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France: A Mayor and Rroma

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A French Mayor accused of having prevented Rroam from going to school in her commune was cleared of all charges.
SHAME!!!

– Accusée d’avoir discriminé des Roms, la maire (LR) de Sucy relaxée définitivement. In: Le Parisien. 10.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/sucy-en-brie-94370/accusee-d-avoir-discrimine-des-roms-la-maire-lr-de-sucy-definitivement-relaxee-10-02-2017-6671394.php
– Une maire accusée d’avoir refusé de scolariser des Roms mise hors de cause. In: Europe 1. 10.02.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/une-maire-accusee-davoir-refuse-de-scolariser-des-roms-mise-hors-de-cause-2974883
– Une maire accusée d’avoir refusé de scolariser des Roms relaxée. In: Boursorama. 10.02.2017. [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/sucy-en-brie-94370/accusee-d-avoir-discrimine-des-roms-la-maire-lr-de-sucy-definitivement-relaxee-10-02-2017-6671394.php”]

French Chronicle …

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Mixed set of news this week. Near Paris, a camp burnt down in Rungis, and Rroma cleaned it; another camp simply “vanished” by itself before the police could intervene; and the camp of the petite ceinture gets a reprieve; and the Paris prefect is attempting a new project for the insertion of Rroma. In the North, in Loos, a militant ecologists is being tried – he is accused of running over policemen on his bicycle during a manifestation for Rroma; in Nantes, still no solutions for a squat; while in Strasbourg, Rroam were arrested for picking pockets during a concert.
– Rungis : les Roms nettoient leur camp après l’incendie. In: Le Parisien. 08.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/rungis-94150/rungis-les-roms-nettoient-leur-camp-apres-l-incendie-08-02-2017-6665913.php
– Paris: Un campement « rom » évacué sans intervention de la police. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 07.02.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/2009991-20170207-paris-campement-rom-evacue-intervention-police
– Paris : le tribunal accorde un sursis au bidonville du boulevard Ney. In: Le Parisien. 08.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/paris-le-tribunal-accorde-un-sursis-au-bidonville-du-boulevard-ney-08-02-2017-6666507.php
– Du bidonville à l’emploi, la préfecture forme des Roms. In: BFM. 06.02.2017. http://www.bfmtv.com/mediaplayer/video/du-bidonville-a-l-emploi-la-prefecture-forme-des-roms-910923.html
– Roms de la prison de Loos : le militant cycliste a-t-il voulu foncer sur la police ? In: La Voix du Nord. 08.02.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/116174/article/2017-02-08/roms-de-la-prison-de-loos-le-militant-cycliste-t-il-voulu-foncer-sur-la-police
– Début du procès de l’élu écolo qui a forcé un barrage policier en vélo pour aider des Roms. In: Speech. 09.02.2017. http://speech.konbini.com/news/elu-ecolo-force-barrage-policier-velo/
– Procès de Jean-Luc Munro : violence ou délit de solidarité ? In: FR3 Hauts de France. 08.02.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord/lille-metropole/lille/proces-jean-luc-munro-violence-delit-solidarite-1192851.html
– Les Roms du Chêne Vert toujours sans solution. In: AM. 12.02.2017. http://www.angersmag.info/Les-Roms-du-Chene-Vert-toujours-sans-solution_a12993.html
– Pickpockets du Zénith: un troisième homme interpellé. In: DNA. 06.02.2017. http://www.dna.fr/edition-de-strasbourg/2017/02/06/razzia-au-zenith-un-troisieme-homme-interpelle [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/rungis-94150/rungis-les-roms-nettoient-leur-camp-apres-l-incendie-08-02-2017-6665913.php “]

Irish Tinkers

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An interesting study about the Irish Tinkers or Travellers. According to the genetic study, while they are from Irish origins (i.e. not related to Rroma at all), they separated from the general Irish population much earlier than thought, around the late 16th century. This long time as a separate population makes them genetically distinct from nowadays’ Irish.

