The Slovak authorities have taken almost no measures aimed at reducing the segregation of Rroma in the Slovak School system. This is a SHAME!
A young Rrom was brutally beaten in Bulgaria (and the beating was filmed) for having said to the man he was his equal… If this is not racism!
The man has now been arrested. Let’s see what he is condemned to.
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Professor Wilhelm Solms is awarded the German Federal Order of Merit for his work on the Antiziganismus and his engagement in this cause.
Congratulations!
A scary article on Militias in Eastern Europe. While they are “hunting” migrants, they also are turning up the heat against Rroma and even, in some countries against Jews.
The World Bank issued a statement condemning Romania acts of racism against Rroma while the US State department slams the country for corruption and discrimination of Rroma.
Well done.
A long article on Rroma beggars in Sweden. Numbers of beggars vary according to sources but range from 600 t0 4’000. Unfortunately, the article propagates stereotypes about Rroma….
Just a few selected statements from the French Prime Minister.
SHAME!
This week’s chronicle is dominated by a few places. First and foremost, Cogolin, in the South where a Front National Mayor commented the destruction on a Rroma camp live on TV – watch it, in case you doubt what this party stands for. The statements he made (about the odour etc.) are actually plain racist.
Then, near Paris, in Annet sur Marne, a camp’s fate is in the hand of the judges; in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, the mayor blocks a street to get rid of Rroma; in Lille, Rroma may be forced to leave while in Roubaix, garbage strewn on the street creates anger.
Then an article about a strategy about Rroma … One wonders, So much noise and work for less than 20’000 Rroma – the problem could have been resolved a long while back.
The US is naming the marginalization of Rroma in Bulgaria as that country’s biggest Human Right problem.
Let’s hope this has some impact!
Apparently, Poles don’t like Rroma and Arabs, but like Czechs and Italians… Wondering how the question was asked …
Right after having been condemned for racism, Jean-Maire Le Pen finds nothing better than celebrate with the French magazine “Rivarol” amongst a full set of true extremists making really racist comments.
Unfortunately, this cannot be condemned…
A Hungarian Rroma woman who was insulted and threatened during an right wing manifestation had complained that these abuses were not investigated in Hungary. The European Court in Strasbourg stated that the police should have investigated these acts, especially in view of their extreme nature (and the events in Hungary).
The events occurred in the village of Gyöngyöspata in North Eastern Hungary.
GOOD!
An article about the outlook for Rroma in Slovakia following the sharp rise of rightist extremism in that country.
Nice overview of the condemnation and statements of Jean-Marie le Pen in France …
Racist graffiti in Romania on a tent erected for the 8th of April celebration of the Rroma day has been criticized both from within the country as from outside.
Another series of pictures which, aside from their esthetical aspect, perpetuates the usual stereotypes about Rroma. How about making a series of pictures on French exclusively showing poor drunken French homeless?
In spite of some positive coverage due to the international Rroma day, this week’s French chronicle is not particularly nice. First, an intervention of the police in a Rroma camp near the prison of Loos in the North of France, an attempt to remove the Rroma from this camp; in the North, two families are expulsed; toilets are awaited in a camp near la Rochelle in the West of France; a new camping spot for travelers is installed near Paris in the bois de Vioncennes; near Paris, the arrival of Rroma is problematic; the Seine’s banks are being cleaned near a former Rroma camp; and news about a gang of thieves who stole tools near Dijon.
On a more positive note, a French Radio broadcasted for a day from a Rroma ghetto in Paris; and a positive action in the North of France!
A few articles and calls for action in France in the context of the International Rroma Day.
A reportage from the Swiss television on a Rroma beggar. Nice in itself, i.e. in the portrait of that particular person, bad in that it reinforces the stereotypes – All Rroma are poor and are beggars.
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