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French Chronicle …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The endless cycle continues … An unlikely hero in Paris, the voice of the Ghetto Joszef Farkas from La Courneuve; neighbours concerned about Rroma moving in in the Rhone valley; Rroma from la Courneuve re-building their church; imminent expulsion in Saint Denis near Paris; the usual story about exploitation and criminal mendacity in Montpellier – as usual not really as stated; and finally an article on refugees at the Porte de Clichy in Paris.

Jozsef, une nouvelle star chez les Roms. In: L’Obs. 25.09.2015. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/l-obs-du-soir/20150925.OBS6564/jozsef-une-nouvelle-star-chez-les-roms.html
Saint-Genis-les-Ollières : la venue de 160 Roms entraîne un mouvement de contestation. In: Le Progrès. 25.09.2015. http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone/2015/09/25/saint-genis-les-ollieres-la-venue-de-160-roms-entraine-un-mouvement-de-contestation
Expulsés de la Courneuve, des roms reconstruisent leur église. In: Le Parisien. 26.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/expulses-de-la-courneuve-des-roms-reconstruisent-leur-eglise-26-09-2015-5129763.php
Roms : expulsion imminente à Saint-Denis. In: Amnesty International. 21.09.2015. http://www.amnesty.fr/Informez-vous/Les-actus/Roms-expulsion-imminente-Saint-Denis-16131
Barrere, François. Montpellier : il exploitait des enfants et des femmes rom pour lamendicité. In: Midi Libre. 23.09.2015. http://www.midilibre.fr/2015/09/23/mendicite-un-reseau-rom-frappe,1217129.php
Paris : à la rencontre des réfugiés de la porte de Clichy. In: MetroNews. 24.09.2015. http://www.metronews.fr/paris/a-la-rencontre-des-refugies-de-la-porte-de-clichy/moix!BCAqs6FoADeU/

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Minorities in Brazil … Not all Equal

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

UN is asking Brazil to fulfil promises to implement measures to ensure the equality of all minorities. Let’s not forget that Brazil has a large minority of Rroma, among which many Kalderasha.

UN rights expert urges Brazil to introduce measures to ‘fulfill promises of equality’ for minorities. In: UN News Centre. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51965#.VgfP77Soedq

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France: Collective Discrimination

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

According to a report from Romeurope, a collective engaged in defending Rroma, France is systematically discriminating and segregating Rroma. They denounce the practices of the expulsions and the overall policy of the French government.

Well Done!!!

Les Roms, victimes d’un “véritable système de mise au ban” en France. In: BFM TV. 23.09.2015. http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/les-roms-victimes-d-un-veritable-systeme-de-mise-au-ban-en-france-917022.html
Roms, le rapport qui accuse. In: La Provence. 24.09.2015. http://www.laprovence.com/article/actualites/3590669/roms-le-rapport-qui-accuse.html

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Expensive …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Seems that the French policies of systematic expulsions are not only inefficient, they are also expensive…

Sterlé, Carole. Si chères expulsions de bidonvilles. In: Le Parisien. 23.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/si-cheres-expulsions-de-bidonvilles-23-09-2015-5119735.php

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The Dog …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The story of the dog is still doing the rounds. The police is now investigating (at last), and the press still reports on it. What is missed by all, are that the statements of the person who snatched the dog are deliberately generalising and racist … Not all Rroma drug their dogs or eat their cats. As least I don’t.

SHAME!!!

La vidéo d’une association de défense des animaux fait scandale. In: MetroNews. 25.09.2015. http://www.metronews.fr/info/video-la-video-d-une-association-de-defense-des-animaux-fait-scandale/moiw!yEphSfUb8Q0c/
La police ouvre une enquête après l’agression d’un SDF et le vol de son chien. In: Le Monde. 25.09.2015. http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/09/25/la-police-ouvre-une-enquete-apres-l-agression-d-un-sdf-et-le-vol-de-son-chien_4772266_3224.html?xtmc=chien&xtcr=2
Animal Activists Snatch Puppy From Homeless Man, Furor Erupts. In: Huffington Post US. 26.09.2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/animal-rights-activists-puppy-homeless-man_5605886ae4b0dd8503075f3a
Video: Homeless man assaulted, has dog stolen by animal rights group. In: The Examiner. 25.09.2015. http://www.examiner.com/article/video-homeless-man-assaulted-has-dog-stolen-by-animal-rights-group
Animal rights workers allegedly caught on film stealing puppy from homeless man. In: The Weather space. 25.09.2015. http://theweatherspace.com/2015/09/25/142801-animal-rights-workers-allegedly-caught-on-film-stealing/

