Amnesty International criticised Italy for its treatment of Roma, especially for the evictions of camps.
– Amnesty International criticises Italy for treatment of Roma. In: New Europe. 07.06.2017. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/amnesty-international-criticises-italy-for-treatment-of-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.neweurope.eu/article/amnesty-international-criticises-italy-for-treatment-of-roma/”]
A Roma association – Amaro Foro – is denouncing the continuing discriminations in Germany against Sinti and Roma. They have collected quite a documentation on the facts that paints a dire picture: discrimination through state officials; racist commentaries; and a press that only paints the worst stereotypes.
– Sinti und Roma werden in Berlin häufiger diskriminiert. In: RBB24. 30.05.2017. https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/05/sinti-und-roma-werden-in-berlin-haeufiger-diskriminiert.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/05/sinti-und-roma-werden-in-berlin-haeufiger-diskriminiert.html”]
On June 8th, the European Roma Institute for Art and Culture will be formally inaugurated.
Great!
– Launch event for the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture: 8 June in Berlin. In: Council of Europe. 02.06.2017. http://www.coe.int/fr/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/VN6cYYbQB4QE/content/launch-event-for-the-european-roma-institute-for-arts-and-culture-8-june-in-berlin?_101_INSTANCE_VN6cYYbQB4QE_languageId=en_GB [link-preview url=”http://www.coe.int/fr/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/VN6cYYbQB4QE/content/launch-event-for-the-european-roma-institute-for-arts-and-culture-8-june-in-berlin?_101_INSTANCE_VN6cYYbQB4QE_languageId=en_GB”]
What does it mean nowadays to be Rom in France? Well, they are largely segregated and isolated. Stern reading.
– The politics of being Roma in France. In: Open Democracy. 02.06.2016. https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/radost-zaharieva/politics-of-being-roma-in-france [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/radost-zaharieva/politics-of-being-roma-in-france”]
Virginia Raggi, the mayor of Rome has pledged to close the Roma camps around Rome after having secured funds from the EU.
Nice, but since she has been elected she has repeated that pledge several times, and has even opened a new camp. So wait and see. Facts are more important that words.
– Rome mayor pledges to close Roma camps. In: Wanted in Rome. 01.06.2017. http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-mayor-pledges-to-close-roma-camps/
– We’ll close Roma camps – Raggi (3). In: Ansa. 31.05.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/05/31/well-close-roma-camps-raggi-3_a8f6ba27-6a6d-4fa2-a9df-1c221c33caee.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-mayor-pledges-to-close-roma-camps/ “]
The case of the three sisters who burnt to death in their caravan in Rome made the headlines. The police has now arrested two suspects – and unfortunately, they are Roma.
BAD.
– Two Roma suspects in sisters deaths. In: Ansa. 29.05.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/05/29/two-roma-suspects-in-sisters-deaths_0ec0af03-a0f6-4173-bda6-8e44e82797a8.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/05/29/two-roma-suspects-in-sisters-deaths_0ec0af03-a0f6-4173-bda6-8e44e82797a8.html”]
A commemoration was held in the former camp of Saliers, in Southern France where Roma and travellers were interned and deported to other camps.
– Un hommage émouvant aux internés du camp de Saliers. In: Arles Infos. 24.05.2017. http://www.arles-info.fr/2017/05/24/un-hommage-emouvant-aux-internes-du-camp-de-saliers/ [link-preview url=”http://www.arles-info.fr/2017/05/24/un-hommage-emouvant-aux-internes-du-camp-de-saliers/”]
They say sorry … They should have thought beforehand …
– Sweden Says Sorry for ‘Roma Registry,’ Recompenses Victims. In: Sputnik News. 26.05.2017. https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705261054002904-sweden-roma-registry/ [link-preview url=”https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705261054002904-sweden-roma-registry/”]
Roma who were illegally registered in a database by the Swedish police will receive a compensation of 35’000 SEK (roughly 3’500 EUR) paid by the police. This sum will be paid to 4’700 people.
It took a while …
– Sweden’s Roma to receive state compensation. In: New Europe. 25.05.2017. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/swedens-roma-receive-state-compensation/ [link-preview url=”https://www.neweurope.eu/article/swedens-roma-receive-state-compensation/”]
The exhibition Romane Thana – where Roma themselves come to word, is opening in the Westernmost part of Austria. A place that is often not welcoming to Roma.
– Vorarlberg museum will mit “Zigeuner”-Vorurteilen aufräumen. In: VOL.at. 23.05.2017. http://www.vol.at/vorarlberg-museum-will-mit-zigeuner-vorurteilen-aufraeumen/5295962
vorarlberg museum: Romane Thana. In: ORF. 23.05.2017. http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2845120/ [link-preview url=”http://www.vol.at/vorarlberg-museum-will-mit-zigeuner-vorurteilen-aufraeumen/5295962 “]
A French TV reportage on the pilgrimage is Southern France.
– SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER : DÉBUT DU PÈLERINAGE DES GITANS EN CHANSON. In: LCI. 24.05.2017. http://www.lci.fr/lifestyle/saintes-maries-de-la-mer-debut-du-pelerinage-des-gitans-en-chanson-2053081.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lci.fr/lifestyle/saintes-maries-de-la-mer-debut-du-pelerinage-des-gitans-en-chanson-2053081.html”]
The yearly pilgrimage of Saintes Marie de la Mer is starting today and will last two days.
– Gypsy’s Pilgrimage in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. In: Avignon-Provence. http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/en/traditions/gypsys-pilgrimage-saintes-maries-de-mer [link-preview url=”http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/en/traditions/gypsys-pilgrimage-saintes-maries-de-mer”]
The Hildegard-Langrenne is Germany’s first foundation founded by Roma and Sinti for Roma and Sinti. It wants to further the inclusion of this minority in the education system and as started a new program searching for role models to help Roma and Sinti who want to work in pedagogy.
– Programm “Vorbilder gesucht” fördert Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben. In: Deutschlandfunk. 23.05.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-bildungschancen-fuer-sinti-und-roma-programm-vorbilder.680.de.html?dram:article_id=386905 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-bildungschancen-fuer-sinti-und-roma-programm-vorbilder.680.de.html?dram:article_id=386905″]
A commemoration was held on the Barankapark in Vienna, a place where, before the war, Rroma and Sinti camped. This commemoration has been held for the last 20 years in honour of the victims of the deportations.
– Künstler gedenken Roma und Sinti. In: ORF. 20.05.2017. http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2844403/ [link-preview url=”http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2844403/”]
Angelo Garand, a French Manouche from the Orléans region in Francewas killed by the police in April. The police was looking for him as he had failed to return to prison after a leave (he was condemned for two years following burglaries).
The police commando who killed him claimed he threw himself on them.
The family wants now to get full transparency on what really happened and on why he was killed. They need support – help them too!
– https://www.leetchi.com/c/solidarite-de-aurelie-garand
– See also: https://www.facebook.com/Justice-Pour-Angelo-1307118499372039/?fref=ts
– For background material: For example Libération 27.05.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2017/04/27/emoi-apres-la-mort-d-un-detenu-en-cavale_1565873 [link-preview url=”https://www.leetchi.com/c/solidarite-de-aurelie-garand “]
More details on the fate of the three girls who died in Rome in an arson attack.
– 3 Roma girls burned alive – autopsy (2). In: Ansa. 16.05.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/05/15/3-roma-girls-burned-alive-autopsy-2_ad20704a-a159-4d98-9003-38e613f32b47.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/05/15/3-roma-girls-burned-alive-autopsy-2_ad20704a-a159-4d98-9003-38e613f32b47.html”]
Rroma manifested en masse in Rome in the context of the 16 of May, the day of resistance commemorating the Rroma uprising in Auschwitz Birkenau in 1944. They took the opportunity to ask for civil and social inclusion.
– Rom e Sinti, sit-in a Montecitorio per l’inclusione sociale e civile. In: Roma da Leggere. 16.05.2017. http://www.romadaleggere.it/comunita-rom-e-sinti-inclusione-sociale-e-civile/
– ROM E SINTI IN PRESIDIO A ROMA NEL GIORNO DELLA LORO RESISTENZA CONTRO LE SS AD AUSCHWITZ. In: Radio Onda d’Urto. 16.05.2017. http://www.radiondadurto.org/2017/05/16/rom-e-sinti-in-presidio-a-roma-nel-giorno-della-loro-resistenza-contro-le-ss-ad-auschwitz/
Oggi a Rimini la Giornata dei Sinti in Italia. In: SMTV San Marino. 16.05.2017. http://www.smtvsanmarino.sm/attualita/2017/05/16/oggi-rimini-giornata-sinti-italia [link-preview url=”http://www.romadaleggere.it/comunita-rom-e-sinti-inclusione-sociale-e-civile/ “]
On the day of the Rroma resistance, commemorating the uprising of Rroma in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rroma celebrated in St. Denis, next to Paris.
– Saint-Denis : les Tziganes se souviennent de leurs combats d’hier… et d’aujourd’hui. In: Le Parisien. 14.05.2017. http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php [link-preview url=”http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php”]
The Gypsy Lyon Festival will open its doors on the 18th of May in Lyon, France.
– Croix-Rousse : le Gypsy Lyon Festival revient pour une 8e edition. In: Lyon Capitale. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition [link-preview url=”http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition”]
Some pictures of one of the oldest traveller’s fair in the country.
– ROMA FROM HOME. Crystal balls, donkeys and litres of fake tan on display at annual traveller fair as hundreds of families from across the UK descend on quiet town. In: The Sun. 12.05.2017. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3543268/hundreds-of-travellers-show-off-their-fashion-sense-at-annual-horse-fair-where-families-from-across-the-uk-come-together/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3543268/hundreds-of-travellers-show-off-their-fashion-sense-at-annual-horse-fair-where-families-from-across-the-uk-come-together/”]
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