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Holocaust Remembrance

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Several articles in the press on the Holocaust Remembrance Day. From the pope, in Germany, and in Italy.
May they rest in peace!

– Holy See: Holocaust teaches us that vigilance is always needed. In: Radio Vatican. 27.01.2017. http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/01/27/holy_see_holocaust_teaches_us_that_vigilance_is_always_need/1288576
– Holocaust calls us to have ‘respect for the dignity of every person’. In: The Catholic World Report. 27.01.2017. http://www.catholicworldreport.com/NewsBriefs/Default.aspx?rssGuid=holocaust-calls-us-to-have-respect-for-the-dignity-of-every-person-11534/
– Die Opfer sollen nicht vergessen warden. In: RBB24. 27.01.2017. http://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/01/holocaust-gedenktag-opfer-des-nationalsozialismus-berlin-branden.html
– Il genocidio di rom e sinti durante il nazi-fascismo: una memoria rimossa. In: Radio Radicale. 27.01.2017. https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/498461/il-genocidio-di-rom-e-sinti-durante-il-nazi-fascismo-una-memoria-rimossa [link-preview url=”https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/498461/il-genocidio-di-rom-e-sinti-durante-il-nazi-fascismo-una-memoria-rimossa”]

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Grisly Story in Greece

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A horrible story in Greece, where a deaf 15 year old Rrom admitted sexually assaulting and killing a 6 years old Rroma boy. Apparently the boy had already been held for attempted rape and had been a victim of sexual abuse himself.
Well, this is a bad story, but this is not representative of Rroma…

– Teen admits killing 6-year-old in Greece, highlighting neglect of Roma. In: News Ghana. 25.01.2017. https://www.newsghana.com.gh/teen-admits-killing-6-year-old-in-greece-highlighting-neglect-of-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.newsghana.com.gh/teen-admits-killing-6-year-old-in-greece-highlighting-neglect-of-roma/”]

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Romaphobia

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A new book called Romapohobia by Aidan McGarry explores racism against Rroma in Europe and its consequences.

– Is Romaphobia the Last ‘Acceptable’ Form of Racism? In: Vice. 23.01.2017. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/is-romaphobia-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism?utm_source=vicetwitteruk [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/is-romaphobia-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism?utm_source=vicetwitteruk”]

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Berlin and Rroma

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Following the case of a shop in Neukölln that forbade Rroma entry, the Berlin Senat has decided to sing a contract with a Rroma organisation „Landesrat der Roma und Sinti, RomnoKher Berlin-Brandenburg e. V.“ with the aim of ensuring that any Rrom, regardless of origins will not be discriminated and will be given the chance to integrate. The association is directed by Dotschy Reinhardt.

– Senat will Vertrag mit Sinti und Roma. In: TaZ. 24.1.2017. http://www.taz.de/Einsatz-gegen-Antiziganismus-in-Berlin/!5373308/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/Einsatz-gegen-Antiziganismus-in-Berlin/!5373308/”]

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Peter Mercer

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It is with great regrets that we learnt the news of the death of Peter Mercer on January 17th. Peter Mercer relentlessly fought for the rights of Rroma and Travellers in the UK and in Europe. For his work, he was awarded an MBE in 2000.
May he rest in peace.

– Peter Mercer M.B.E. – 22.1.1934 – 17.1.2017. In: The Travellers Time. 20.01.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx”]

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Germany: Vigils for Rroma Holocaust Victims

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An association supporting the “stepping stones” – the little stones that remember victims of the Holocaust – has been organising vigils specifically for Rroma and Sinti.

– Mahnwache gedenkt Sinti und Roma. In: Südkurrier. 24.01.2017. http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/villingen-schwenningen/Mahnwache-gedenkt-Sinti-und-Roma;art372541,9098240 [link-preview url=”http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/villingen-schwenningen/Mahnwache-gedenkt-Sinti-und-Roma;art372541,9098240″]

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Sheffield – More on it

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More news on the Sheffield scandal where many Rroma children are being bullied out of school and where the teachers do nothing about it. This time, at long last there seem to be a bit of uproar, and a head teacher calls it by its name: RACISM …

– One in six Roma students excluded from school in Sheffield. In: Yorkshire News. 23.01.2017. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/one-in-six-roma-students-excluded-from-school-in-sheffield-1-8349035 [link-preview url=”http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/one-in-six-roma-students-excluded-from-school-in-sheffield-1-8349035″]

Netherlands News Western Europe

Netherland: Exhibition

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The Hague: The foundation O Lungo Drom (The Long Road) is organising and exhibition from the 3rd to the 25th of February at the Art Library in the library in Rijswijk. “Sinti and Roma over the centuries in the Netherlands”.

