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Auschwitz’s accountant: 4 years of Prison

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Auschwitz’s accountant: 4 years of Prison

Auschwitz’s accountant, Oskar Grönning, was condemned to 4 years of prison as an accessory to murder to 300’000 people. These are the documented victims of Auschwitz, with roughly 21’000 Rroma and Sinti. One should never forget though that people who were sent directly to the gas chambers were not registered and the overall number of victims was much higher in Auschwitz.

– Auschwitz-Prozess: Vier Jahre Haft für SS-Mann Gröning. In: Osnabrücker Zeitung. 15.07.2015. http://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/niedersachsen/artikel/596012/auschwitz-prozess-vier-jahre-haft-fur-ss-mann-groning-1

 

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Another report on the expulsions of the Ivry Camp

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Another report on the expulsions of the Ivry Camp

L’Humanité – the French communist newspaper – reports on the evictions of the large camp in Ivry and states that the state is devoid of means to help Rroma. One should also remind readers that expulsions have been requested by mayors of all political parties, including the communist one.

And one should also remind France that the migrant Rroma to which so much newspaper space is devoted are a small fraction of Rroma living in France.

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Turkey: Investigation of police march in Rroma camps

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Turkey: Investigation of police march in Rroma camps

Following the accusations by the Rroma MP in Turkey (we reported), an investigation was launched in Turkey on the police “march” into a Rroma neighbourhood of Edirne. During that police intervention, the police made racist statements besides arresting several people of these neighbourhoods on more than flimsy charges.

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6 convicted for a raid on a Rroma camp

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6 convicted for a raid on a Rroma camp

An Italian court in Turin found 6 people guilty of arson aggravated by racial hatred for a raid on a Rroma camp in December 20122. The defendants set the camp on fire after an Italian girl falsely claimed to have been raped by Rroma.

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Berlin: Interdiction of begging for children or with children

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Berlin: Interdiction of begging for children or with children

As we already reported, the debate in the Berlin Senate on the vote of an interdiction of begging for or with children based on “Missbrauch” [abuse] of the children is continuing. The abuse refers to violations of the child’s welfare as well as a violation of the law on compulsory education. Associations, however counter that begging is often the only revenues for families and that an interdictions will not help.

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Strasbourg: Cat and Mouse

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Strasbourg: Cat and Mouse

Every morning, as early as 5 AM, the city of Strasbourg expels ca. 20 Rroma who camp illegally, as they have no other possibility of sleep. This game continues and seems not to have any end. A shame.

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Berlin Rroma house

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Berlin Rroma house

A further article about a “horror house” in Berlin Schöneberg. Many Rroma families live in this house and the owners have let it decay (while profiting from inflated rents). The Zentralrat of the Roma and Sinti criticised the local government for not having stepped in earlier and having let the situation escalate to the current levels.

We have to agree with them!

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French Summary …

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French Summary …

As usual in the summer, the expulsions continue in France. In Marseille, where the expulsed came back and were again expulsed; in Lilles; in Chelles; in Croix; in Ivry, Aubervillers, and Ris Orangis near Paris; in Nantes; while in Hautbourdin (North) and Bordeaux, Rroma can still stay for a while; and in Grenoble, the fate of the camp is now in the hands of the justice; and finally in Roubaix, a fire destroyed a camp.

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Turkey: Rroma settlements used as police training grounds

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Turkey: Rroma settlements used as police training grounds

The new Rrom parliament member Özcan Purçu has been denouncing the police violence in Rroma settlements (Mahala), which, according to Purçu, the Police is using as training grounds for their riot and crowd control division.

This has to stop. JOIN US to protest

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Montpellier: Shopkeepers want to set up a vigilante group

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Montpellier: Shopkeepers want to set up a vigilante group

Shopkeepers want to set up a vigilante group to combat the Rroma who “harass” tourists and shopkeepers alike in the centre of town.

We are definitively against any such measure. There is a police and there is a law. There is no place to have vigilantes, especially when their targets are clearly defined along minorities lines.

JOIN US to protest.

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Berlin: Interdiction of begging for and with children

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Berlin: Interdiction of begging for and with children

Berlin is now pondering the interdiction of begging for and with children under 14 years old. Similar measures were passed in many cities, for example in Switzerland, based on the same reason, i.e. protecting the children and avoiding exploitation of children. However, these measures do nothing to solve the inherent poverty problem which is at the core of the problem. It is not a Rroma issue, it is simply a poverty problem.

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4’000 Rroma expulsed in France

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4’000 Rroma expulsed in France

According Human Rights League, France expulsed nearly 4’000 Rroma from camps over the first 6 months of 2015.

One needs to bear other numbers in mind: 20’000 Rroma migrants live in such camps according to the French authorities. And there are roughly 500’000 Rroma in France. Again, there is a question of proportion: The press devotes all its news to less than a percent of Rroma overall in France!

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Theatre in Dachau

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Theatre in Dachau

A theatre representation in the Munich suburbs of Dachau aims at building down stereotypes towards Rroma and Sinti. The place, Dachau, is more than symbolic, as during the Nazi times, there was a notorious concentration camp there were many German Rroma and Sinti were interned.

To watch!

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Ivry: Pictures of an eviction

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Ivry: Pictures of an eviction

A series of pictures of the eviction of one of the Rroma camps that dot the outskirts of Paris.

In spite of the French focus on these camps and migrants, let’s not forget that these represent less than 20 thousand people whereas there are roughly 500 thousand Rroma in France. So a minority.

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France: 5 years for shooting at burglars

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France: 5 years for shooting at burglars

René Gallinier, the retired Frenchman who shot at two teenage Rroma burglars a while back was sentenced to 5 years of prison, 4 of which on probation. As we already reported, he shot and wounded two girls who were robbing his house and his trial generated quite a buzz in the French press.

This is a mild sentence for something that easily could have resulted in a death.

 

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