Following the stabbing of an African migrant after a dispute with a Rrom, a riot started and there were fights in the street between Rroma and Africans in the town of Roquetas del Mar.
BAD …
But … The paper reporting this is notoriously biased against minorities and refugees. So caution on this!
In a few places, people went out of their way to help Rroma on Christmas day. In Western France in Nantes and in Normandie, in Paris, in the North of France, and in Rome.
In Slovenia, kindergartens are not mandatory and can close overnight. With the end of European funding, many kindergartens are closing, especially in places with a high Rroma minority.
A SHAME!
Another article on the Czech survey of minorities and foreigners (see also http://praguemonitor.com/2015/12/17/poll-roma-are-lazy-muslims-violent): This time, with more details.
SCARY!
A workshop in Greven, Germany focused on the integration of young Rroma in society. While the aim is definitively to be praised, the suggestions, an orchestra, fall again in the stereotypes. Pity …
Two Canadian lawyers specialised in Asylum cases where suspended by the Canadian bar and fined for having improperly defended and cheated their clients, in several cases, Rroma were the victims of these unscrupulous lawyers.
Well Done!
Özcan Purçu, the first Rroma Member of Parliament in Turkey, stated that entire segments of the population are being marginalised in Turkey nowadays due to the polarisation seen under Erdogan. This is bad for Rroma, as racism is already common against them in Turkey.
An article on the Roma Education Fund and the stipends it gives out. Here on Czech students.
A new prime time movie showcases Sinti on prime time in Germany. We haven’t seen it, but the plot has a few of the standard stereotypes … Unfortunately.
After having been freed in first instance, Eric Zemour was condemned in second Instance for incitation to racial hatred for his statement « Les Normands, les Huns, les Arabes, les grandes invasions d’après la chute de Rome sont désormais remplacés par les bandes de Tchétchènes, de Roms, de Kosovars, de Maghrébins, d’Africains qui dévalisent, violentent ou dépouillent » [Normans, Huns, Arabs, the big invasions after the fall of Rome are nowadays replaced by bands of Chechens, Kosovars, Maghrebians, Africans who steal, rape or rob.]
About time …
A sordid story of a mal prostitute from Romania and his client and violence. The prostitute slit the throat of the client in whose flat he was living, killed the dogs and torched the flat.
OK, it is crime. What is the relevance here of the fact that the two criminals were Rroma? Does it add anything or does it just strengthen stereotypes?
A German citizen (handicapped) has been condemned in Germany for incitation to racial hatred for having published comments stating “when will further Gypsy cars burn” and a few others on his webpage …
GOOD!
Mixed bag this week … Apart from the news from Saint-Gilles-les-Ollières, two articles on the illegal Rroma camp on the former railway around Paris; in Ivry, near Paris, ten houses for Rroma are inaugurated; a few articles on the regional votes, and especially on the Front National; and then, of course, criminality …
Slovakia was slammed by the UN for its state violence against Rroma.
About time!
A poll in the Czech Republic on ethnic groups and nations gives the expected results: The demonstration that Czech are profoundly prejudiced and also probably are not exactly well endowed in their heads …
SHAME!
For the first time in Spain, a Rromni is on top of the list of her party – Podemos – in Salamanca. Well done!
Not acceptable. Gilles Bourdouleix’ condemnation for racism for having said that “Hitler probably did not kill enough of them” has been slashed. The reasoning from the judges is quite special: He did not intend these words to be made public… But he told them, so he is certainly racist.
SHAME AND PROTEST!!!!
In spite of protests by the mayor and by the town’s residents, the French state ordered the continuation of the works for the so-called insertion village for Rroma. The opposition of the residents is totally overblown and shows what people actually think about Rroma in France.
Sans commentaires – without commentaries.
The news on travellers in France (gens du voyage) is as usual dominated by opposition and issues with their camps, and of course criminality. The number of articles says it all (and it is only a sample).
Camps:
Crime:
An interview of Kenan Emini, president of the Roma anti-discrimination Network Göttigen on the forced repatriation of Rroma to so-called sagfe countries such as Kosovo.
In eine gefährliche Zukunft: Leiter des Roma Anti-Diskriminierungsnetzwerkes über Abschiebung. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. 09.12.2015. http://gera.otz.de/web/lokal/politik/detail/-/specific/In-eine-gefaehrliche-Zukunft-Leiter-des-Roma-Anti-Diskriminierungsnetzwerkes-ue-1936862078
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