In case anyone doubted … The new government’s program includes a racist proposal to remove Roma children – and only them from their families if they are not being sent to school. This is not far from what has been done under the fascist racial laws of 1938.
– Against the System. In: Commonwealth Magazine. 06.06.2018. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/against-system [link-preview url=”https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/against-system”]
An article about racism and Damian Le Bas. Good reading!
– ‘You can’t disregard pure racism’: Gypsy writer Damian Le Bas on the prejudice against Travellers. In: The Guardian. 06.06.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/06/racism-gypsy-damian-le-bas-travellers-stopping-places [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/06/racism-gypsy-damian-le-bas-travellers-stopping-places”]
https://www.facebook.com/angela.mattli.3/posts/10215865493057830 [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/angela.mattli.3/posts/10215865493057830″]
Due to poverty and segregation, the life expectancy of Roma is below national averages. This editorial proposes some ways against this.
– Closing the life expectancy gap between Roma and non-Roma. In: Epha. 31.05.2018. https://epha.org/closing-the-life-expectancy-gap-between-roma-and-non-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://epha.org/closing-the-life-expectancy-gap-between-roma-and-non-roma/”]
A short movie made in virtual reality gives a tour of the Mahala – Roma quarter – of a small town in Albania as seen by a Romni activist.
– UNDP launches first virtual reality film about and with the Roma community. In: UNDP. 30.05.2018. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/Roma-virtual-film.html [link-preview url=”http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/Roma-virtual-film.html”]
In the wake of the swearing in of the new government in Italy with the interior ministry going to the head of the Ligue, Matteo Salvini, all are expecting special laws against Roma that Salvini has clamoured for.
Luckily at least some people seem to remember and fight against this!
– Segre says will oppose special Roma laws. In: Ansa. 05.06.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/06/05/segre-says-will-oppose-special-roma-laws-3_1f22fac8-5cd3-47bf-9ca1-a7552d09be26.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/06/05/segre-says-will-oppose-special-roma-laws-3_1f22fac8-5cd3-47bf-9ca1-a7552d09be26.html”]
The story behind a Roma museum in Romania. The museum is in the suburbs of Bucharest, and one cannot but somewhat question its purpose as well as its exhibits …
– BUCAREST, DERNIÈRE STATION : LE MUSÉE DE LA CULTURE DES ROMS DE ROUMANIE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 30.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms”]
Six new pilot projects aimed at the Roma and Travellers communities are being launched in the UK. They range from school to health.
Small, but a start.
– SIX PILOT PROJECTS ANNOUNCED TO SUPPORT GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES. In: Care Appointment. 03.06.2018. https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/44289-six-pilot-projects-announced-to-support-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-communities [link-preview url=”https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/44289-six-pilot-projects-announced-to-support-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-communities”]
A chilling report of the current situation for Roma in the Ukraine.
– Mariana Berbec-Rostas: Fighting anti-Roma hate, one story at a time. In: The Kyiv Post. 03.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/mariana-berbec-rostas-fighting-anti-roma-hate-one-story-at-a-time.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/mariana-berbec-rostas-fighting-anti-roma-hate-one-story-at-a-time.html”]
Interview with the activists and actresses of Romano Svato, the company behind the show Roma Armee Fraction.
– Austria: Romani Artists Telling Stories of Resistance, Not Victimhood. In: Romea. 02.06.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/austria-romani-artists-telling-stories-of-resistance-not-victimhood [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/austria-romani-artists-telling-stories-of-resistance-not-victimhood”]
David Beňák, a Czech Rom is now heading the Czech Agency for Social Inclusion.
Well done!
– Romani community member David Beňák now director of the Czech Govt Agency for Social Inclusion. In: Romea. 02.06.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-community-member-david-benak-now-director-of-the-czech-govt-agency-for-social-inclusion [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-community-member-david-benak-now-director-of-the-czech-govt-agency-for-social-inclusion”]
A seldom mentioned fact: Many Roma in Kosovo were evicted from their houses. 20 years later, they have not recovered their properties.
– KOSOVO : LE CASSE-TÊTE DE LA RESTITUTION DES PROPRIÉTÉS USURPÉES PENDANT LA GUERRE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 29.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-le-casse-tete-de-la-restitution-des-proprietes-usurpees-pendant-la [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-le-casse-tete-de-la-restitution-des-proprietes-usurpees-pendant-la”]
An article on Roma travellers in Switzerland, and for once, one that is not as negative as the usual presentation in the country’s press.
And it shows one can do things differently.
– «Schaue ich vorbei, werde ich oft zum Kaffee eingeladen». In: Der Bund. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767″]
The largest horse fair in the UK, the Appleby horse fair is being prepared with many travellers slowly gathering. The fair will be held between June 7 and 10.