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Rroma Refugees in Hamburg

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Rroma who are under threat of deportation to their former “home” country due to the “safe country” regulation are currently occupying a church in Hamburg. This is their last hope. And a shame for Germany, especially in the case of Rroma from Bosnia and from Kosovo, two countries that were ethnically cleansed with Europe watching and doing nothing.

Kirchenzuflucht als letzte Hoffnung für Sinti und Roma. In: Abendblatt. 24.09.2015. http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/hamburg-mitte/article205790953/Kirchenzuflucht-als-letzte-Hoffnung-fuer-Sinti-und-Roma.html#
Kirchenkreis kündigt Unterstützung für Roma an. In: NDR. 24.09.2015. http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Sinti-und-Roma-wollen-Bleiberecht-einklagen,roma176.html
Kirchenbesetzungsaufruf von Sinti und Roma “inakzeptabel” In: Die Welt. 24.09.2015. http://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article146817946/Kirchenbesetzungsaufruf-von-Sinti-und-Roma-inakzeptabel.html

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A Shirt … Follow Up

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The story of the shirt on sale about killing Rroma continues. The German Central Committee of Roma and Sinti lodged a formal complaint with the police against the internet provider which displayed and sell shirts saying “we kill Gypsies”.

GOOD…

Zentralrat erstattet Anzeige wegen Mordaufruf. In: Berliner Zeitung. 24.09.2015. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/panorama/sinti-und-roma-zentralrat-erstattet-anzeige-wegen-mordaufruf,10808334,31893374.html

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A Dog …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

A militant activist beat up a homeless man to steal his puppy, claiming it was drugged. Well, maybe, but how did he know beforehand? And the proof is still outstanding. Cherry on the cake, the militant claims that Rroma drug their animals, and even some of them eat cats.

This is not limited to Rroma, and it seems that while cat eaters are found among all populations, idiots, bigots, and racists are too.

SHAME…

«Un acte d’une extrême violence, sans pitié». In: 20 Minutes CH. 24.09.2015. http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/faits_divers/story/31781303
Une association arrache un chiot des bras d’un SDF: “Cause animale Nord” avait-elle le droit d’agir de la sorte? In: RTL BE. 24.09.2015. http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/france/une-association-arrache-un-chiot-des-bras-d-un-sdf-cause-animale-nord-avait-elle-le-droit-d-agir-de-la-sorte-video–757056.aspx
Knopf, Ehsan. French animal rights group steals pleading homeless man’s dog as shocked bystanders watch on. In: 9 News. 24.09.2015. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/09/24/15/57/french-animal-rights-group-steals-pleading-homeless-mans-dog-as-shocked-bystanders-watch-on#uJWgrVXFxhkgaE6y.99
Messenger, Stephen. Homeless Man Screams In Horror As People Run Away With His Dog. In: The Dodo. 24.09.2015. https://www.thedodo.com/homeless-man-dog-stolen-video-1366445941.html
Kaye, Jasmine. Paris: Animal rights activists seize puppy from homeless man. In: Yahoo News. 24.09.2015. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/paris-animal-rights-activists-seize-213009699.html#f6KmTML
Animal Rights Activists See Homeless Man With A Dog; What They Do Next Is Causing Outrage. In: Western Journalism. 24.09.2015. http://www.westernjournalism.com/animal-rights-activists-see-homeless-man-with-a-dog-what-they-do-next-is-causing-outrage/
French homeless man cries out as activists steal his puppy: Watch video. In: Examiner. 24.09.2015. http://www.examiner.com/article/french-homeless-man-cries-out-as-activists-steal-his-puppy-watch-video
French Animal Rights Activist ‘Snatch Puppy from Homeless Man’. In: iSurfPaducah. 24.09.2015. http://isurfpaducah.com/2015/09/25/french-animals-rights-activists-snatch-puppy-from-homeless12583/

