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A new Book in France

February 7, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Last, a book for children featuring a young Romni – Luludja (sic. Normally, in Romanes, the first name would be Luludji [flower] not in plural) – but also strengthening the stereotypes. Clearly she comes from Romania (all Roma are from there for the French) in search for a better live, lands in camps etc.

Sometimes, these books are counterproductive.

Pascal Teulade parle de l’ouverture à l’autre, de générosité, et avec un peu de magie aussi grâce à Notre-Dame de Paris ! In: France Info. 06.02.2022. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/franceinfo-junior-livres/la-petite-rom-de-paris-avec-pascal-teulade_4926513.html

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French Chronicle …

February 6, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Not much this week, which in itself is good. The music festival “Welcome en Tsiganie” celebrates its 15^th upcoming edition, although frankly, it also perpetuates some clichés about Roma. Other than that, a peasant angry at Roma for littering his field near Paris; in the South, a violent fight between 4 Kosovo Roma; also in the South, a mayor tries to hinder Roma from setting up new camps by mobilising hunters (yes!); in Grenoble, another squat; and finally, in the north, 3 Roma arrested for suspected stealing of metal from cemeteries have been freed.

Welcome in Tziganie fête ses 15 ans, l’esprit bohême en terres gasconnes. In: Actu.fr. 06.02.2022. https://actu.fr/occitanie/seissan_32426/gers-welcome-in-tziganie-fete-ses-15-ans-l-esprit-boheme-en-terres-gasconnes_48447193.html
Seine-et-Marne. Des Roms recouvrent son champ de déchets, la colère de cet agriculteur. In: Actu.fr. 04.02.2022. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/thieux_77462/seine-et-marne-des-roms-recouvrent-son-champ-de-dechets-la-colere-de-cet-agriculteur_48470456.html
Juvignac : violente rixe au feu rouge entre Kosovars et Roms, quatre individus déférés. In: Midi Libre. 05.02.2022. https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/02/04/juvignac-violente-rixe-au-feu-rouge-entre-kosovars-et-roms-quatre-individus-deferes-10088502.php
Pour empêcher les Roms de s’installer, le maire de Carcès mobilise les chasseurs par SMS. In: Le Var Matin. 03.02.2022. https://www.varmatin.com/politique/pour-empecher-les-roms-de-sinstaller-le-maire-de-carces-mobilise-les-chasseurs-par-sms-743999
Grenoble : une maison de nouveau squattée, les riverains s’agacent. In: Le Dauphiné. 05.02.2022. https://www.ledauphine.com/societe/2022/02/05/isere-grenoble-une-maison-de-nouveau-squattee-les-riverains-s-agacent
Vols de métaux dans les cimetières: les trois interpellés relâchés mais l’enquête se poursuit. In: La Voix du Nord. 04.02.2022. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1136586/article/2022-02-04/vols-de-metaux-dans-les-cimetieres-les-trois-interpelles-relaches-mais-l-enquete

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Jimmy Carr

February 6, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Following the disgusting statement of Jimmy Carr on the Holocaust, news laws could in the future curb these kind of statements an make Netflix liable.

New laws would hold Netflix to account over Carr’s Holocaust joke – Dorries. In: Yahoo. 05.02.2022. https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/laws-hold-netflix-account-over-093127365.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHOl3zoJWLExR4o8SBSEGuiNP-SlIPQDEmYyV-lYOrsbtyu5F7Eom0jQsctQJj1dMhKin1jhMTOXbjXAK9l6eUFIhyFp4GJ3U3wFplX-pGOxWBH4JFDfZ9EbUdY_10FtWxexq2n6OBaa8OkjejG-MHoF8TRVEDO9un5RZzebOsMs
New laws would hold Netflix to account after ‘shocking’ Jimmy Carr joke. In: The Guardian. 05.02.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/05/nadine-dorries-proposes-law-to-rein-in-streamers-after-shocking-jimmy-carr-joke

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Simonida and Sandra Selimović

February 4, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The theater association “Romano Svato” was founded ten years ago by Simonida and Sandra Selimović. Since then, the sisters have become icons of the theatre world.

Sandra. Rampenlicht. In: Deutsche Welle. 03.02.2022. https://www.dw.com/de/simonida-sandra-rampenlicht/a-60613420

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Roma and the Press

February 4, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Needless to say, the press coverage is negative…

Gypsies, Roma and Travellers portrayed negatively and inaccurately in the press, report finds. In: The Canary. 03.02.2022. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2022/02/03/grt-people-portrayed-negatively-and-inaccurately-in-the-press-report-finds/

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Germany and Racial Profiling

February 3, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

A court in Germany concluded that racial profiling is not correct and forbidden in the case of the control of a young man from Guinea. Racial profiling also affects Roma.