– Travellers as ‘genetically different’ from settled Irish as Spanish. In: The Irish Times. 09.02.2017. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/travellers-as-genetically-different-from-settled-irish-as-spanish-1.2969515
– Study on ancestry of Irish Travellers details genetic connection to settled community. In: The Journal.ie. 09.02.2017. http://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-community-study-rcsi-3231070-Feb2017/ [link-preview url=”http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/travellers-as-genetically-different-from-settled-irish-as-spanish-1.2969515 “]

Italy, Rroma, and 30 Mio

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A very large number of articles in the Italian press reported the confiscation of 30 Mio EUR of assets from 5 Sinti families in the Lazio region. According to the news, these families had created a criminal ring.
Bad for the reputation of all …

– Roma, sequestrato tesoro da 30 milioni a 5 famiglie sinti. In: Il Messagero. 09.02.2017. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/ladispoli_sequestro_famiglie_rom-2248338.html
– VIDEO | Ville e terreni: ecco i tesori di 5 famiglie sinti a Ladispoli e Cerveteri. In: Roma Today. 09.02.2017. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/video-sequestro-famiglia-sinti-ladrispoli-cerveteri.html
– Operazione di Dia e carabinieri tra Cerveteri e Ladispoli. In: Civonline. 09.02.2017. http://cerveteri.civonline.it/articolo/operazione-di-dia-e-carabinieri-tra-cerveteri-e-ladispoli
– Operazione Dia: sequestrati 15 ville, un distributore ed un bar. In: Civitavecchia. 09.02.2017. http://www.terzobinario.it/operazione-dia-sequestrati-15-ville-un-distributore-ed-un-bar/104621
– Maxi sequestro di beni della DIA a Cerveteri e Ladispoli. In: Baraonda. 09.02.2017. http://www.baraondanews.it/c/146295/13174/maxi-sequestro-di-beni-della-dia-a-cerveteri-e-ladispoli.html
– Roma, maxi sequestro a famiglie etnia sinti: oltre 30 mln euro. In: TG Com. 09.02.2017. http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/lazio/roma-maxi-sequestro-a-famiglie-etnia-sinti-oltre-30-mln-euro_3055943-201702a.shtml
– Cerveteri e Ladispoli, sequestrati beni per 30 milioni a 5 famiglie Sinti. In: Rep TV. 09.02.2017. http://video.repubblica.it/edizione/roma/cerveteri-e-ladispoli-sequestrati-beni-per-30-milioni-a-5-famiglie-sinti/267295/267682?refresh_ce [link-preview url=”http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/ladispoli_sequestro_famiglie_rom-2248338.html “]

Opening of the Movie Django

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The movie on Django Reinhard’s life opened at the Berlin Film festival, with some mixed critiques. During the opening, Rroma and the Holocaust were prominently cited, and comparisons with current times were made.

– Berlin Film Review: ‘Django’ In: Variety. 09.02.2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/
– Political resistance on Berlinale red carpet. In: DW. 09.02.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/political-resistance-on-berlinale-red-carpet/a-37487190 [link-preview url=”http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/ “]

Italy and Camps …

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An official overview of Rroma in Italy. As usual, one only counts the visible ones. But this is bad enough.

– How people of ethnic minority Roma live in Italy. In: West. 07.02.2017. http://www.west-info.eu/how-people-of-ethnic-minority-roma-live-in-italy/ [link-preview url=”http://www.west-info.eu/how-people-of-ethnic-minority-roma-live-in-italy/”]

France: Thousand Homeless

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An article by All-Jazeera about the evictions in France that saw 10’000 Rroma evicted in 2016. What we are missing here is that these 10’000 are part of the roughly 20’000 Rroma who live in camps in France, and that this proportion is evicted almost every year.
Instead of evicting, a solution should be found. It would be cheaper!
SHAME

– Thousands of Roma ‘made homeless’ in France in 2016. In: Al Jazeera. 08.02.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/thousands-roma-homeless-france-2016-170207204706535.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/thousands-roma-homeless-france-2016-170207204706535.html”]

Memorial in Austria

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In a village in Austria, a memorial was inaugurated recently naming the 22 families of Rroma and Jews that disappeared during the Nazi rule.
May they rest in peace and not be forgotten.

