20 years ago, following a long struggle, the Documentation Centre for Sinti and Roma opened its doors.
It took its time, but this is good!
– 16. März 1997 – Dokumentationszentrum deutscher Sinti und Roma eröffnet. In: WDR. 16.03.2017. http://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-dokumentationszentrum-sinti-roma-heidelberg-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-dokumentationszentrum-sinti-roma-heidelberg-100.html”]
Another portrait and exhibition of the Holocaust survivor and painter Ceija Stojka. Her works are on exhibition in the gallery “Kai Dikhas” in Berlin until April 1st.
– CEIJA STOJKA: »SCHAUT HEUTE BITTE NICHT WEG!« In: Kunstdunst Magazin Berlin. 13.03.2017. http://www.kunstdunst.com/ceija-stojka-schaut-heute-bitte-nicht-weg/ [link-preview url=”http://www.kunstdunst.com/ceija-stojka-schaut-heute-bitte-nicht-weg/”]
The success story of a young Rrom who is graduating from the most exclusive Gymnasium in Hungary, and who will go to France to perfect his French language studying at a university there.
Success of one, failure of the state … He is the ONLY Rroma student there. There should be 10%.
– A SUCCESS STORY: THE SOLE ROMA STUDENT AT THE BENEDICTINE GYMNASIUM OF PANNONHALMA. In: Hungarian Spectrum. 14.03.2017. http://hungarianspectrum.org/2017/03/14/a-success-story-the-sole-roma-student-at-the-benedictine-gymnasium-of-pannonhalma/#comment-129487 [link-preview url=”http://hungarianspectrum.org/2017/03/14/a-success-story-the-sole-roma-student-at-the-benedictine-gymnasium-of-pannonhalma/#comment-129487″]
The “Latcho Divano” festival in Marseilles in the South of France is in full swing. There is music, but also an exhibition on Ceja Stojka, a Austrian Holocaust survivor and painter.
– Latcho Divano célèbre les cultures roms et tziganes. In: FR3 Provence Côte d’Azur. 13.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/latcho-divano-celebre-cultures-roms-tziganes-1213175.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/latcho-divano-celebre-cultures-roms-tziganes-1213175.html”]
According to the “Supreme Board Member of the Federation of Roma Associations Ahmet İzgi”, a majority of Rroma are going to vote in giving Erdogan full powers and are grateful of Erdogan.
Who by the way closed Sulukule, the oldest Rroma Mahala (settlement) in Istambul, and relocated Rroma outside, or whose police goes on rampage in Rroma settlements like in Izmir, and so on.
SHAME on them.
– Grateful Roma citizens express backing for Turkey’s constitutional changes. In: Daily Sabah. 12.03.2017. https://www.dailysabah.com/elections/2017/03/13/grateful-roma-citizens-express-backing-for-turkeys-constitutional-changes [link-preview url=”https://www.dailysabah.com/elections/2017/03/13/grateful-roma-citizens-express-backing-for-turkeys-constitutional-changes”]
In spite of promises from the municipality and its Five Stars Mayor, Rome is ready to open a new Rroma camp on its outskirts “as a temporary measure” …
On March 7th, the Welfare Department has approved a measure aimed at identifying a new “picnic area” (SIC!) intended to “welcome and provide a staying possibility for 120 Roma families “, with a “service management”. In practice it is a new settlement to replace the current “Camping River”, in which there are 420 people, for which management services will expire on June 30 of this year.
SHAME and LIES!
– Roma, dal comune ok a un nuovo campo rom. Campidoglio: “Misure temporanee. Obiettivo è superare i villaggi”. In: Il Fatto Quotidiano. 13.03.2017. http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/03/13/roma-dal-comune-ok-un-nuovo-campo-rom-campidoglio-misure-temporanee-obiettivo-e-superare-villaggi/3447711/
– Roma, il Campidoglio dà l’ok a un nuovo campo Rom per 400 persone. In: ForexInfo. 13.03.2017. https://www.forexinfo.it/Roma-Campidoglio-nuovo-campo-rom [link-preview url=”https://www.forexinfo.it/Roma-Campidoglio-nuovo-campo-rom”]
More camps being closed in the Lille region, following the accusations of aggressions by Rroma youngsters, with one camps dismantled in Lille Hellemes; and a collective is asking the Mayor of Lille whether he wants to “clean up” the town of Rroma (Martine Aubry is the socialist mayor of Lille); then a new trend – garbage – with two articles, one on Rroma helping cleaning out their camp, the other stating that tons of garbage were left by Rroma – both are an old story used to justify eviction; some news in the West on the Holocaust; and finally, some better news in Montpellier, with an association calling for the end of stigmatisation of Rroma, and with a mediation being put in place to allow children to attend school.
