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Mare Manuschenge – Our People

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Romeo Franz, a Sinto musician and politician in Germany has composed and presented for the first time his new composition – Mare Manuschenge [our people], a piece devoted to the victims of the Holocaust. He played yesterday in the long night of the museums, presenting other pieces by famous Sinti composers, among which Schnuckenack Reinhardt and of course also Django.

– Politik mit der Violine. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 13.10.2016. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/lange-nacht-der-musik-politik-mit-der-violine-1.3204715 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/lange-nacht-der-musik-politik-mit-der-violine-1.3204715″]

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More articles about the indictment of 17 people for corruption in the case of the Rroma camps around the Italian Capital.
These camps are a shame and one now understands why they still exist …

– Mafia Roma, Comune: rischio processo per 17 funzionari politiche sociali, appalti campi rom. Il Nuovo Corriere. 13.10.2016. http://www.corrierediroma-news.it/2016/10/13/mafia-roma-comune-rischio-processo-per-17-funzionari-politiche-sociali-appalti-campi-rom/
– Campi nomadi: conferenza stampa Martelli su commissione inchiesta. In: Agi.it. 11.10.2016. http://www.agi.it/regioni/abruzzo/2016/10/11/news/campi_nomadi_conferenza_stampa_martelli_su_commissione_inchiesta-1153620/ [link-preview url=”http://www.corrierediroma-news.it/2016/10/13/mafia-roma-comune-rischio-processo-per-17-funzionari-politiche-sociali-appalti-campi-rom/
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Myria, a Belgian Federal organisation on migration issued its 19th report on human trafficking. In Belgium, 33 infractions to the law on human trafficking were related to begging and implicitly to Rroma.
Enough for the Press to title and generalise that all beggars are in the hands of human traffickers and a mafia, stereotypes that are totally untrue and dangerous. Really BAD!!!
And across the border, in the North of France, the police tries to arrest beggars in Lille … This will not solve the problem.

– Quand les mendiants sont aux mains des trafiquants. In: Le Soir. 13.10.2016. http://plus.lesoir.be/63725/article/2016-10-13/quand-les-mendiants-sont-aux-mains-des-trafiquants
– Mendicité : la vérité sur les Roms. In: Le Vif. 13.10.2016. http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/mendicite-la-verite-sur-les-roms/article-normal-561385.html
– Des mendiants aux mains de trafiquants. In: La Libre. 14.10.2016. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/des-mendiants-aux-mains-de-trafiquants-57ffa651cd70cd5761c9f196
– Mendicité des enfants roms : série d’arrestations de parents par la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 13.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/58987/article/2016-10-13/mendicite-des-enfants-roms-serie-d-arrestations-de-parents-par-la-police

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Only a few news this week on Rroma in France. The fate of the Rroma from Montreuil who were evicted in July still dominate the news. Frankly, had half the energy that has been put into news, manifestations and other activities be invested into solving the issue, these people would have a house by now. Now, the are threatened with being expelled from France. Among the other news, a fire in a Rroma camp in Grigny, near Paris; neighbours protesting a Rroma squat near Paris; in Western France, in Caen, Rroma from Albania are occupying a house; and finally in the South West, after their eviction, Bulgarian Rroma are sleeping in tents in Mérignac.

– Montreuil : bras de fer entre la municipalité et des Roms attachés à la ville. In: Libération. 13.10.2016. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/10/13/montreuil-bras-de-fer-entre-la-municipalite-et-des-roms-attaches-a-la-ville_1521525
– Montreuil : des Roms sommés de « quitter le territoire » In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-des-roms-sommes-de-quitter-le-territoire-11-10-2016-6194751.php
– Familles Roms expulsées à Montreuil: comment ça va la santé? In: Mediapart. 10.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/101016/familles-roms-expulsees-montreuil-comment-ca-va-la-sante
– Grigny : une partie du camp de Roms part en fumée. In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/grigny-l-incendie-du-camp-de-roms-provoque-la-fermeture-de-l-a6-11-10-2016-6194979.php
– Corbeil-Essonnes : les voisins d’une maison squattée par des Roms exceeds. In: Le Parisien. 10.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/corbeil-essonnes-91100/corbeil-essonnes-les-voisins-d-une-maison-squattee-par-des-roms-excedes-10-10-2016-6191785.php
– Près de Caen. Une famille d’Albanais squatte une maison à Fleury. In: Ouest France. 14.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783
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– Mérignac : après l’évacuation de leur squat, une quinzaine de Roms bulgares dorment dans des tentes. In: FR3 France Info. 10.10.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux-metropole/merignac-apres-evacuation-leur-squat-quinzaine-roms-bulgares-dorment-tentes-1105725.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783″]

