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Evictions in Italy

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The Italian government is evicting migrants and Roma, with hundreds of them put on the street. This is not a good thing.

– Hundreds of Refugees, Roma Homeless in Italian Eviction Drive. In: VOA News. 14.11.2018. https://www.voanews.com/a/hundreds-of-refugees-and-roma-homeless-in-italian-eviction-drive/4658830.html
– Hundreds of refugees and Roma homeless in Italian eviction drive. In: Relief Web. 14.11.2018. https://reliefweb.int/report/italy/hundreds-refugees-and-roma-homeless-italian-eviction-drive [link-preview url=”https://www.voanews.com/a/hundreds-of-refugees-and-roma-homeless-in-italian-eviction-drive/4658830.html “]

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UK: Hounded

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Seems that UK is not exactly the right place for travellers nowadays…

– Gypsy and traveller families ‘hounded out’ of areas in act of ‘social cleansing’ as councils impose sweeping bans. In: The independent. 19.11.2018. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gypsy-traveller-families-people-sweeping-ban-land-social-cleansing-england-a8637741.html [link-preview url=”https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gypsy-traveller-families-people-sweeping-ban-land-social-cleansing-england-a8637741.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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Many news on camps this week. Main topic, a camp near Paris in Buchelay. The camp is slated for closure but there is no alternative. In the North, a collective defending Roma is set for the long term. They have done a real good job so far. In Western France, in Nantes, a camp burnt down after a fight. In Toulouse, 30 children live in unacceptable conditions; in Sète, in the South of France, a camp is slowly emptying; in Nice, a place to help children after school has just opened; and in the Alps, a squat was evacuated.

– Buchelay : les Roms ne veulent pas partir. In: Le Parisien. 16.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/buchelay-les-roms-ne-veulent-pas-partir-16-11-2018-7944630.php
– Buchelay : expulsion imminente pour les Roms. In: Le Parisien. 12.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/buchelay-expulsion-imminente-pour-les-roms-12-11-2018-7940985.php
– Yvelines. Buchelay : les Roms à la rue après l’expulsion ? In: Actu.fr. 13.11.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/buchelay_78118/yvelines-buchelay-roms-rue-apres-lexpulsion_19526313.html
– Yvelines. Mantes-la-Jolie : pas de rencontre entre les Roms et le sous-préfet. In: Actu.fr. 16.11.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/mantes-la-jolie_78361/yvelines-mantes-jolie-pas-rencontre-entre-roms-le-sous-prefet_19589443.html
– Pourquoi le collectif roms de Roubaix et environs veut travailler dans la durée. In: La Voix du Nord. 14.11.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/488634/article/2018-11-14/pourquoi-le-collectif-roms-de-roubaix-et-environs-veut-travailler-dans-la-duree
– Après un « été terrible » d’expulsions, le collectif Roms guette l’éclaircie. In: L Voix du Nord. 15.11.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/489044/article/2018-11-15/apres-un-ete-terrible-d-expulsions-le-collectif-roms-guette-l-eclaircie
– Après une rixe, un camp de Roms brûle, au sud de Nantes. In: Actu.fr. 16.11.2018. https://actu.fr/pays-de-la-loire/bouaye_44018/apres-une-rixe-camp-roms-brule-sud-nantes_19585369.html
– Sète : le camp de roms s’est vidé peu à peu. In: Midi Libre. 16.11.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/11/16/sete-le-camp-de-roms-sest-vide-peu-a-peu,4864388.php
– Sète : le camp de Roms se vide peu à peu. In: Midi Libre. 15.11.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/11/15/sete-le-camp-de-roms-se-vide-peu-a-peu,4862592.php
– Trente enfants dans un campement indigne aux Arènes. In: La Dépèche. 16.11.2018. https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/11/16/2907646-trente-enfants-dans-un-campement-indigne-aux-arenes.html
– Un local pour soutenir les enfants après l’école. In: Nice Matin. 17.11.2018. https://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/un-local-pour-soutenir-les-enfants-apres-l-ecole-277908
– Les Roms ont été évacués du moulin. In: Le Dauphiné. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2018/11/14/les-roms-ont-ete-evacues-du-moulin [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/buchelay_78118/yvelines-buchelay-roms-rue-apres-lexpulsion_19526313.html “]

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8, Avenue Lenine

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More articles on the movie highlighting the fate of a Roma family in France. Good that the coverage is there.

