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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

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No Refugees in Buchenwald

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The press made a mistake… The rumour that refugees would be housed on the Buchenwald concentration camp site were proved to be wrong. Thanks God.

No refugees housed a former Nazi camp Buchenwald. In: World Jewish Congress. 16.09.2015. http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/no-refugees-housed-a-former-nazi-camp-buchenwald-9-3-2015

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French Chronicle

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Less news in France, probably due to the refugees… In Tourcoing, in the North, Rroma are expulsed; as in Asnières near Paris; while in Lille, Rroma express their opinion on the insertion villages; and in Roubaix, also in the North, the value of a house decrease if you have Rroma neighbours…

Tourcoing : les familles Roms ont reçu leur avis d’expulsion. In: La Voix du Nord. 16.09.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/tourcoing-les-familles-roms-ont-recu-leur-avis-d-expulsion-ia26b58810n3047050
Asnières : 300 Roms expulsés de leur camp. In: Le Parisien. 09.09.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/asnieres-sur-seine-92600/asnieres-300-roms-expulses-de-leur-camp-09-09-2015-5076849.php
Lille : et les familles roms, que pensent-elles du village d’insertion ? In: La Voix du Nord. 13.09.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-et-les-familles-roms-que-pensent-elles-du-village-ia19b57395n3041646
Roubaix: le voisinage des Roms l’empêche de vendre sa maison. In: La Voix du Nord. 14.09.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/roubaix-le-voisinage-des-roms-l-empeche-de-vendre-sa-maison-ia24b58797n3044683

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A Rroma Family Expulsed in Grenoble

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Local residents in a suburb of Grenoble, France, took justice in their own hands and expulsed a Rroma family which was squatting an abandoned house. Police condoned the act and escorted the Rroma away.

DANGEROUS … Justice should be left to the courts and police, not to the crowds.

Les habitants d’un quartier font expulser une famille de Roms en Isère. In: Les InRocks. 15.09.2015. http://www.lesinrocks.com/2015/09/15/actualite/les-habitants-dun-quartier-font-expulser-une-famille-de-roms-en-isere-11774576/
Rom: une famille expulsée de force par les habitants d’un village d’Isère. In: MCE TV. 15.09.2015. http://mcetv.fr/mon-mag-politique-societe/faits-divers/rom-famille-expulsee-force-habitants-village-isere-1509/
Une famille de Roms qui squattait une propriété privée délogée par les riverains malgré la présence de gauchistes. In: Nouvelles de France. 15.09.2015. http://www.ndf.fr/nos-breves/12-09-2015/une-famille-de-roms-qui-squattait-une-propriete-privee-delogee-par-les-riverains-malgre-la-presence-de-gauchistes#.VflnELSocqu
Des riverains expulsent une famille Rom qui squattait une maison privée. In: Bien Public. 13.09.2015. http://www.bienpublic.com/actualite/2015/09/13/saint-martin-d-es-riverains-expulsent-une-famille-de-rom

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Ban on Balkan Refugees?

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Macedonia is saying the EU is planning a ban on Balkan refugees. This is already the case with the so-called “safe countries” but could be extended to Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro. This would bar Rroma who are discriminated in those countries from seeking asylum and would also deprive the community of a mean to improve their fate in those countries. This only happens if refugees are on the EU’s door.

EU Ban on Balkan Asylum Seekers Alarms Roma. In: Balkan Insight. 11.09.2015. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/refugee-crisis-to-close-doors-for-balkan-asylum-seekers-09-10-2015

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Argument against Compassion: A Must Read for Counterarguments

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Read this… Badly thought arguments, and the way against them on the refugee crisis. The paragraph on Rroma is particularly scary: The argument goes as follows: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria have not managed to integrated their Rroma, so they cannot take on any refugees.

The right way to say it: Nationalistic policies have tried to ethnicise and segregate minorities, and these have failed. Has nothing to do with refugees, and all to do with tolerance.

Smilov, Daniel. The argument against compassion: Europe and the refugees. In: Open Democracy. 14.09.2015. https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/daniel-smilov/argument-against-compassion-europe-and-refugees

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Education is Key to Success!

September 23, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Representatives of the Rroma education fund met last Friday in Budapest and re-iterated that education is key for Rroma. Without it, no integration will truly be possible.

„Bildung ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg!“. In: Budapester Zeitung. 12.09.2015. http://www.budapester.hu/2015/09/12/bildung-ist-der-schluessel-zum-erfolg/

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France: Same Mobilisation for Rroma as for Refugees

September 14, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Several politicians are asking for a national conference to mobilise means and people for Rroma as they have been now for refugees. And the Communist Party (by the way, the one that closed the camp in la Courneuve) is asking for a regional conference to better distribute Rroma in the various towns around Paris.

Des élus et associations réclament la même mobilisation pour les Roms que pour les réfugiés. In: Jean Marc Morandini.com. 11.08.2015. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-342600-des-elus-et-associations-reclament-la-meme-mobilisation-pour-les-roms-que-pour-les-refugies.html
Roms : une « conférence régionale » pour répartir l’effort d’accueil en IDF. In: LA Gazette des Communes. 04.09.2015. http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/390608/roms-une-conference-regionale-pour-repartir-leffort-daccueil-en-idf/