Good.

Junger Mann aus Guinea gewinnt Klage wegen Racial Profiling. In: Die Welt. 02.02.2022. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article236642781/Dresden-Mann-aus-Guinea-gewinnt-Klage-gegen-Polizei-wegen-Racial-Profiling.html

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UK, Vaccinations, and Roma

February 2, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Roma have one of the lowest children covid vaccination rate in the UK, at 12%.
Bad.

Disparities in children’s Covid vaccination rates map England’s social divides. In: The Guardian. 01.02.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/01/disparities-in-childrens-covid-vaccination-rates-map-englands-social-divides

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French Chronicle …

January 30, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Pretty usual week in France on Roma. Still several articles about the new “transition village”, i.e. new Roma camp now that the others have been forcefully closed in Montpellier. Near Paris, a fire raged in a camp. In Grenoble, the mayor wants to prevent a new Roma camp after the large fire that spread to industrial buildings. In the North, a commune thinks it has done enough, and the police catches a gang of metal thieves operating in cemmetaries.

Le village de transition des roms en débat à la Métropole de Montpellier : “Il faut agir”. In: Midi Libre. 26.01.2022. https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/01/26/montpellier-le-budget-2022-et-la-fin-du-camp-rom-de-celleneuve-en-debat-a-la-metropole-10068638.php
Création d’un village de transition près de Montpellier : quand la politique s’en mêle. In: Midi Libre. 29.01.2022. https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/01/29/creation-dun-village-de-transition-pres-de-montpellier-quand-la-politique-sen-mele-10075286.php
Bobigny : un incendie nocturne ravage une partie d’un campement de gens du voyage. In: Le Parisien. 28.01.2022. https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bobigny-un-incendie-nocturne-ravage-une-partie-dun-campement-de-gens-du-voyage-28-01-2022-XFY3QLF3UVGMTIW6UXGGNBFPMQ.php
Grenoble : après l’incendie, la directrice de Richardson veut « faire table rase ». In: Le Dauphiné. 25.01.2022. https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2022/01/25/isere-grenoble-apres-l-incendie-la-directrice-de-richardson-veut-faire-table-rase
Villeneuve-d’Ascq fait largement sa part de l’accueil des gens du voyage et des Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.01.2022. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1132031/article/2022-01-25/villeneuve-d-ascq-fait-largement-sa-part-de-l-accueil-des-gens-du-voyage-et-des
Les forces de l’ordre mettent à mal le trafic des voleurs de métaux dans les cimetières. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.01.2022. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1133725/article/2022-01-29/les-forces-de-l-ordre-mettent-mal-le-trafic-des-voleurs-de-metaux-dans-les

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Sachsenhausen Trial

January 29, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, emphasized the importance of trials of Nazi crimes. “It’s about establishing guilt, not about revenge or about bringing an old man to prison,” said Rose on Friday before the start of the 22nd day of the trial in the trial of a suspected former concentration camp guard in Brandenburg/Havel. “But our society must distance itself from such perpetrators.”

Sachsenhausen-Prozess: Romani Rose hofft auf Schuldfeststellung. In: Jüdische Allgemeine. 28.01.2022. https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/sachsenhausen-prozess-romani-rose-hofft-auf-schuldfeststellung/
Sachsenhausen-Prozess: Romani Rose hofft auf Schuldfeststellung. In: Evangelisch. 28.01.2022. https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/196418/28-01-2022/sachsenhausen-prozess-romani-rose-hofft-auf-schuldfeststellung
Romani Rose: «Es geht um Schuldfeststellung, nicht um Rache». In: Stern. 28.01.2022. https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/regional/romani-rose—es-geht-um-schuldfeststellung–nicht-um-rache–31578090.html

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Portugal and Roma

January 29, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

A new project for integration of migrants and Roma in Portugal. Typical: Throwing Roma in the same pot as migrant makes them alien in a country they have been for 600 years.

Sertã municipality implements project for integration of migrants and gypsies. In; The Portugal News. 28.01.2022. https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-01-28/serta-municipality-implements-project-for-integration-of-migrants-and-gypsies/64920

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Portugal and Roma

January 29, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Extreme Right Party Chega uses Roma as scapegoats ahead of the elections. They really stir up racism against Roma right now.