– 8 avenue Lénine : “Un film sur les Roms mais aussi sur les Français”. In: Grazia. 18.11.2018. https://www.grazia.fr/news-et-societe/societe/8-avenue-lenine-film-documentaire-rom-907837
– Le docu “8, avenue Lénine” a suivi une famille rom roumaine pendant 15 ans. In: France 24. 15.11.2018. https://www.france24.com/fr/20181114-8-avenue-lenine-documentaire-famille-rom-roumaine-film
– 8 avenue Lénine : le combat d’une famille rom pour l’intégration (documentaire. In: CCFD Terre Solidaires. 13.11.2018. https://ccfd-terresolidaire.org/infos/migrations/roms-gitans-manouches/8-avenue-lenine-le-6260
– Une bouffée d’oxygène en ces temps moisis. In: Mediaspart. 19.11.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/191118/une-bouffee-doxygene-en-ces-temps-moisis [link-preview url=”https://www.grazia.fr/news-et-societe/societe/8-avenue-lenine-film-documentaire-rom-907837 “]

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Paris Exhibition

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An exhibition in Paris is devoted to the “internment” of Roma and travellers in France during the Vichy Régime.

– Die Internierung der „Nomaden“ – eine französische Geschichte. In: Deutschlandfunk. 17.11.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ausstellung-in-paris-die-internierung-der-nomaden-eine.691.de.html?dram:article_id=433352 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ausstellung-in-paris-die-internierung-der-nomaden-eine.691.de.html?dram:article_id=433352″]

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Meet

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Meet two Romnja, Anina Ciuciu and Katalin Bárcony in Paris on November 22nd.

– Être femme et rom. In: Espace des Femmes. https://www.espace-des-femmes.fr/etre-femme-et-rom/?fbclid=IwAR0_nBdXDSfcPFfFBZTjZyrVTMRs_FfrNMy-5v5YKF4hxOoXXevTKaBGEI4 [link-preview url=”https://www.espace-des-femmes.fr/etre-femme-et-rom/?fbclid=IwAR0_nBdXDSfcPFfFBZTjZyrVTMRs_FfrNMy-5v5YKF4hxOoXXevTKaBGEI4″]

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Germany: Extension

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The state of Baden Württemberg has extended its contract with the Sinti and Roma association until 2033…
Good!

– Verband der Sinti und Roma und Land erneuern Zusammenarbeit. In: RTL. 14.11.2018. https://www.rtl.de/cms/verband-der-sinti-und-roma-und-land-erneuern-zusammenarbeit-4250830.html
– Land erneuert Staatsvertrag mit Sinti und Roma. In: Badische Zeitung. 14.11.2018. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/suedwest-1/land-erneuert-staatsvertrag-mit-sinti-und-roma–159715151.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rtl.de/cms/verband-der-sinti-und-roma-und-land-erneuern-zusammenarbeit-4250830.html “]

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All in One Pot

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An article about Salvini’s expulsions. Migrants, Roma, etc… As if all Roma were migrants. One thing is good, the numbers of Roma cited (26’000) reflects the population of Roma living in camps, not the numbers of Roma in Italy…

– Hundreds of refugees and Roma homeless in Italian eviction drive. In: Reuters. 14.11.2018. http://news.trust.org//item/20181114195153-3aeui/ [link-preview url=”http://news.trust.org//item/20181114195153-3aeui/”]