– Gedenktafel für ermordete Roma und Juden enthüllt. In: der Kurier. 31.01.2017. https://kurier.at/chronik/burgenland/gedenktafel-fuer-ermordete-roma-und-juden-enthuellt/243.910.611 [link-preview url=”https://kurier.at/chronik/burgenland/gedenktafel-fuer-ermordete-roma-und-juden-enthuellt/243.910.611″]

Slovakia, Ghettoes, and Opportunity

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Did you know that if you are born into a poor family in Denmark or in Estonia, you have a good opportunity to achieve success in life regardless of ethnicity? But in Slovakia, it is very likely that you will remain poor and so will your children. Especially so if you are born in an Osada – a Rroma settlement.
This must change!

– Skúste si predstaviť, že sa narodíte do rómskej osady. In: Trend. 02.02.2017. http://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/skuste-si-predstavit-ze-sa-narodite-do-romskej-osady.html [link-preview url=”http://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/skuste-si-predstavit-ze-sa-narodite-do-romskej-osady.html”]

Rome: Illegal Occupation

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A recent news from Rome with the illegal occupation by 50 Rroma of a disused factory.
As usual, these articles stress the criminality of such occupations, not the need for lodging.
BAD…

– Roma, Fdi: “Nomadi occupano stabile ‘a insaputa’ del M5S”. In: Il Giornale. 04.02.2017. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-nomadi-occupano-stabile-insaputa-dei-cinquestelle-1359770.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-nomadi-occupano-stabile-insaputa-dei-cinquestelle-1359770.html”]

Christian Clavier’s Latest Movie

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The French comic Christian Clavier’s latest movie “A bras ouvert” [with open arms] tells the story of a Frenchman who lodges a family of Rroma… Needless to say, all clichés are there.
BAD!

– Bande-annonce : Christian Clavier accueille les Roms “A bras ouverts” In: OZAP. 03.02.107. http://www.ozap.com/actu/bande-annonce-christian-clavier-accueille-les-roms-a-bras-ouverts/518629
– A bras ouverts : Christian Clavier accueille des Roms chez lui [Bande-annonce]. In: L’Internaute. 31.01.2017. http://www.linternaute.com/cinema/film/1360745-a-bras-ouverts-christian-clavier-accueille-des-roms-chez-lui-bande-annonce/ [link-preview url=”http://www.ozap.com/actu/bande-annonce-christian-clavier-accueille-les-roms-a-bras-ouverts/518629 “]

French Chronicle …

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Very few news this week around Rroma in France – probably because between Trump and Fillon – the presidential candidate mired in an affair of fictitious jobs for his wife – left nop space in the papers for Rroma …
The petite ceinture camp in the North of Paris is not yet closed and can stay; a camp in Villiers le Bel, near Paris, has been closed; the story of a camp in the South West, miserable; and finally, children as the victims of the life in the street.

– Paris : le bidonville de la Petite Ceinture en sursis. In: Le Parisien. 03.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75017/paris-le-bidonville-de-la-petite-ceinture-en-sursis-03-02-2017-6653367.php
– Un camp de roms démantelé à Villiers-le-Bel. In: Paris Vox. 02.02.2017. https://www.parisvox.info/2017/02/02/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-villiers-bel/
– Un campement de misère dans l’impasse. In: Sud Ouest. 31.01.2017. http://www.sudouest.fr/2017/01/31/un-campement-de-misere-dans-l-impasse-3154888-3229.php
– “On n’est pas dangereux, on a juste besoin d’aide” : qui sont ces enfants qui vivent dans la rue en France ? In: France Info. 31.01.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/immobilier/immobilier-indigne/recit-franceinfo-on-nest-pas-dangereux-on-a-juste-besoin-daide-qui-sont-ces-enfants-qui-vivent-dans-la-rue-en-france_2042853.html [link-preview url=”https://www.parisvox.info/2017/02/02/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-villiers-bel/ “]

Rroma and Travellers in the UK

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Young Rroma and Travellers are over-represented in the yourh custody system in the UK, and are in a far worse state than the others when it comes to the outcomes of such arrests.
Bad.