– Sinti en Roma in Nederland. In: Grootrijswijk. http://www.grootrijswijk.nl/activiteit/item/sinti-en-roma-in-nederland/81501 [link-preview url=”http://www.grootrijswijk.nl/activiteit/item/sinti-en-roma-in-nederland/81501″]

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French Chronicle

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A few news this week in France. The camp on the tracks of the former “petite ceinture” railway in Paris and another one nearby in the 18th Arrondissement will have to be vacated within 4 weeks; a new centre for migrants is opening up in Ivry, north of Paris, and will also accommodate ca. 50 Rroma; the views of an Italian journalist of La Stampa on a French Northern Town; the closure of a squat in Toulouse; and, as usual Breizh Info (rightist webpage) on Rroma criminality.

– Les Roms de la “petite ceinture” ont 4 semaines pour quitter leurs bidonvilles. In: L’Express. 18.01.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/styles/les-roms-de-la-petite-ceinture-ont-4-semaines-pour-quitter-leurs-bidonvilles_1870414.html
– Démantèlement imminent pour le bidonville de la Porte de la Chapelle à Paris. In: France Bleu. 16.01.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/paris-le-sort-du-bidonville-de-la-porte-de-la-chapelle-devant-la-justice-1484432954
– Un sursis de quatre semaines pour les bidonvilles Roms. In: Le Parisien. 18.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/un-sursis-de-quatre-semaines-pour-les-bidonvilles-roms-18-01-2017-6585513.php
– Migrants: Ivry va accueillir des femmes dans son nouveau centre. In: Arte. 16.01.2017. http://info.arte.tv/fr/afp/actualites/migrants-ivry-va-accueillir-des-femmes-dans-son-nouveau-centre
– Ouverture jeudi à Ivry d’un nouveau centre d’accueil pour migrants. In: Le Parisien. 16.01.2017. http://www.itele.fr/france/video/ouverture-jeudi-a-ivry-dun-nouveau-centre-daccueil-pour-migrants-172407
– Un second centre pour migrants ouvre jeudi à Ivry-sur-Seine. In: Reuters. 16.01.2017. http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRKBN1501XS
– Paris : Le centre humanitaire pour femmes et familles migrantes ouvre ce jeudi à Ivry. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 16.01.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/1996727-20170116-paris-centre-humanitaire-femmes-familles-migrantes-ouvre-jeudi-ivry
– Un journal italien de référence se penche sur le sort de la ville. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/106437/article/2017-01-20/un-journal-italien-de-reference-se-penche-sur-le-sort-de-la-ville
– Six mois pour résorber la mini “jungle” de Toulouse ? In: Le Point. 21.01.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/six-mois-pour-resorber-la-mini-jungle-de-toulouse-21-01-2017-2098971_23.php
– Voitures pillées à Machecoul – La délinquance s’installe dans le Sud Loire. In: Breizh Info. 17.01.2017. http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/16/58998/voitures-vandalisme-machecoul-delinquance-sud-loire [link-preview url=”https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/paris-le-sort-du-bidonville-de-la-porte-de-la-chapelle-devant-la-justice-1484432954 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Bibliography of Romani Rose

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A bibliography of Romani Rose, chairman of the Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany has just been published.

– https://www.facebook.com/Behar-Heinemann-Romani-Rose-ein-Leben-für-die-Menschenrechte-220504378360182/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Behar-Heinemann-Romani-Rose-ein-Leben-für-die-Menschenrechte-220504378360182/”]

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Sheffield …

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Another report on the institutional racism against Rroma children in UK’s schools, this time in Sheffield.
Bad!

‘Sheffield is welcoming – but not for young Roma Slovaks’. In: The Telegraph. 19.01.2017. http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/sheffield-is-welcoming-but-not-for-young-roma-slovaks-1-8340923 [link-preview url=”http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/sheffield-is-welcoming-but-not-for-young-roma-slovaks-1-8340923″]

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Munich: Exhibition on Rroma Holocaust Extended

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The exhibition on Rroma Holocaust housed in the NS Documentation Centre in Munich will be extended until February 12. Worthwhile seing.