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Italy: Indivisible

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A manifestation and a movement against racism gathered more than 400 associations, movements, trade unions, municipalities, political parties etc. against racism in in Italy.
Well done, and a good “contrapunto” to the current government…

– #INDIVISIBILI: Rom, Sinti, migranti, Lucano, Riace… Un fronte unito contro il razzismo. In: Agora Vox. 12.11.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/INDIVISIBILI-Rom-Sinti-migranti.html
– #Indivisibili – La proposta del Consiglio Nazionale Rom Sinti Caminanti alla manifestazione antirazzista del 10 novembre. In: Agora Vox. 09.11.2018. https://www.agoravox.it/Indivisibili-La-proposta-del.html [link-preview url=”https://www.agoravox.it/Indivisibili-La-proposta-del.html”]

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French Chronicle

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Interesting mix of articles on Roma this week in the French Press. The first one, in Libération, shows how complicated it is to jump through all hurdles of the French administration and state to integrate. The second is a portrait of a Romni and her life near Paris. Then, the more usual camp stories; Closure in Choisy le Roi; the future of the families of the camp that burnt in Rys Orangis; potential expulsion near Grenoble; and three families transferred to an integration village near Lille in the North.

– Roms : l’intégration entravée. In: Libération. 08.11.2018. https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/11/08/roms-l-integration-entravee_1690527
– Yvelines. Achères : un portrait filmé pour changer notre regard sur les Roms. In: 78 Actu. 11.11.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/acheres_78005/yvelines-acheres-portrait-filme-changer-regard-sur-roms_19404894.html
– 8 avenue Lénine, heureuse comme une Rom en France Maison Internationale de Rennes. In: Unidivers. https://www.unidivers.fr/rennes/8-avenue-lenine-heureuse-comme-une-rom-en-france/
– Choisy-le-Roi: évacuation d’un campement de Roms, installé sous l’A86. In: BFM TV. 07.11.2018. https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/choisy-le-roi-evacuation-d-un-campement-de-roms-installe-sous-l-a86-1561120.html
– Incendie du bidonville de l’ex-hippodrome de Ris-Orangis : l’avenir des familles roms en pointillés. In: Essonne Info. 07.11.2018. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/125147/incendie-du-bidonville-de-lex-hippodrome-de-ris-orangis-lavenir-des-familles-roms-en-pointilles/
– EXPULSION EN VUE POUR LES ROMS INSTALLÉS DEPUIS TROIS ANS SUR LE TERRAIN COURTADE À FONTAINE. In: Place Grenet. 05.11.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/11/05/expulsion-en-vue-pour-les-roms-installes-depuis-trois-ans-sur-le-terrain-courtade-a-fontaine/212070
– Les trois familles du Pont-Royal transférées vers le sas Rom de Lambersart. In: La Voix Du Nord. 06.11.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/483337/article/2018-11-06/les-trois-familles-du-pont-royal-transferees-ce-matin-vers-le-sas-rom [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/11/08/roms-l-integration-entravee_1690527 “]

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French Chronicle

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Interesting mix of articles on Roma this week in the French Press. The first one, in Libération, shows how complicated it is to jump through all hurdles of the French administration and state to integrate. The second is a portrait of a Romni and her life near Paris. Then, the more usual camp stories; Closure in Choisy le Roi; the future of the families of the camp that burnt in Rys Orangis; potential expulsion near Grenoble; and three families transferred to an integration village near Lille in the North.

