comedie-de-christian-clavier-decriee-sur-youtube-et-twitter/
– Le trailer malaise du jour : la comédie sur les Roms avec Christian Clavier. In: konbini.com. http://www.konbini.com/fr/entertainment-2/trailer-malaise-jour-comedie-roms-christian-clavier/ [link-preview url=”http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Christian-Clavier-accueille-des-roms-dans-A-bras-ouvert-1145000″]
Mixed week on Rroma in France … Lots on a French Comedy “A bras Ouverts” on which we report separately, and otherwise, well, not so much. A helper who sexually aggressed Rroma children (just one story among many, we fear); Migrants when there are Rroma is apparently a no go in France – Really bad! -; an exhibition on Rroma near Paris; still issues with the enrolment of children in schools in France; cleaning the aftermath of an illegal camp near Paris; the evacuation of another camp near Paris; mobilisation against an expulsion in Angers in Western France; a mobilisation against a Front National mayor in Marseilles; and finally what is good, an article about the stereotype of the stealing Rrom…
– Montpellier : un faux bénévole condamné pour agression sexuelle sur des enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 13.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/montpellier-un-faux-benevole-condamne-pour-agression-sexuelle-sur-des-enfants-roms-13-12-2016-6450699.php
– « On est déjà envahi par les Roms, vous avez perdu la raison » In: Le Parisien. 17.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/val-d-oise-95/on-est-deja-envahi-par-les-roms-vous-avez-perdu-la-raison-17-12-2016-6465891.php
– Bagnolet : expo, film et conférence sur les Roms en Europe. In: Le Parisien. 11.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bagnolet-expo-film-et-conference-sur-les-roms-en-europe-11-12-2016-6442761.php
– Hellemmes : le refus de scolariser des enfants roms est “illégal”, selon le Défenseur des droits. In: FR3 Nord Pas de Calais. 16.12.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nord-pas-de-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/hellemmes-refus-scolariser-enfants-roms-est-illegal-defenseur-droits-1157053.html
– Nettoyage du camp de Roms : des négociations sont en cours. In: Le Parisien. 14.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/nettoyage-du-camp-de-roms-des-negociations-sont-en-cours-14-12-2016-6452319.php
– Evacuation du camp de Roms. In: Le Parisien. 12.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/evacuation-du-camp-de-roms-12-12-2016-6443475.php
– Squat au Chêne Vert à Angers : une mobilisation contre l’expulsion des familles Roms. In: Fr3 Pays de la Loire. 11.12.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/squat-au-chene-vert-angers-mobilisation-contre-expulsion-familles-roms-1153101.html
– Roms : cinq associations dénoncent les « gesticulations » de Stéphane Ravier (FN). In: Marsactu. 12.12.2016. https://marsactu.fr/bref/cinq-associations-denonce-gesticulations-de-stephane-ravier-fn-roms/
LES ROMS ? DES VOLEURS ? LA VÉRITÉ SUR UN CLICHÉ RACISTE. In: Lyon Bondy Blog. 11.12.2016. http://lyonbondyblog.fr/LBB/roms-voleurs-verite-cliche-raciste/ [link-preview url=”https://marsactu.fr/bref/cinq-associations-denonce-gesticulations-de-stephane-ravier-fn-roms/”]
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