– Lille-Hellemmes : un camp rom évacué ce mercredi. In: FR3 Hauts-de-France. 08.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/lille-hellemmes-camp-rom-evacue-ce-mercredi-1210179.html
– Le camp rom de l’ex-imprimerie H2D démantelé. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/128935/article/2017-03-08/le-camp-rom-de-la-rue-chanzy-evacue-ce-mercredi-matin
– « Voulez-vous faire table rase ou construire ? », demande le collectif Roms à Martine Aubry. In: La Voix du Nord. 09.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/129859/article/2017-03-09/voulez-vous-faire-table-rase-ou-construire-demande-le-collectif-roms-martine
– Champs-sur-Marne. Les Roms participent au nettoyage de leur camp. In: Le Parisien. 10.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/champs-sur-marne-77420/champs-sur-marne-les-roms-participent-au-nettoyage-de-leur-camp-10-03-2017-6751740.php
– Courdimanche : après le départ des Roms, des tonnes de déchets à évacuer. In: Le Parisien. 07.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/courdimanche-apres-le-depart-des-roms-des-tonnes-de-dechets-a-evacuer-07-03-2017-6741165.php
– Semaine de la Mémoire à Coutances. Le destin tragique des Roms. In: Ouest France. 05.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/coutances-50200/semaine-de-la-memoire-coutances-le-destin-tragique-des-roms-4836986
– La mission des associations de Montpellier : ne plus stigmatiser les Roms. In: Midi Libre. 11.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/10/montpellier-ne-plus-stigmatiser-les-roms,1477177.php
Montpellier : une médiation mise en place pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Midi Libre. 12.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/11/montpellier-une-mediation-mise-en-place-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms,1477445.php [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/lille-hellemmes-camp-rom-evacue-ce-mercredi-1210179.html “]
The British students who did the Pikey night are now falling over to profusely apologise …
– British university students forced to apologise to Irish Traveller community after ‘pikey’ theme night. In: The Irish Times. 09.03.2017. http://irishpost.co.uk/british-university-students-forced-apologise-irish-traveller-community-pikey-theme-night/
– Students make grovelling apology to Irish travelling community after holding ‘Pikey’ social night. In: The Mirror.08.03.2017. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/students-make-grovelling-apology-irish-9990144 [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/british-university-students-forced-apologise-irish-traveller-community-pikey-theme-night/ “]
The French candidate to the presidential election Emmanuel Macron was confronted by Anina Ciuciu on the fate of Rroma children who are denied the right of going to school in France.
Good that this topic is being raised!
– https://www.facebook.com/La.voix.des.Rroms/videos/1857042574553374/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/La.voix.des.Rroms/videos/1857042574553374/”]
An essay from the European Roma Right Centre on the policies of the French state against Rroma and the euphemisms of the French state who is using the term of “evacuations” instead of what it is, namely “evictions”.
– Bearing witness: how ‘evacuations’ provide the pretext for forced evictions of Roma in France. In: ERRC Blog. 03.03.2017. http://www.errc.org/blog/bearing-witness-how-evacuations-provide-the-pretext-for-forced-evictions-of-roma-in-france/161 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/blog/bearing-witness-how-evacuations-provide-the-pretext-for-forced-evictions-of-roma-in-france/161″]
Students of the university of Reading stages a „Pikey“ night. The term refers to Gypsy and Travellers and is exceedingly derogatory.
After protests, the students apologised.
A bit late in our opinion. They certainly would not have staged a “N..” night, so why about Rroma?
– Reading students apologise for ‘pikey night’ social. In BBC News. 07.03.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39190588 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39190588″]
The German state of Thürigen followed the lead of other German regions and now protects the graves of Rroma and Sinti holocaust victims. Many of thé families of these victims cannot afford the yearly fee and thus according to German customs, the graves would have been removed 25 years after the death of the person.
Good that those who survived the holocaust can rest in peace.
– Thüringen schützt Gräber von verfolgten Sinti und Roma. In: t-online. 07.03.2017. http://www.t-online.de/regionales/id_80559474/thueringen-schuetzt-graeber-von-verfolgten-sinti-und-roma.html [link-preview url=”http://www.t-online.de/regionales/id_80559474/thueringen-schuetzt-graeber-von-verfolgten-sinti-und-roma.html”]
Seems that Germany is following the Swiss model and increasingly tries to prevent travelling Rroma from camping…
Bad.
– Scharfe Diskussionen um Wohnwagenlager in Freising. In: Merkur.de. 06.03.2016. https://www.merkur.de/lokales/freising/freising-ort28692/freising-diskussionen-um-aufenthalt-in-freising-7505033.html [link-preview url=”https://www.merkur.de/lokales/freising/freising-ort28692/freising-diskussionen-um-aufenthalt-in-freising-7505033.html”]
The story of a young Rroma boy who went to school but can no longer register and be admitted in one.
SHAME!
– Basti, enfant rom de 10 ans, voudrait simplement aller à l’école. In: Nord Éclair. 01.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/40430/article/2017-03-01/basti-enfant-rom-de-10-ans-voudrait-simplement-aller-l-ecole [link-preview url=”http://www.nordeclair.fr/40430/article/2017-03-01/basti-enfant-rom-de-10-ans-voudrait-simplement-aller-l-ecole”]
Lots of news in France this week on the aggressions in the North of France in Lille, following aggressions and petty thefts, two Rroma camps were closed by the municipality. This follows the closure of other camps in Lille following claims of sexual aggressions by Rroma minors. Bad, and a lot of articles.
