An article by a Hungarian Romni and activist – Timea Junghaus. Worthy read!
– It’s Time for Roma People to Speak for Themselves. In: Open Society Foundations. 02.06.2017. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/it-s-time-roma-people-speak-themselves [link-preview url=”https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/it-s-time-roma-people-speak-themselves”]
A Roma association – Amaro Foro – is denouncing the continuing discriminations in Germany against Sinti and Roma. They have collected quite a documentation on the facts that paints a dire picture: discrimination through state officials; racist commentaries; and a press that only paints the worst stereotypes.
– Sinti und Roma werden in Berlin häufiger diskriminiert. In: RBB24. 30.05.2017. https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/05/sinti-und-roma-werden-in-berlin-haeufiger-diskriminiert.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/05/sinti-und-roma-werden-in-berlin-haeufiger-diskriminiert.html”]
On June 8th, the European Roma Institute for Art and Culture will be formally inaugurated.
Great!
– Launch event for the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture: 8 June in Berlin. In: Council of Europe. 02.06.2017. http://www.coe.int/fr/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/VN6cYYbQB4QE/content/launch-event-for-the-european-roma-institute-for-arts-and-culture-8-june-in-berlin?_101_INSTANCE_VN6cYYbQB4QE_languageId=en_GB [link-preview url=”http://www.coe.int/fr/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/VN6cYYbQB4QE/content/launch-event-for-the-european-roma-institute-for-arts-and-culture-8-june-in-berlin?_101_INSTANCE_VN6cYYbQB4QE_languageId=en_GB”]
What does it mean nowadays to be Rom in France? Well, they are largely segregated and isolated. Stern reading.
– The politics of being Roma in France. In: Open Democracy. 02.06.2016. https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/radost-zaharieva/politics-of-being-roma-in-france [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/radost-zaharieva/politics-of-being-roma-in-france”]
Roma organisations have criticised the lack of actions on the UN part to resolve and compensate the victims of lead poisoning that was the result of the UN opening a camp for Roma in a severely poisoned area of Kosovo.
85 people died.
– Roma Rights Organizations Condemn Lack of UN Action on Lead Poisoning in Kosovo. In: ERRC. 01.06.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582″]
Virginia Raggi, the mayor of Rome has pledged to close the Roma camps around Rome after having secured funds from the EU.
Nice, but since she has been elected she has repeated that pledge several times, and has even opened a new camp. So wait and see. Facts are more important that words.
– Rome mayor pledges to close Roma camps. In: Wanted in Rome. 01.06.2017. http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-mayor-pledges-to-close-roma-camps/
– We’ll close Roma camps – Raggi (3). In: Ansa. 31.05.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/05/31/well-close-roma-camps-raggi-3_a8f6ba27-6a6d-4fa2-a9df-1c221c33caee.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-mayor-pledges-to-close-roma-camps/ “]
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