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Insertions Villages Are Out

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Seems that integration is not that relevant. So called insertions villages near Paris have been cancelled. Why is not clear, but needs to be asked …

Perrier, Nathalie. Roms dans le 93 : la fin des villages d’insertion. In: Le Parisien. 21.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/aubervilliers-93300/roms-dans-le-93-la-fin-des-villages-d-insertion-21-09-2015-5113741.php

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French Chronicle …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

France continues its seemingly never ending circle. How about changing it an investing energies into something more constructive? In Montreuil, 117 families were expulsed; in Wissous, in the North of France, benevoles are helping children to get to school, all the while shadowed by the worries about a fire in the camps there; in Savoy, a Rroma camo was destroyed by a fire; in Lille, Rroma have a three months reprieve; in Tourcoing, in the North of France, Rroma were served an eviction letter; while the association Eurrom tries to integrate Rroma;

Thomas, Sébastien.Montreuil a sorti 117 familles roms de la rue. In: Le Parisien. 21.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-a-sorti-117-familles-roms-de-la-rue-21-09-2015-5113769.php
D’Ornellas, Marie. A Wissous, des bénévoles improvisent un ramassage scolaire d’enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 17.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/wissous-91320/a-wissous-des-benevoles-improvisent-un-ramassage-scolaire-d-enfants-roms-17-09-2015-5101881.php
D’Ornellas, Marie. Inquiétudes après un incendie dans le bidonville rom de Wissous. In: Le Parisien. 18.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/wissous-91320/inquietudes-apres-un-incendie-dans-le-bidonville-rom-de-wissous-18-09-2015-5105295.php
Un camp rom détruit par les flammes à Cran-Gevrier, en Haute-Savoie. In France 3. 19.09.2015. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/alpes/haute-savoie/annecy/un-camp-rom-detruit-par-les-flammes-cran-gevrier-en-haute-savoie-810831.html
David, Chantal. Lille : les familles roms ont trois mois pour quitter le carrefour Pasteur. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.09.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-les-familles-roms-ont-trois-mois-pour-quitter-le-ia19b0n3049073
Tourcoing: le maire écrit aux habitants du Virolois sur l’expulsion des Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.09.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/tourcoing-le-maire-ecrit-aux-habitants-du-virolois-sur-ia26b58810n3049326
Eurrom : faire de ces jeunes des citoyens. In: Sud Ouest. 23.09.2015. http://www.sudouest.fr/2015/09/23/eurrom-faire-de-ces-jeunes-des-citoyens-2132362-2760.php

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Rroma in Germany Protest Expulsions

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Rroma in Hamburg have occupied a church as a protest against blanket expulsions based on the “safe country” principle. Especially when in the case of Kosovo, Bosnia, this is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Join the protest!

40 Roma dürfen vorerst im Hamburger Michel bleiben. In: Die Welt. 22.09.2015. http://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article146706930/40-Roma-duerfen-vorerst-im-Hamburger-Michel-bleiben.html
Sinti und Roma wollen Bleiberecht einklagen. In: NDR. 23.09.2015. http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Sinti-und-Roma-wollen-Bleiberecht-einklagen,roma172.html
Lamprecht, Stephanie. Roma wollen weitere Kirchen besetzen. In: Morgenpost. 23.09.2015. http://www.mopo.de/nachrichten/protest-gegen-abschiebung-roma-wollen-weitere-kirchen-besetzen,5067140,31882758.html
Mikuteit, Hanna-Lotte; Heinemann, Christoph; Schirg, OliverRoma-Flüchtlinge im Michel – die wichtigsten Fragen. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. 21.09.2015. http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/hamburg-mitte/article205781367/Roma-Fluechtlinge-im-Michel-die-wichtigsten-Fragen.html#

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Aferim

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The movie is making waves! Good, but let’s remember this is Romania, and Romania only. Let’s not generalise on all Rroma.