On a more “normal” footing, a camp is being closed in Hellemes, in the North of France; one camp was closed in Paris near Porte de la Chapelle; a fire in Vitry, near Paris forced the evacuation of ca. 70 Rroma; another fire occurred in Montpellier is a camp; yet another fire destroyed a camp in Grimaud, near St. Tropez in the South of France; and finally, a camps is awaiting it closure in Marseilles.
– L’évacuation du camp rom précipitée par les plaintes pour agressions. In: La Voix du Nord. 02.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/125864/article/2017-03-02/le-camp-rom-de-la-rue-de-constantine-evacue-ce-jeudi-matin
– Agressions à la Citadelle : Un premier camp de Roms démantelé. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 02.03.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2023503-20170302-agressions-citadelle-premier-camp-roms-demantele
– A Lille, la mairie demande l’évacuation de Roms après plusieurs agressions. In: Europe 1. 27.02.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/a-lille-la-mairie-demande-levacuation-de-roms-apres-plusieurs-agressions-2989175
– Le camp rom de l’ancienne imprimerie H2D très bientôt évacué. In: La Voix du Nord. 01.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/125566/article/2017-03-01/le-camp-rom-de-l-ancienne-imprimerie-h2d-tres-bientot-evacue
– Paris : un campement de Roms évacué au nord de la ville. In: Le Parisien. 28.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/un-campement-de-roms-evacue-dans-le-nord-de-paris-28-02-2017-6719340.php
– Incendie à Vitry : 70 Roms évacués quai Jules-Guesde. In: Le Parisien. 01.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/vitry-sur-seine-94400/incendie-a-vitry-70-roms-evacues-quai-jules-guesde-01-03-2017-6722232.php
– Montpellier : incendie dans un campement de Roms. In: France Info Occitanie. 26.02.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/herault/montpellier-metropole/montpellier/montpellier-incendie-campement-roms-1203551.html
– Un camp de roms prend feu, une demi-douzaine de caravanes et mobil-homes part en fumée. In: Var Matin. 27.02.2017. http://www.varmatin.com/faits-divers/un-camp-de-roms-prend-feu-une-demi-douzaine-de-caravanes-et-mobil-homes-part-en-fumee-117302
– Un camp de Roms en sursis à Marseille. In: France Info Provence Côte d’Azur. 28.02.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/camp-roms-sursis-marseille-1204673.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/125864/article/2017-03-02/le-camp-rom-de-la-rue-de-constantine-evacue-ce-jeudi-matin “]
An Irish genetical study recently showed that Travellers, while of Irish origins, are a separate group following several centuries of de-facto separation.
And very shortly thereafter, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and the Dail (Parliament) recognise them as an ethnic group.
GOOD!
P.S. Switzerland please take heed… After 600 years in the country, Rroma are still not recognised as a minority.
– ‘He walks with his head down. No more’ – Taoiseach recognises Traveller ethnicity in the Dáil. In: The Journal. 01.03.2017. http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-recognises-traveller-ethnicity-3265759-Mar2017/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-recognises-traveller-ethnicity-3265759-Mar2017/”]
An article in Austria… Two couples of thieves stole a few hundred euros from shops in an Austrian town. So far, nothing special. But the description is not:
“Vermutlich Volksgruppe Roma/Sinti” – Probably from Roma/Sinti ethnicity …
Did they ask the thieves for a racial attestation?
SHAME.
– Gauner-Quartett räumte Kassa in zwei Geschäften aus. In: BVZ.at. 24.02.2017. http://www.bvz.at/oberpullendorf/warnung-vor-trickdieben-gauner-quartett-raeumte-kassa-in-zwei-geschaeften-aus/37.999.021 [link-preview url=”http://www.bvz.at/oberpullendorf/warnung-vor-trickdieben-gauner-quartett-raeumte-kassa-in-zwei-geschaeften-aus/37.999.021″]
A short documentary on Rroma and Travellers in the UK.
– https://vimeo.com/199663084 [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/199663084″]
The French Republic is no longer what it used to be … Yet another case of a mayor refusing to enrol Rroma children in school, one of the fundamental rights in that country.
Bad!
– Prémesques : la commune s’oppose à la scolarisation d’enfants roms. In: FR3 Hauts de France. 27.02.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/premesques-commune-s-oppose-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1204213.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/premesques-commune-s-oppose-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1204213.html”]
Local Roma and Sinti organisation from Hessen sharply criticised the relocation policies of the city of Frankfurt. The city relocated Rroma from a slum into a state sponsored housing.
And they put 39 people in three rooms … With one shower.
Really?
– 3 Zimmer für 39 Personen. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 27.02.2017. http://www.fr.de/frankfurt/gutleut-brache-in-frankfurt-3-zimmer-fuer-39-personen-a-1020276 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/frankfurt/gutleut-brache-in-frankfurt-3-zimmer-fuer-39-personen-a-1020276″]
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