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France: Rroma Children Denied School

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According to French NGOs, nearly 9’000 children live in France in Rroma camps (roughly 25’000 people in total – out of probably 500’000 to 750’000 Rroma in that country) and are being denied the most basic right of the French Republic, namely the right to attend school.
Shame on France.

– En France, les enfants Roms privés d’école. In: France Culture. 11.10.2016. http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-choix-de-la-redaction/en-france-les-enfants-roms-prives-decole [link-preview url=”http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-choix-de-la-redaction/en-france-les-enfants-roms-prives-decole”]

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Rroma Pupils Honour British Soldiers

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A group of Rroma schoolchildren form Birmingham honoured the graves of British soldiers who participated in the liberation of concentration camps.

– Roma pupils honour the British soldiers who liberated the death camps. In: The Traveller’s Times. 11.10.2016. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/News/Roma-pupils-honour-the-British-soldiers-.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/News/Roma-pupils-honour-the-British-soldiers-.aspx”]

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Rome: Indictments on Kickbacks

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17 businessmen and politicians are currently being indicted in conjunctions with maintenance and building of Rroma camps around the Italian capital…
So that is the reason why these camps still exist …

– Possible 17 indictments over Roma people. In: ANSA. 11.10.2016. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2016/10/11/possible-17-indictments-over-roma-people-2_284055de-f7e5-4329-8d24-f9399e87dc88.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2016/10/11/possible-17-indictments-over-roma-people-2_284055de-f7e5-4329-8d24-f9399e87dc88.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

If you ever Wondered …

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In case you ever wondered why Rroma were not recognised as Holocaust victims for a long time or why generally prosecution of war crimes in Germany was slow after the war, here is why …
The German Federal Justice Ministry was full of Nazi party members, in fact the overall majority.
Scary

– ‘Rosenburg File’ exposes Nazi influence in postwar Germany. In: Irish Times. 11.10.2016. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/rosenburg-file-exposes-nazi-influence-in-postwar-germany-1.2824487 [link-preview url=”http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/rosenburg-file-exposes-nazi-influence-in-postwar-germany-1.2824487″]

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UK Media Slammed for Racism

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The ECRI, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance slammed the UK press for using ““offensive, discriminatory and provocative terminology” and fuelling the rise in racist and xenophobic attacks after the Brexit vote.”
Bad, but the sad truth…

– The EU just slammed the UK’s media, and only ONE British paper bothered to report it properly. In: The Canary. 10.10.2016. http://www.thecanary.co/2016/10/10/eu-just-slammed-uks-media-one-british-paper-bothered-properly-report-images/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thecanary.co/2016/10/10/eu-just-slammed-uks-media-one-british-paper-bothered-properly-report-images/”]

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UK: Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire and Hate Crimes

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The police of Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire have launched initiatives aiming at reducing and preventing hate crime. In Nottinghamshire, this is explicitly geared towards Rroma and Travellers while in Yorkshire, this is more general.
Good that they do it, bad that is is required.

– Notts police back campaign to stop hate crimes. In: Gainsborough Standard. 10.10.2016. http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/notts-police-back-campaign-to-stop-hate-crimes-1-8173119
– West Yorkshire Police Launch Hate Crime Awareness Campaign. In: West Yorkshire Police. 07.10.2016. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news/west-yorkshire-police-launch-hate-crime-awareness-campaign [link-preview url=”http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/notts-police-back-campaign-to-stop-hate-crimes-1-8173119
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Heidelberg: Rroma Exhibition

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A large exhibition of work from Rroma artists is taking place in Heidelberg’s castle. It is organised by the Künstlerbund und Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma, and the gallery Galerie Kai Dikhas from Berlin is also participating.

