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The testimony of a Rom published in die Zeit has a follow up: In the corresponding Tagesspiegel article, one learns that the case against the arsonists who set the refugee home on fire, a fire that killed the Rom’s daughter was mishandled by the police and closed as it was not registered as manslaughter.
Bad…
– Brennender Hass. In: Tageszeitung. 18.10.2018. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/gewalt-gegen-roma-brennender-hass/23202388.html
We need neither the article not the advertisement for the photographer …
– THE PHOTOGRAPHER SHOWED HOW TO LIVE THE MODERN GYPSIES. In: The Siver Telegraph. 15.10.2018. https://sivtelegram.media/the-photographer-showed-how-to-live-the-modern-gypsies/54044/
A new book investigating the creation of the race concept in the middle ages, with many mentions of Roma.
– The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages by Geraldine Heng. In: Authorlink. 26.09.2018. https://authorlink.com/bookreview/the-invention-of-race-in-the-middle-ages-by-geraldine-heng-2018/
Another reportage about a child bride and all the folklore – or how a minority of Roma is highlighted / presented as the norm.
But the article is done with good intentions and shows some differentiation.
– The teenage gypsy bride carving a feminist future. In: ABC. 24.09.2019. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-24/teenage-roma-gypsy-bride-feminist-future/10212852
The school authorities in Rome are looking for partners NGO to outsource the integration of Roma and Sinti children in the school system. All this, as a part of the national project for the integration of RSC (Rom-Sinti-Caminanti) children.
– Roma. Bambini Rom-Sinti-Caminanti: inserimento scolastico. In: La Prima Pagina. 02.08.2018. https://www.laprimapagina.it/2018/09/02/roma-bambini-rom-sinti-caminanti-inserimento-scolastico/
Two articles on the dangers of “neo-fascism” and populism for minorities and refugees.
Scary.
– Vom unrentablen Menschen. In: Junge Welt. 22.08.2018. https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/338373.vom-unrentablen-menschen.html
– Mojca Širok, novinarka in pisateljica. In: Mladina. 24.08.2018. https://www.mladina.si/187001/mojca-sirok-novinarka-in-pisateljica/
A view on what needs to be done for the education of Roma.
– How to invest and unlock the potential of Roma children. In: EPHA. 08.08.2018. https://epha.org/how-to-invest-and-unlock-the-potential-of-roma-children/
May they rest in peace!
– Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: EU commemorates ‘forgotten victims’. In: Euronews. 02.08.2018. http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/02/roma-holocaust-memorial-day-eu-commemorates-forgotten-victims-
The official EU statement on Roma Holocaust and the transcript of the EU Commission vice president Timmermans and chairman Jourova.
Too bad they still use “Porrajmos” and even worse that they misspell it.
– European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Pharrajimos). In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/holocaust/-/european-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-pharrajimos-
– Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová ahead of Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August. In Council of Europe. 01.08.2018. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-18-4749_en.htm
A Roma commemoration will be held on August 2nd, for the international Roma Holocaust day on the site of the notorious Babi Yar massacres where there were also many Roma victims.
– Rally for International Day of Roma Holocaust to be held in Kyiv. In: 112. 30.07.2018. https://112.international/society/rally-for-international-day-of-roma-holocaust-to-be-held-in-kyiv-30708.html
An analysis of why the “Third Way” – or the policies that Virginia Raggi, Rome’s mayor – has put in place have failed. The third way was meant to close the camps who were run by the state and NGOs and subject to a mafia racket, and to integrate the Roma with the help of EU funds.
Now, this is more pure expulsions.
– Campi rom: ecco perché al River la “terza via” di Raggi ha fallito. In: Roma Today. 30.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/politica/campi-rom-raggi-terza-via-cos-e.html
A new book on the Romani women’s movement.
– https://books.google.com.pe/books/about/The_Romani_Women_s_Movement.html?id=2DVlDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
The Italian press, when speaking about Roma only shows camps, garbage, and criminality, especially after the arrest of 31 Roma who were members of a notorious mafia clan.
– Dopo Magliana, Riva Ostiense: sgomberati insediamenti abusivi all’ombra del Gazometro. In: Roma Today. 18.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/sgombero-riva-ostiense-oggi.html
The Italian press, when speaking about Roma only shows camps, garbage, and criminality, especially after the arrest of 31 Roma who were members of a notorious mafia clan.
– Dopo Magliana, Riva Ostiense: sgomberati insediamenti abusivi all’ombra del Gazometro. In: Roma Today. 18.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/sgombero-riva-ostiense-oggi.html
A “nomad” camp was closed in Palermo due to insalubrity.
– Sequestrato per insalubrità il “campo nomadi” di Palermo. In: Ask a News. 18.07.2018. http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/18/sequestrato-per-insalubrità-il-campo-nomadi-di-palermo-pn_20180718_00018/
A “nomad” camp was closed in Palermo due to insalubrity.
– Sequestrato per insalubrità il “campo nomadi” di Palermo. In: Ask a News. 18.07.2018. http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/18/sequestrato-per-insalubrità-il-campo-nomadi-di-palermo-pn_20180718_00018/
Roma from several countries are gathered and camp in a park in the Western Slovak spa town of Piešťany. It is apparently due to a vision of the Virgin Mary that a healer had on that spot. Many Roma – from the evangelical churches have been bringing their ill relatives are on the site.
– Rómovia z celého sveta kempujú v parku kúpeľného mesta: Do Piešťan ich láka veľká záhada! In: Novy Čas. 18.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/
– Rómovia už niekoľko dní okupujú parčík v Piešťanoch. In: MY Trnava. 17.06.2018. https://mytrnava.sme.sk/c/20871828/romovia-uz-niekolko-dni-okupuju-parcik-v-piestanoch.html
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