– Roms : l’intégration entravée. In: Libération. 08.11.2018. https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/11/08/roms-l-integration-entravee_1690527
– Yvelines. Achères : un portrait filmé pour changer notre regard sur les Roms. In: 78 Actu. 11.11.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/acheres_78005/yvelines-acheres-portrait-filme-changer-regard-sur-roms_19404894.html
– 8 avenue Lénine, heureuse comme une Rom en France Maison Internationale de Rennes. In: Unidivers. https://www.unidivers.fr/rennes/8-avenue-lenine-heureuse-comme-une-rom-en-france/
– Choisy-le-Roi: évacuation d’un campement de Roms, installé sous l’A86. In: BFM TV. 07.11.2018. https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/choisy-le-roi-evacuation-d-un-campement-de-roms-installe-sous-l-a86-1561120.html
– Incendie du bidonville de l’ex-hippodrome de Ris-Orangis : l’avenir des familles roms en pointillés. In: Essonne Info. 07.11.2018. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/125147/incendie-du-bidonville-de-lex-hippodrome-de-ris-orangis-lavenir-des-familles-roms-en-pointilles/
– EXPULSION EN VUE POUR LES ROMS INSTALLÉS DEPUIS TROIS ANS SUR LE TERRAIN COURTADE À FONTAINE. In: Place Grenet. 05.11.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/11/05/expulsion-en-vue-pour-les-roms-installes-depuis-trois-ans-sur-le-terrain-courtade-a-fontaine/212070
– Les trois familles du Pont-Royal transférées vers le sas Rom de Lambersart. In: La Voix Du Nord. 06.11.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/483337/article/2018-11-06/les-trois-familles-du-pont-royal-transferees-ce-matin-vers-le-sas-rom [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/11/08/roms-l-integration-entravee_1690527 “]

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Ireland: Roma Program

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A new program in Ireland is aimed at helping Roma to integrate in the country.

– New Roma support programme launched in Donegal. In: Highland Radio. 09.11.2018. http://www.highlandradio.com/2018/11/09/new-roma-support-programme-launched-in-donegal/ [link-preview url=”http://www.highlandradio.com/2018/11/09/new-roma-support-programme-launched-in-donegal/”]

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UK Conflict

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The Guardian’s report on a conflict in Northern England between Roma and Pakistani (we reported on this article) has had quite an echo in Slovakia, essentially due to the fact that the Roma in question are originally from Slovakia.

– “Čoskoro to tam vybuchne”. Rómovia zo Slovenska sa dostali do konfliktu s moslimskými Pakistancami v Sheffielde. “Šikanujú nás!”, bránia sa naši. In: Hlavne Spravy. 09.11.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/coskoro-tam-vybuchne-romovia-zo-slovenska-sa-dostali-konfliktu-s-moslimskymi-pakistancami-sikanuju-nas-brania-sa-nasi-romovia/1575328
– Časovaná bomba. Slovenskí Rómovia sú v Británii v konflikte s Pakistancami, tí sa na nich sťažujú. In: HNonline. 05.11.2018. https://hnonline.sk/svet/1836948-casovana-bomba-slovenski-romovia-su-v-britanii-v-konflikte-s-pakistancami-ti-sa-na-nich-stazuju
– Časovaná bomba v Británii: Konflikt medzi Pakistancami a slovenskými Rómami, hrozba nepokojov. In: Topky. 10.11.2018. https://www.topky.sk/cl/11/1750031/Casovana-bomba-v-Britanii–Konflikt-medzi-Pakistancami-a-slovenskymi-Romami–hrozba-nepokojov [link-preview url=”https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/coskoro-tam-vybuchne-romovia-zo-slovenska-sa-dostali-konfliktu-s-moslimskymi-pakistancami-sikanuju-nas-brania-sa-nasi-romovia/1575328 “]

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Cyprus, Politics, and Roma

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Yet another case of a politician grabbing a family drama and using it for racist purposes.
Bad.

– Cyprus politician accused of racism in the wake of sibling murder. In: Ekathimerini. 07.11.2018. http://www.ekathimerini.com/234431/article/ekathimerini/news/cyprus-politician-accused-of-racism-in-the-wake-of-sibling-murder [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/234431/article/ekathimerini/news/cyprus-politician-accused-of-racism-in-the-wake-of-sibling-murder”]

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Germany and Extremism

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A study of the Leipzig university shows an increase in authoritarian and extreme right views in Germany. It highlights that every third German has anti-foreigner and racist views. Romani Rose, Chairman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma is warning against this.
Worrisome!

