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Switzerland: Harder

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The Canton of Bern has decided to harden its policies towards “foreign” Travellers. They are not allowed to camp in sites reserved for the Swiss Travellers and now, “unauthorised” camping on private grounds (even when the ground’s owner has agreed) is a cause for expulsion.
BAD

– Kantonsparlament beschliesst strengere Regeln für Fahrende. In: Der Bund. 23.01.2018. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/kantonsparlament-beschliesst-haertere-gangart-gegenueber-fahrenden/story/24339071 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/kantonsparlament-beschliesst-haertere-gangart-gegenueber-fahrenden/story/24339071″]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Testimony

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An interview of Anna Kwiatkowska, a Polish Romni Holocaust survivor.
From the World Jewish Congress page. Too bad they used the “P” word for the Roma Holocaust.

– https://www.facebook.com/WorldJewishCong/videos/10156019206004805/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/WorldJewishCong/videos/10156019206004805/”]

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Serbian Villas

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A series of picture of Roma homes in a small village in central Serbia.

– AP PHOTOS: Village of sprawling mansions empty most of year. In: WTOP. 22.01.2018. https://wtop.com/media-galleries/2018/01/ap-photos-village-of-sprawling-mansions-empty-most-of-year/slide/1/ [link-preview url=”https://wtop.com/media-galleries/2018/01/ap-photos-village-of-sprawling-mansions-empty-most-of-year/slide/1/”]

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Romania: Theatre Against Prejudice

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“Gadjo Dildo” – a name chosen as a play on the title of Toni Gatlif’s movie “Gadjo Dilo” is a theatre performance based on stories of sexism and racism that Romnja encounter on a daily basis in Romania.
The play can be seen in Cluj and features Elena Duminica, a Romani actress.

– Romanian Roma use theater to address bigotry. In: The Christian Science Monitor. 22.01.2018. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2018/0122/Romanian-Roma-use-theater-to-address-bigotry
– Romania’s Roma culture seeks stage to depict discrimination. In: Reuters. 22.01.2018. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-romania-theatre/romanias-roma-culture-seeks-stage-to-depict-discrimination-idUKKBN1FB146?utm_source=34553&utm_medium=partner [link-preview url=”https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2018/0122/Romanian-Roma-use-theater-to-address-bigotry “]

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Poland: Legal Wrangle

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Last episode on a legal wrangle following the decree of the Limanova government who wanted to forbid Roma from applying for a flat in a new planned building in the centre of the town.
Having lost at the Vojevode level, the Limanova authorities appealed and have righlty lost again.

– Czchów przegrywa w NSA. In: Limanowa. 18.01.2018. https://limanowa.in/wydarzenia;nsa-odrzucil-skargi-na-kontrowersyjne-zarzadzenie-ws-domu-dla-romow,39874.html [link-preview url=”https://limanowa.in/wydarzenia;nsa-odrzucil-skargi-na-kontrowersyjne-zarzadzenie-ws-domu-dla-romow,39874.html”]

Austria News Western Europe

Litzmannstadt Ghetto

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An article about the tragic fate of the Roma in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. The Roma part of the Ghetto was liquidated 76 years ago. Many of the Roma there came from the Austrian Burgenland.
May they rest in peace.

– Tragiczna historia Romów z Litzmannstadt Ghetto. In: Dzeinnik Łodzki. 18.01.2018. https://plus.dzienniklodzki.pl/historia/a/tragiczna-historia-romow-z-litzmannstadt-ghetto,12854450 [link-preview url=”https://plus.dzienniklodzki.pl/historia/a/tragiczna-historia-romow-z-litzmannstadt-ghetto,12854450″]

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France: Kosovo Roma

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An article about Kosovo Roma who have recently arrived in Western France and who are de-facto stateless, as Kosovo refuses to register them.
Bad, and this since 18 years …

– Ces Kosovars qui errent toute la journée en ville. In: Ouest France. 19.01.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-mans-72000/ces-kosovars-qui-errent-toute-la-journee-en-ville-5514069 [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-mans-72000/ces-kosovars-qui-errent-toute-la-journee-en-ville-5514069″]

France News Western Europe

UN: France Singled Out

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France has been pointed out by the UN Human Right Council for its treatment of Roma, migrants, and the state of its prisons. France will formally reply in June.

– Roms, migrants, prisons… La France montrée du doigt à l’ONU. In: France Info. 19.01.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/france/roms-migrants-prisons-la-france-montree-du-doigt-a-l-onu_2569999.html
– Droits de l’homme : ce que l’ONU reproche à la France. In: Sud Ouest. 19.01.2018. http://www.sudouest.fr/2018/01/19/droits-de-l-homme-ce-que-l-onu-reproche-a-la-france-4125257-4803.php [link-preview url=”https://www.francetvinfo.fr/france/roms-migrants-prisons-la-france-montree-du-doigt-a-l-onu_2569999.html “]

Italy News Western Europe

A Ciambra: A Review

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A movie review of “A Ciambra”, an Italian movie about Roma nominated by Italy for the Oscars of international movies.

– The Martin Scorsese-Produced A Ciambra Is a Rough-and-Tumble Coming-of-Age Tale. In: Vulture. 19.01.2018. http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/review-a-ciambra-is-a-vibrant-verit-coming-of-age-tale.html [link-preview url=”http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/review-a-ciambra-is-a-vibrant-verit-coming-of-age-tale.html”]

Ireland News Western Europe

Extreme Poverty

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An article about malnourished Roma children in Ireland. A shame that this happens in Western Europe.

