The city of Brussels holds to its regulation on beggars, in spite of the suspension ordered by a higher instance.
Bad.
The story of a Romano policeman in London.
Not much going on. A commemoration of the murder by the Nazis of 14 Roma on June 23rd, 1944; a squat in Toulouse, and an inclusion evening in Grenoble.
The city of Brussels introduced rules for beggars, forbidding people below the age of 26 to beg. This was suspended by the supervisory authority, namely the Brussels Minister in charge of Local Authorities Bernard Clerfayt. The city is now contesting this.
One knows that regulations of begging have very little impact and only fight the symptoms, the real causes.
An exhibition about Roma in Glasgow.
A short video on the case of a Slovak man and a Polish woman who were sentenced recently for enslaving at least 29 young Roma in the UK.
East Germany effectively continued the Nazis policies against Sinti and Roma, new historical studies show.
Bad but not surprising.
Almost no news – not surprising in an election week in France.
For the second time.
The fight against anti-Roma racism has been declared a state goal in some of Germany’s Laender, and the Federal government also want to act. Victims of this pervasive racism report.
Pictures of the aftermath of the Appleby Horse Fair. Heaps of garbage. The underlying statement is: Look at how dirty they are.
In fact, when 40’000 people come to a festival, it is not better, and in many case even worse.
Some improvements, lots to do still…
Roma activist Selviya Mustafi from North Macedonia discussed a “Democratic Digital Organization” with former US President Barack Obama at the Copenhagen Democratic Summit in a panel.
Interview with Petr Torák, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough, England. Invitation to the Open Road exhibition.
An exhibition in Cologne commemorates the persecution of Sinti and Roma.
Europe Roma and Travellers largest fair is opening today in Appleby.
With the inclusion of the fight against antigypsyism as a state goal, Brandenburg would be the second federal state after Schleswig-Holstein to write this down in its constitution, Central Council of German Sinti and Roma President Romani Rose told the Evangelical Press Service (epd). “This would be an important step that would make it clear that Sinti and Roma have been at home in Germany for centuries, including in Brandenburg.”
Or how a case of one mafiosi Roma family, long already in jail, continues to make the headlines. This is bad, as effectively, it is a single case, and is not representative.
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