– Leipziger “Autoritarismus-Studie” zeigt den dringenden Handlungsbedarf, um Antiziganismus und andere Formen von Menschenfeindlichkeit zu ächten. In: Presseportal. 07.11.2018. https://www.presseportal.de/pm/128332/4108595
– Extreme Mitte beleuchtet. In: Junge Welt. 08.11.2018. https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/343140.extreme-mitte-beleuchtet.html
– Alarmierende Befunde zum Fremdenhass – mit Hang zur Dramatisierung. In: Die Welt. 07.11.2018. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article183429356/Autoritarismus-Studie-2018-Erhebung-zu-Fremdenhass-hat-ein-Manko.html
– JEDER 3. DEUTSCHE VERTRITT AUSLÄNDERFEINDLICHE POSITIONEN. In: MDR.07.11.2018. https://www.mdr.de/wissen/antworten/wie-ticken-die-deutschen-autoritarismus-studie-100.html
– Immer mehr Deutsche lehnen Ausländer und Minderheiten ab. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/Immer-mehr-Deutsche-lehnen-Auslaender-und-Minderheiten-ab-id52638306.html
– Mehr Vorurteile gegen Ausländer und Muslime. In: Deutsche Welle. 07.11.2018. https://www.dw.com/de/mehr-vorurteile-gegen-ausländer-und-muslime/a-46172898 [link-preview url=”https://www.presseportal.de/pm/128332/4108595 “]

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Germany and Minorities

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Scary when the majority of the primary school children in Germany do not know what “Jew” and “Roma” mean …

– Majority of primary school students in Germany can’t explain meaning of ‘Jew’ or ‘Roma’: Study. In: The Local DE. 06.11.2018. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study”]

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Germany and Sint and Roma

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An article on the very late recognition of the Holocaust by Germany, and on the Civil Right movement that made it happen in the 1980’s in Germany.

– Gejagt, entwurzelt, rassistisch erfasst. In: DEutschlandfunk. 01.11.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-gejagt-entwurzelt-rassistisch.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=399592&fbclid=IwAR2ApaTsez0UeqwSh0zbajlSrF7aY5YQcKNtINqH2sB5oDcdPTvPKUZkiV8 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-gejagt-entwurzelt-rassistisch.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=399592&fbclid=IwAR2ApaTsez0UeqwSh0zbajlSrF7aY5YQcKNtINqH2sB5oDcdPTvPKUZkiV8″]

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Ukraine – House Arrests

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Four people are under house arrest in Lviv for the murder against a Rom last June. This definitively seems mild in comparison of the crime. Several of the perpetrators are minors and go to school. They also only face mild penalties (3 to 7 years of jail).

– Убивство рома на Львівщині: 4 підозрюваних під домашнім арештом, але ходять до школи. In: Hromadske. 31.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshini-proviv-pidgotovche-zasidannya-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv
– Суд провів підготовче засідання у справі про напад на табір ромів у Львові. In: 112.ua. 31.10.2018. https://ua.112.ua/suspilstvo/sud-proviv-pidhotovche-zasidannia-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-468048.html
– У справі про напад на ромів у Львові провели підготовче засідання. In: UNN. 31.10.2018. https://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1760352-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv-u-lvovi-proveli-pidgotovche-zasidannya [link-preview url=”https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshini-proviv-pidgotovche-zasidannya-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv “]

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Life in France

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A testimony of a Romanian Roma couple who lived in France for the last 15 years.

– HEUREUSE COMME UNE ROM EN FRANCE. In: Amnesty International. 03.11.2018. https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/8-avenue-lenine [link-preview url=”https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/8-avenue-lenine”]

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