– Gypsies and travellers make their way to Appleby for horse fair. In: The Westmoreland Gazette. 01.06.2018. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16264205.Gypsies_and_travellers_make_their_way_to_Appleby_for_horse_fair/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16264205.Gypsies_and_travellers_make_their_way_to_Appleby_for_horse_fair/”]
Lots of cultural events this week in France on Roma – and very little negative news. First, a projection of a movie on a Roma camp in Nantes. The movie is presented on the site of that former site, before it is developed. Projection of another movie on Roma in Arles. The exhibition “Mondes Tsiganes” in Paris, with many photographs. That exhibition is not in the right place (in the museum of migration) and is definitively fuelling clichés. Concert of a Slovakian Roma group in the South of France. Then the more usual news: A fire in a camp in Montreuil; a new squat of a empty house near Paris; and, surprise, a positive experiment in Marseilles, where Roma are lodged in apartments …
– Nantes. Miséry de Miséry, tous les chemins mènent aux Roms. In: Ouest France. 31.05.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949
– 8, avenue Lénine. In: Journal Zibeline. http://www.journalzibeline.fr/8-avenue-lenine/
– “Mondes tsiganes” : histoire d’une fascination-répulsion fabriquée par les images. In: France 24. 02.06.2018. http://www.france24.com/fr/20180602-mondes-tsiganes-roms-exposition-photographie-images-stereotype-racisme
– Soirée sous le signe de la Slovaquie au Benefire. In: Midi Libre. 02.06.2018. http://www.midilibre.fr/2018/06/02/soiree-sous-le-signe-de-la-slovaquie-au-benefire,1680419.php
– Un incendie dans un bidonville de Montreuil, une cinquantaine de personnes mises à l’abri. In: France Bleu. 29.05.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/un-incendie-dans-un-bidonville-de-montreuil-cinquante-personnes-mises-a-l-abri-1527607184
– Montreuil : le bidonville part en fumée, quinze familles à la rue. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/montreuil-le-bidonville-part-en-fumee-quinze-familles-a-la-rue-29-05-2018-7742325.php
– Nouveau squat d’une maison inoccupée dans le Val-d’Oise. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/nouveau-squat-d-maison-inoccupée-val-d-oise-184324686.html?guccounter=2
– Bouches-du-Rhône: A Gardanne, des camps de Roms à la vie tranquille en appartement. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.05.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2277007-20180529-bouches-rhone-gardanne-camps-roms-vie-tranquille-appartement [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949 “]
Another slew of articles on the non-recognition of the Roma minority by the Swiss government. This time, the French speaking press of Switzerland.
Check the pictures – then there is no wonder about the decision …
– LES ROMS PAS RECONNUS COMME MINORITÉ NATIONALE. In: Le Matin. 01.06.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/roms-reconnus-minorite-nationale/story/11067196
– Les Roms pas reconnus comme minorité nationale. In: 20 Minutes (CH). 01.06.2018. http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/Les-Roms-pas-reconnus-comme-minorite-nationale-30821632
– Les Roms en Suisse : partie intégrante de la société, ils ne constituent pas une minorité nationale. In: AlbInfo. 03.06.2018. http://www.albinfo.ch/fr/les-roms-en-suisse-partie-integrante-de-la-societe-ils-ne-constituent-pas-une-minorite-nationale/
– Les Roms suisses ne sont pas reconnus comme minorité nationale. In: RTS. 01.06.2018. http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/9615035-les-roms-suisses-ne-sont-pas-reconnus-comme-minorite-nationale.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/roms-reconnus-minorite-nationale/story/11067196 “]
Following a complaint against a SVP (Rightist populist party in Switzerland) politician, Roland Schöni, against his open statements against Roma, he gave an interview in which he says he will not let himself be “intimidated” by such a complaint.
De-facto, he is stating again that what he said against Roma is “the truth” and that generalisations to an entire population are ok.
– Nach der Strafanzeige wegen Rassismus sagt SVP-Fraktionschef Roland Schöni: “Ich lasse mich nicht einschüchtern”. In: Tagblatt. 01.06.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kreuzlingen/nach-der-strafanzeige-wegen-rassismus-sagt-roland-schoeni-ich-lasse-mich-nicht-einschuechtern-ld.1025288 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kreuzlingen/nach-der-strafanzeige-wegen-rassismus-sagt-roland-schoeni-ich-lasse-mich-nicht-einschuechtern-ld.1025288″]
A reaction of Roma organisations on the rejection of the minority status by the Swiss government.
– https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=274a4f6e50f28962117e434e7&id=478891af61 [link-preview url=”https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=274a4f6e50f28962117e434e7&id=478891af61″]
Several articles on the refusal of the Swiss government to recognise Roma as a national minority in the sense of the the framework agreements on the protection of national minorities.
– Schweizer Roma sind keine nationale Minderheit. In: SRF. 01.06.2018. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/teil-der-gesellschaft-aber-schweizer-roma-sind-keine-nationale-minderheit
– Schweizer Roma gelten auch künftig nicht als nationale Minderheit. In: Blick. 01.06.2018. https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/minderheiten-roma-sollen-nicht-als-nationale-minderheit-anerkannt-werden-id8447291.html
– Bundesrat lehnt Sonderstatus für Roma ab. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 01.06.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/Bundesrat-lehnt-Sonderstatus-fuer-Roma-ab-27499018
– Bundesrat will Roma nicht anerkennen. In: Vaterland. 01.06.2018. http://www.vaterland.li/region/schweiz/bundesrat-will-roma-nicht-anerkennen;art103,331983
– Roma werden nicht als Minderheit anerkannt. In: Bote der Urschweiz. 01.06.2018. http://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/bundesrat-will-roma-nicht-anerkennen;art46447,1099902
– Roma für die Schweiz keine nationale Minderheit. In: Unser Tyrol. 01.06.2018. https://www.unsertirol24.com/2018/06/01/roma-fuer-die-schweiz-keine-nationale-minderheit/ [link-preview url=”https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/teil-der-gesellschaft-aber-schweizer-roma-sind-keine-nationale-minderheit “]
The Swiss government through its Federal Council refused a demand by Roma organisations to be recognised as a national minority in the sense of the framework agreements on the protection of national minorities.
This is even more frustrating as the Swiss recognised Sinti and Manouches …
– Roma denied official minority status in Switzerland. In: Info Suisse. 01.06.2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/minority-rights_roma-denied-official-minority-status-in-switzerland/44161476 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/minority-rights_roma-denied-official-minority-status-in-switzerland/44161476″]
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