– Sinti- und Roma-Künstler stellen mit Künstlerbund Heidelberg im Ottheinrichsbau aus. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 11.10.2016. http://www.rnz.de/kultur-tipps/kultur-regional_artikel,-Sinti-und-Roma-Kuenstler-stellen-mit-Kuenstlerbund-Heidelberg-im-Ottheinrichsbau-aus-_arid,227378.html [link-preview url=”http://www.rnz.de/kultur-tipps/kultur-regional_artikel,-Sinti-und-Roma-Kuenstler-stellen-mit-Kuenstlerbund-Heidelberg-im-Ottheinrichsbau-aus-_arid,227378.html”]

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Italy: A book on Rroma

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A new book “the good little virgin of via Ormea” by Algerian born author Amara Lakhous details the tensions between Rroma and the general population in the Italian city of Turin. An young Italian girl is accusing two Rroma boys of rape and a journalist strives to find out the truth.

– ‘Good Little Virgin’: Clashes among many Italies. In: Phillie.com. 07.10.2016. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20161009__Good_Little_Virgin___Clashes_among_many_Italies.html [link-preview url=”http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20161009__Good_Little_Virgin___Clashes_among_many_Italies.html”]

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France: Living with Rroma

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A French writer and theatre women spent the summer with Rroma in Strasbourg’s streets and camps. From this experience, she wrote short stories she will be reading in public on October 14th in that city.

– Dans l’intimité des Roms de Strasbourg avec Claire Audhuy. In: Rue 89 Strasbourg. 06.10.2016. http://www.rue89strasbourg.com/claire-audhuy-roms-de-strasbourg-112583 [link-preview url=”http://www.rue89strasbourg.com/claire-audhuy-roms-de-strasbourg-112583″]

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Germany, Bulgaria, and Prostitution

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The story of a Bulgarian Rromni forced into prostitution by Bulgarian men – ethnicity not specified. Sad but this unfortunately happens. Let’s hope the men will be condemned appropriately.

– 19-Jährige flüchtet aus Zwangsprostitution. In: LZ.de. 08.10.2016. http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html”]

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Kosovo: The Forgotten Rroma

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An article about the forgotten victims of the Kosovo War: the Rroma. This time about the Rroma refugees in Montenegro.
As a reminder, there are currently less than 10% of the Rroma in Kosovo than the country had before the war.

– Les Roms, oubliés de la guerre du Kosovo. In: Ouest France. 05.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226″]

France News Western Europe

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In France, more of the same but this week with many news about criminality: Montreuil again, with the Rroma being evicted yet another time; in Ivry, near Paris, the story of Rroma being on the way to integration; in Western France, expulsed Rroma will be relocated; also in the West, associations fear the impact of the winter on Rroma; in Roubaix, in the North, 40 Rroma were expulsed; then an article on how to help young Rroma to get into school. Then Rroma passing themselves as Syrian Refugees; Rroma stopping cars and banging on windows to ask for money; and finally, a young Rom condemned for the rape of an English tourist.

– Montreuil : les familles roms évacuées de la place Jean-Jaurès. In: Le Parisien. 03.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-les-familles-roms-evacuees-de-la-place-jean-jaures-03-10-2016-6172551.php
– Montreuil. Familles Roms expulsées : vive l’égalité ! In: Mediapart. 08.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/081016/montreuil-familles-roms-expulsees-vive-legalite
– Montreuil ou l’irresponsabilité des responsables politiques. In: Mediapart. 06.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/061016/montreuil-ou-lirresponsabilite-des-responsables-politiques
– Ivry : les familles Roms du camp Truillot sur le chemin de la reinsertion. In: Le Parisien. 04.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-les-familles-roms-du-camp-truillot-sur-le-chemin-de-la-reinsertion-04-10-2016-6175349.php
– Les familles roms seront relogées au Pont-des-Marais, à Treillières. In: Ouest France. 04.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/les-familles-roms-seront-relogees-au-pont-des-marais-treillieres-4535386
– A Indre, l’association Romsi redoute l’hiver pour les Roms. In: Ouest France. 06.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/indre-l-association-romsi-redoute-l-hiver-pour-les-roms-4540140
– Une quarantaine de Roms qui squattaient une maison expulsés ce matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 07.10.;2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/55892/article/2016-10-07/une-quarantaine-de-roms-qui-squattaient-une-maison-expulses-ce-matin
– Comment améliorer la scolarisation des jeunes roms ? In: Respect Mag. 08.10.2016. http://www.respectmag.com/24336-comment-ameliorer-la-scolarisation-des-jeunes-roms
– ARNAQUE : DES ROMS SE FONT PASSER POUR DE FAUX RÉFUGIÉS SYRIENS. In: Minute News. 04.10.2016. http://www.minutenews.fr/actualite/societe/arnaque-roms-se-passer-de-faux-refugies-syriens-184239.html
– Paris : ces arnaques pratiquées par les Roms dans la rue. In: Planet.fr. 03.10.2016. http://www.planet.fr/societe-paris-ces-arnaques-pratiquees-par-les-roms-dans-la-capitale.1194856.29336.html
– Des “Roms” ont intercepté des voitures dans l’Oesling. In: 5 Minutes.lu. 06.10.2016. http://5minutes.rtl.lu/grande-region/laune/963277.html
Cergy-le-Haut : jugés pour le viol d’une jeune Anglaise dans le RER A. In: Le Parisien. 05.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ableiges-95450/cergy-le-haut-juges-pour-le-viol-d-une-jeune-anglaise-dans-le-rer-a-05-10-2016-6178345.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-les-familles-roms-evacuees-de-la-place-jean-jaures-03-10-2016-6172551.php”]