– München · Ausstellung über Sinti und Roma wird verlängert. In: München Wochen Anzeiger. 16.01.2017. http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/186176.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/186176.html”]

Italy News Western Europe

Rome and Rroma Camps

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More on the saga of the camps in Rome. Now the plan for the closure (and not the closure) will be ready by the end of the month… What is so complicated?
And by the way, the state gives out 23 Mio EUR for these camps per year, this for ca. 5’000 Rroma. Close to 5’000 EUR per head.
Someone is making money there.

– Roma, giunta Raggi: «Censiremo i campi poi la chiusura entro il 31 gennaio». In: Il Messagero. 17.01.2017. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/campidoglio/roma_roma_raggi_campi-2198886.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/campidoglio/roma_roma_raggi_campi-2198886.html”]

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The Story of an Expulsion

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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 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Exhibition on Antitziganism in Germany

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An exhibition on the theme of “Antitziganism” in Gernany. We do dislike the term as it is a bad copy of another term, and would rather stick to simple racism …

– Ausstellung zum Antiziganismus an der BTHS. In: NH24H. 15.01.2017. http://nh24.de/index.php/panorama/22-allgemein/93055-ausstellung-zum-antiziganismus-an-der-bths [link-preview url=”http://nh24.de/index.php/panorama/22-allgemein/93055-ausstellung-zum-antiziganismus-an-der-bths”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Raggi’s Plan on Rroma

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A scathing critique of the plans of the 5 Stars’ mayor of Rome plans for Rroma in the capital. Raggi’s plans disregard accepted principles in dealing with Rroma, are far from complete and in parts renege on promises and statements.

– Questione rom a Roma, Raggi bluffa sul piano di lavoro. In: Il Fatto Quotidiano. 08.01.2017. http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/01/08/questione-rom-a-roma-raggi-bluffa-sul-piano-di-lavoro/3300706/ [link-preview url=”http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/01/08/questione-rom-a-roma-raggi-bluffa-sul-piano-di-lavoro/3300706/”]

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UK: Segregation …

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A study of the university of Edinburgh suggests that bullying against Rroma and travellers is widespread and sometime condoned or at least tolerated by teachers, resulting in a self imposed segregation, where these population simply cease to send their children to school.

– When schools are ‘unsafe spaces’ for Traveller pupils. In: TES. 13.01.2017. https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/when-schools-are-unsafe-spaces-traveller-pupils [link-preview url=”https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/when-schools-are-unsafe-spaces-traveller-pupils”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy, Camps, and Rroma

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A study of the conditions – especially for women – in camps in the Piedmont region of Italy showed unsurprisingly a low education level, deprivation, and also marriage at a young age, around 16 or 17, an increase since the last study.
What are Italians waiting for in closing these camps?

– Donne in campi Rom, bassa scolarità. In: Ansa Piemonte. 12.01.2017. http://www.ansa.it/piemonte/notizie/2017/01/12/donne-in-campi-rom-bassa-scolarita_4e1e22c6-849b-4261-b007-36ee1bf95472.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/piemonte/notizie/2017/01/12/donne-in-campi-rom-bassa-scolarita_4e1e22c6-849b-4261-b007-36ee1bf95472.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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Almost no news this week in France on Rroma… In Paris, on the tracks of the former “petite ceinture” railways, the camps are waiting for the ruling that will most probably see them dismantled for the second time in as many years; in the South, a “western” about prostitution – on a regional road where many prostitutes wait for their clients, who are now criminal under French law; the story of the cheap modular village thought by students goes one; and finally, associations denouncing the stereotypes that are propagated by politicians and the Press. This is good for a change.

– Les bidonvilles de la petite ceinture à nouveau en sursis. In: Le Parisien. 12.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/les-bidonvilles-de-la-petite-ceinture-a-nouveau-en-sursis-12-01-2017-6556077.php
– Prostitution : les gendarmes à la chasse aux clients sur la route D609. In: L’OBS. 15.01.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170112.OBS3733/prostitution-les-gendarmes-a-la-chasse-aux-clients-sur-la-route-d609.html
– Le « village modulaire » toujours à l’étude. In: Le Parisien. 12.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/le-village-modulaire-toujours-a-l-etude-12-01-2017-6556080.php
– Pauvreté : les associations dénoncent les préjugés relayés par les politiques. In: L’OBS. 09.01.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/immobilier/logement/20170109.OBS3593/pauvrete-les-associations-denoncent-les-prejuges-relayes-par-les-politiques.html [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/les-bidonvilles-de-la-petite-ceinture-a-nouveau-en-sursis-12-01-2017-6556077.php “]

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