Oscar-contender explores Roma enslavement. In: Euronews. 18.09.2015. http://www.euronews.com/2015/09/18/oscar-contender-explores-roma-enslavement/

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Zemour Freed …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Eric Zemmour, a French polemist who deliberately insulted minorities among which Rroma, was cleared by a French court. The reasoning beyond this was as usual that there was a part of reality.

SHAME!!!!

Poursuivi pour provocation à la haine, Éric Zemmour a été relaxé mardi. In: Le Point. 22.09.2015. http://www.lepoint.fr/justice/poursuivi-pour-provocation-a-la-haine-eric-zemmour-a-ete-relaxe-mardi-22-09-2015-1967004_2386.php

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A Shirt …

September 27, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

NOT ACCEPTABLE! Please say so to the vendor.
The web shop pulled the plug this afternoon. But they let it slip. Let’s watch.

– „Wir töten die Zigeuner“: Online-Shop verkauft T-Shirts mit Hass-Parolen. In: Deutsch Türkische Nachrichten. 22.09.2015. http://www.deutsch-tuerkische-nachrichten.de/2015/09/518274/wir-toeten-zigeuner-online-shop-verkauft-t-shirts-mit-hass-parolen/
– Original Sales offering in Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.de/sinti_und_roma_jager_shirt_hemden-235690161061658060

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Holocaust

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

A conference on the fate of Sinti and Rroma under the Third Reich shows the facts as they are: It was a racially based persecution, something that is often not so clear in people’s minds. Good to speak about it.

Maute, Diana. Manuel Werner über die Verfolgung der Sinti und Roma. In: Hohenzollerische Zeitung. 17.09.2015. http://www.swp.de/hechingen/lokales/hechingen/Manuel-Werner-ueber-die-Verfolgung-der-Sinti-und-Roma;art5612,3432587

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Genetics …

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

A new genetic study about Rroma clearly shows their origins and part of their migrations. Serious and interesting.

Origins, admixture and founder lineages in European Roma. In: European Journal of Human Genetics. 16.09.2015. http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ejhg2015201a.html

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Fashion and Rroma

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The designer Mary Katrantzou in her latest show is inspired by Kusturica’s movie “The Time of the Gypsies”. Fine, but saying that it is a “film that demonstrates the traditional Romani culture” is WRONG AND FALSE.

It is a movie that depicts poor Rroma engaged in criminal activities. It is a film about being poor and outcast, not about cultural traits.

London: Designer Inspirations, Spring 2016. In: WWD. 17.09.2015. http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/london-designer-inspirations-spring-10224271/

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Italy, Mafia, and Gypsies

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The burial of a Mafia boss in Rome did make it to the press. It was outlandish, and according to the reports, this was a Sinti syndicate… Far from sure, which is why we never published anything on this at all. This article summarises the entire story and asks the right questions. This is scary!

L’Italie et ses tsiganes : de quoi la mafia est-elle en train de devenir le nom? In: L’Obs. 15.09.2015. http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/idees/20150912.OBS5713/l-italie-et-ses-tsiganes-de-quoi-la-mafia-est-elle-en-train-de-devenir-le-nom.html

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Serbian Rroma Expulsed from Germany Denied Social Help

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

According to latest news, Rroma who are expulsed from Germany and return to Serbia will be denied any social help, according to a publication from Amnesty International.

This needs to be closely monitored!

Serbie: Les Roms expulsés d’Allemagne n’auront plus droit aux aides sociales. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 17.09.2015. http://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/le-fil-de-l-info/serbie-les-roms-expulses-d-allemagne-n-auront-plus-droit-aux-aides-sociales.html

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School Help in Germany

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

A report on the so-called “Bildungsberater” in Germany, people who help the integration of Rroma children in schools. Most of them, as the person cited here, are Rroma themselves.

Bravo!

Mehr Teilhabe durch Bildungsberater. In: Deutschlandfunk. 11.09.2015. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sinti-und-roma-mehr-teilhabe-durch-bildungsberater.680.de.html?dram:article_id=330825