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Stumbling Stones

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There are 33 new Stumbling Stones in Köln, among them one commemorating the deportation of Rroma and Sinti.

– 33 neue Stolpersteine in Köln, In: Köln Nachrichten. 07.10.2016. http://koeln-nachrichten.de/lokales/neues-aus-koeln/33-neue-stolpersteine-in-koeln/ [link-preview url=”http://koeln-nachrichten.de/lokales/neues-aus-koeln/33-neue-stolpersteine-in-koeln/”]

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Virginia Raggi, the new Five Stars mayor of Rome is getting more and more flak on her administration of the city and amongst this, about the Rroma camps. In spite of her promises, she continues the previous administration’s policy and continues to finance the camps, even planning to expand them.
For this, she is being criticised by the Rroma roganisations.

– ROM, ROCCA (FDI): SULLA GESTIONE DAL CAMPIDOGLIO NON CAMBIA NULLA. In: Roma Daily News. 07.10.2016. http://www.romadailynews.it/politica/rom-rocca-fdi-sulla-gestione-dal-campidoglio-non-cambia-nulla-0295118
– Roma, Associazione 21 luglio: “Con Giunta Raggi la stagione dei campi rom non è finita” In: Rep TV. http://video.repubblica.it/edizione/roma/roma-associazione-21-luglio-con-giunta-raggi-la-stagione-dei-campi-rom-non-e-finita/254348/254560 [link-preview url=”http://www.romadailynews.it/politica/rom-rocca-fdi-sulla-gestione-dal-campidoglio-non-cambia-nulla-0295118″]

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Two long articles and analysis on the fact that in spite of promises, the new mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi and her party the five stars movement, are reneging on their electoral promises to close the camps around Rome.
SHAME!

– Rom, i campi non chiudono, “21 luglio”: “Ecco il sistema a 5 stelle” In: R. Italia. 05.10.2016. http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2016/10/05/news/rom_i_campi_non_chiudono_21_luglio_ecco_il_sistema_a_5_stelle_-149182944/
– ROM, COME SARANNO I ‘VILLAGGI A 5 STELLE’ DELLA GIUNTA RAGGI. In: BCRMagazine. 05.10.2016. https://www.bcrmagazine.it/201635111/rom-come-saranno-i-villaggi-a-5-stelle-della-giunta-raggi.php [link-preview url=”http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2016/10/05/news/rom_i_campi_non_chiudono_21_luglio_ecco_il_sistema_a_5_stelle_-149182944/”]

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Roma: 5 Stars and Rroma Camps

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The new 5 Stars Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, had promised to close the Rroma camps that surround the capital and which are financed by the city (with lots of corruption …).
Instead, the city has just put out a new tender for a new camp to be built for 12 Mio Euro.
SHAME and broken promises.

– Roma, la Raggi spende 12 milioni per i campi rom. In: Il Giornale. 05.10.2016. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/roma-raggi-spende-12-milioni-i-campi-rom-1314896.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/roma-raggi-spende-12-milioni-i-campi-rom-1314896.html”]

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