– Roma children malnourished due to ‘extreme’ poverty, report says. In: The Irish Times. 18.01.2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/roma-children-malnourished-due-to-extreme-poverty-report-says-1.3359153
– Roma children living in ‘overcrowded houses with rats, damp and sewage’. In: The Journal. 18.01.2018. http://www.thejournal.ie/roma-children-3804828-Jan2018/
– Roma children in Ireland ‘starving’ due to ‘relentless’ poverty. In: The Irish Times. 18.01.2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/roma-children-in-ireland-starving-due-to-relentless-poverty-1.3360375 [link-preview url=”https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/roma-children-malnourished-due-to-extreme-poverty-report-says-1.3359153 “]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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After a few quiet weeks, the usual pattern is re-surfacing in France: Expulsions, or threats thereof, and of course, the odd extremist article …
In Nice, Roma who are threatened with expulsion are appealing to Macron. Not that it helps, judging by Martine Aubry, a former minister (and socialist) who approves an expulsion in the North of France. In the South, another notice was served to Roma in Vallauris; in Western France, residents near Roma camps are complaining; near Paris, a vaccination campaign against measles was started in Ris Orangis following several cases’ and finally, the usual inflammatory article in Breizh Info, an extreme rightist info site in France.

– Des Roms menacés d’expulsion à Golfe-Juan en appellent à Emmanuel Macron. In: Nice Matin. 20.01.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/des-roms-menaces-dexpulsion-a-golfe-juan-en-appellent-a-emmanuel-macron-201259
– Roms expulsés : Martine Aubry approuve la decision. In: La Voix du Nord. 18.01.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/300027/article/2018-01-18/roms-expulses-martine-aubry-approuve-la-decision
– A Vallauris, des familles roms menacés d’expulsion. In: FR3 France Info. 21.01.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/vallauris-familles-roms-menaces-expulsion-1405375.html
– Camps illégaux de Roms : les riverains exceeds. In: Ouest France. 20.01.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/camps-illegaux-de-roms-les-riverains-excedes-5512969
– Ris-Orangis : campagne de vaccination contre la rougeole dans un campement rom. In: Le Parisien. 15.01.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/ris-orangis-campagne-de-vaccination-contre-la-rougeole-dans-un-campement-rom-15-01-2018-7502790.php
– Les bidonvilles de l’Essonne face au risque de rougeole. In: Essone Info. 16.01.2018. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/118493/les-bidonvilles-dessonne-face-au-risque-de-rougeole/
– Branchement sauvage des Roms : 40 véhicules détruits à Orvault. In: Breizh Info. 21.01.2018. https://www.breizh-info.com/2018/01/20/87173/branchement-sauvage-roms-orvault-incendie [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/vallauris-familles-roms-menaces-expulsion-1405375.html “]

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Counting Travellers

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Roma who travel and Travellers in the UK capital are becoming a rarity. They are now being counted in an effort to force municipalities to actually set aside land for them to camp.

– ‘It’s like we don’t exist’: London’s Gypsies stand up to be counted. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice”]

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UK and Travellers

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Charities say that Roma and Travellers fce a sever shortage of palces where they can stop and camp for a few days, de-facto endangering their way of life.

– Gypsies and Travellers in UK face housing crisis, charities warn. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn”]

Ireland News Western Europe

Roma in Ireland

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A report on the conditions Roma are facing in Ireland currently. According to the report, up to 20% of the Roma in that country are totally outside of the state support net and live in extreme poverty and conditions.

– Report finds Roma in Ireland live in ‘extreme poverty’. In: RTE. 18.01.2018. https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0117/934133-roma-in-ireland/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0117/934133-roma-in-ireland/”]

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ERRC Again

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The European Roma Right Centre received the European Council’s Wallenberg price for fighting against racism and discrimination.

– European Roma Rights Centre receives Raoul Wallenberg Prize for combating racism, rights abuse. In: The Council of Europe. 17.01.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/9vvrs2hbh9i2/content/european-roma-rights-centre-receives-raoul-wallenberg-prize-for-combating-racism-rights-abuse [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/9vvrs2hbh9i2/content/european-roma-rights-centre-receives-raoul-wallenberg-prize-for-combating-racism-rights-abuse”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovak Minister Sued

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The European Roma Right Centre (ERRC) is suing the Slovak Interior Ministry for discrimination and the Interior Minsiter Kalinak. The ERRC is arguing that the police is specifically targeting Roma. This comes on the background of the new plan by Kalinak on reducing the Roma criminality.

– Centre for Roma Rights sues Slovak interior minister over discrimination. In: The Slovak Spectator. 17.01.2018. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20739861/centre-for-roma-rights-sues-slovak-interior-minister-over-discrimination.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20739861/centre-for-roma-rights-sues-slovak-interior-minister-over-discrimination.html”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Abel Ravasz

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The Slovak Plenipotnetiary for Roma affairs, Abel Ravasz from the party “Mošt – Hid” gave an interview to the press on his first two years in office.
While he certainly did good things, this latest interview is somewhat puzzling, especially regarding what he says about racism and discrimination of Roma in Slovakia. He says there is no such thing as a racist country and that there is “some discrimination” for Roma in education and work.
We don’t agree here.

– Rómsky splnomocnenec: Rasistické krajiny neexistujú. In: Aktuality. 11.01.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/551872/romsky-splnomocnenec-rasisticke-krajiny-neexistuju/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/551872/romsky-splnomocnenec-rasisticke-krajiny-neexistuju/”]

Germany News Western Europe

Berlin: Agreement?

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Roma and Sinti organisation in berlin hope for a breakthrough in the Berlin Senate leading to an extensive agreement between them and the city for bettering the situation of Sinti and Roma in Berlin.

– Ein Sprachrohr für Roma. In: ND. 16.01.2018. https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1076341.ein-sprachrohr-fuer-roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1076341.ein-sprachrohr-fuer-roma.html”]

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