“Chega”, le parti populiste et potentiel faiseur de roi du Portugal. In: Euro News. 28.01.2022. https://fr.euronews.com/2022/01/28/chega-le-parti-populiste-et-potentiel-faiseur-de-roi-du-portugal
Les Tsiganes du Portugal, boucs émissaires de l’extrême droite. In: Le Quotidien. 25.01.2022. https://lequotidien.lu/monde/__trashed-10/
Les Tsiganes, cibles favorites de l’extrême droite portugaise. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 26.01.2022. https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/les-tsiganes-cibles-favorites-de-lextreme-droite-portugaise-796787312077

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Małgorzata Mirga-Tas

January 29, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas will represent Poland at the Venice biennale.

Well done.

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, artystka romskiego pochodzenia, będzie reprezentowała Polskę na Biennale Sztuki w Wenecji. In: Gazeta Prawna. 28.01.2022. https://kultura.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/8344428,mirga-tas-artystka-biennale-sztuki-w-wenecji.html

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Germany: Critique

January 28, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The President of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament, Muhterem Aras, criticized the way in which Sinti and Roma are treated in south-west Germany. “We are just not as tolerant and open as we sometimes pretend to be,” said the Greens politician to the “Schwäbische Zeitung”. Sinti and Roma are German citizens, they are part of our society.

Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine. 27.01.2022. https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma-17756896.html
Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Wochenblatt. 27.01.2022. https://wochenblatt-online.de/aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma/
Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.01.2022. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/geschichte-ravensburg-aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-220127-99-868367

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Auschwitz Liberation

January 27, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

A Remembrance ceremony will be held in Freiburg to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Gegen das Vergessen: Auschwitz-Gedenken in Freiburg. In: SWR. 26.01.2022. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/suedbaden/gegen-das-vergessen-auschwitz-gedenken-in-freiburg-100.html

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Remember

January 27, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

A ceremony was held on the Holocaust Remembrance Day on the site of the first camp for Sinti and Roma in Berlin Marzahn by representatives of Sinti and Roma.

“Erinnerung ist kein Nullsummenspiel”. In: Tagesspeigel. 27.01.2022. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/holocaust-gedenken-der-sinti-und-roma-erinnerung-ist-kein-nullsummenspiel/28016170.html

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Italy: Romanipen Exhibition

January 26, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Rašid Nikolić, who is a skilled puppeteer and an activist of Roma culture, was chosen as director of the traveling exhibition ROMANIPEN, Identity and History of Romani culture. The multimedia exhibition opened in Boves and will reach Turin, Rimini and then Rome in the coming weeks.

Rimini, mostra “Romanipen” contro la discriminazione di Rom e Sinti. In: Chiarmacitta. 25.01.2022. https://www.chiamamicitta.it/inaugura-romanipen-identita-e-storia-della-cultura-romani-la-mostra-sara-a-rimini-a-fin-febbraio/

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Remembrance

January 26, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

On the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Protestant Church of Reconciliation Dachau commemorates the genocide of the Sinti and Roma, which began 80 years ago in the Kulmhof extermination camp. Church councilor Björn Mensing said that around 5,000 Sinti and Roma from the nearby so-called “Gypsy camp” on the edge of the Lodz ghetto were brutally murdered. The focus of the commemoration is the fate of the Austrian Sinti family Endress.

Holocaust-Gedenktag 2022: Erinnerung an 80 Jahre Völkermord an Sinti und Roma. In: Sonntagsblatt. 25.01.2022. https://www.sonntagsblatt.de/holocaust-gedenktag-sinti-roma

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Premiere …

January 25, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

https://proudroma.org/main-page/new-film-inspiring-pride-in-roma-identity-to-premiere-this-month/?fbclid=IwAR3NF9S3_z1L14joP10pdmnZt4NPRyJBJyYr0D2Ce3AdOLngiE7rFqt66xw

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Rome and Roma

January 25, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

A diatribe against Roma in Rome and against the funding set to help them in the camps. The reason: the toxic fumes emanating from many of these camps due, most probably to the burning of wires to recuperate metals.

Roma, Santori (Lega): “Ancora fumi tossici dai campi, ma in bilancio aumentano i fondi per i Rom”. In: Meridiana Notizie. 24.01.2022. https://www.meridiananotizie.it/2022/01/cronaca/roma-santori-lega-ancora-fumi-tossici-dai-campi-ma-in-bilancio-aumentano-i-fondi-per-i-rom/

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Camarón de la Isla

January 24, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The life of José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, is the subject of a graphic novel.

The shrimp returns: beloved flamenco singer Camarón stars in graphic novel. In: The Guardian. 23.01.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/23/flamenco-singer-camaron-de-la-isla-graphic-novel