– Gypsy, traveller and Roma children are let down by the youth custody system. In: The Times. 02.02.2017. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children-are-let-down-by-the-youth-custody-system-ttjzs6jfz [link-preview url=”http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children-are-let-down-by-the-youth-custody-system-ttjzs6jfz”]

Spain: Rroma and Theatre

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In one of the poorest barrios in Spain, in El Vacie, a theatre company has enrolled Rroma women to play in classical plays, with great success.

– The Roma Women Taking Center Stage in Spain’s Theater Scene. In: Broadly. 02.02.2017. https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-roma-women-taking-center-stage-in-spains-theater-scene [link-preview url=”https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-roma-women-taking-center-stage-in-spains-theater-scene”]

Rroma & Sinti Philharmonic

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A documentary of Deutsche Welle on a philharmonic orchestra that is composed entirely from Rroma and Sinti …

– The Roma and Sinti Philharmonic. In: DW. 25.01.2017. http://m.dw.com/en/the-roma-and-sinti-philharmonic/av-37271485 [link-preview url=”http://m.dw.com/en/the-roma-and-sinti-philharmonic/av-37271485″]

Holland: Holocaust Museum

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The Ditch government sets over 8 Mio EUR for a Dutch Holocaust Museum and Memorial commemorating the ca. 102’000 Jews, Rroma and Sinti who were murdered in that country during World War Two.

– Dutch government allocates over $8.5 million to establishing Holocaust museum. In: JTA. 01.02.2017. http://www.jta.org/2017/02/01/news-opinion/world/dutch-government-allocates-over-8-5-million-to-establishing-holocaust-museum [link-preview url=”http://www.jta.org/2017/02/01/news-opinion/world/dutch-government-allocates-over-8-5-million-to-establishing-holocaust-museum”]

Greece: Rroma Robbers

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Criminality – this time in the form of a “Roma Mafia Ring” that stole goods to the tune of 1 Mio in Greece. Bad for the image. And bad journalism too.

– Police display loot of ‘Roma mafia’ robbery ring, In: Ekathimerini. 01.02.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/215803/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/police-display-loot-of-roma-mafia-robbery-ring [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/215803/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/police-display-loot-of-roma-mafia-robbery-ring”]

Berlin: Exhibition on Ethnic Cleansing

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A new exhibition titled “when Berlin was Gypsy-free” opened in Berlin. The exhibition highlights the persecution of Rroma and Sinti in Germany and in its capital and especially the “cleansing” of the city prior to the 1936 Olympic Games.

– Als Berlin “Zigeunerfrei” war. In: Junge Welt. 01.02.2017. https://www.jungewelt.de/2017/02-01/139.php [link-preview url=”https://www.jungewelt.de/2017/02-01/139.php”]

Marine Le Pen in Northern France

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The president (and presidential candidate) of the Front National said in a meeting in Dinan, in the north, that criminality and insecurity were the result of the presence of 1’000 Rroma in that city.
This is racism at its worst.
SHAME

– Sécurité à Denain : Marine Le Pen met en cause “1000 Roms” In: FR3 Nord Pas de Calais. 27.01.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nord-pas-de-calais/nord/denain/securite-denain-marine-pen-met-cause-1-000-roms-1184947.html
– Pour Marine Le Pen, il y a de l’insécurité « parce qu’il y a 1 000 Roms sur la ville » In: La Voix du Nord. 27.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/109864/article/2017-01-27/pour-marine-le-pen-il-y-de-l-insecurite-parce-qu-il-y-1-000-roms-sur-la-ville
– Dans le Nord, Marine Le Pen joue la carte anti-Fillon. In: L’Oeuil sur Le Front. 27.01.2017. https://oeilsurlefront.liberation.fr/actualites/dans-le-nord-marine-le-pen-en-croisade-contre-fillon [link-preview url=”https://oeilsurlefront.liberation.fr/actualites/dans-le-nord-marine-le-pen-en-croisade-contre-fillon”]

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