We will not leave this country to the Nazis. It is our country too!
An appeal from Romani Rose, chariman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma.
– https://www.facebook.com/BeLapoBi/photos/a.252191191905274.1073741828.237921856665541/387364668387925/?type=3&theater [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/BeLapoBi/photos/a.252191191905274.1073741828.237921856665541/387364668387925/?type=3&theater”]
There have been more than 700 cases of measles among Roma in Greece so far this year, a testimony to the fact that the vaccination rates among Roma are very low.
– Roma at high risk of measles due to low vacination rates. In: Ekathimerini. 13.12.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/224120/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-at-high-risk-of-measles-due-to-low-vacination-rates [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/224120/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-at-high-risk-of-measles-due-to-low-vacination-rates”]
There were severe clashes between the police and Roma north of Athens following the death of a 62 years old Rom in police custody.
– Nine officers injured after Roma clashes. In: Ekathimerini. 13.12.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/224165/article/ekathimerini/news/nine-officers-injured-after-roma-clashes [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/224165/article/ekathimerini/news/nine-officers-injured-after-roma-clashes”]
According to the EU, Roma arriving in Scotland are being unfairly targeted by border control.
Not surprising, unfortunately.
– Roma arriving in Scotland being ‘targeted unfairly’. In: The Herald. 12.12.2017. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/ [link-preview url=”http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/”]
The British artist Damian Le Bas died unexpectedly at the age of 54 in his home in Southern England. He was most notably present at the first Sinti and Roma pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale.
May he rest in peace!
– Damian Le Bas ist tot. In: Der Spiegel. 11.12.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/damian-le-bas-britischer-kuenstler-ueberraschend-gestorben-a-1182758.html
– Damian Le Bas ist 54-jährig gestorben. In: Luzerner Zeitung. 11.12.2017. http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/kultur/damian-le-bas-ist-54-jaehrig-gestorben;art46444,1156195 [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/damian-le-bas-britischer-kuenstler-ueberraschend-gestorben-a-1182758.html “]
A Polish controversy highlights how Roma are regarded in that country (in spite of their low number): Resident of a Roma settlement are going to school in a neighbouring village instead of going to the school in their own village.
The resident of the other village are complaining saying that the other school is better suited for Roma (yes). In fact, they don’t want Roma in their school …
– Zaognia się wojna o małych Romów z Maszkowic. Szkoła w Jazowsku jest zamknięta na dzieci innego koloru skóry? In: Sadeczanin. 12.12.2017. https://sadeczanin.info/wiadomosci/zaognia-sie-wojna-o-malych-romow-z-maszkowic-szkola-w-jazowsku-jest-zamknieta-na-dzieci [link-preview url=”https://sadeczanin.info/wiadomosci/zaognia-sie-wojna-o-malych-romow-z-maszkowic-szkola-w-jazowsku-jest-zamknieta-na-dzieci”]
A NYT article on the Cirque Romanes – a Roma circus at home in Paris since almost 20 years. They moved two years ago in the posh 16th arrondissement in Paris and have faced problems ever since.
– A Roma Circus Makes a Home, and Builds Bridges, in Paris. In: The New York Times. 11.12.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/world/europe/roma-circus-paris.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/world/europe/roma-circus-paris.html”]
In the context of the Swiss presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2017, representatives from the IHRA met Roma representatives from Switzerland.
– Meeting with Roma Representatives in Switzerland. In: International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 05.12.2017. https://holocaustremembrance.com/media-room/news-archive/meeting-roma-representatives-switzerland [link-preview url=”https://holocaustremembrance.com/media-room/news-archive/meeting-roma-representatives-switzerland”]
On December 16th, a commemoration on the 75th anniversary of the “Auschwitz Decree” by Hermann Goering ordering the deportation and thus annihilation of the Sinti and Roma will be held on the site of the former Sachsenhausen camp.
– Gedenken an ermordete Sinti und Roma. In: ND. 11.12.2017. https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1072930.gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-und-roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1072930.gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-und-roma.html”]
A study and an Interview with a researcher who looked into the policies of the German state regarding reparations for Roma and Sinti after 1945 in Germany.
Needless to say, the picture is not pretty.
– Sinti und Roma: „Nicht aus Gründen der Rasse verfolgt“? In: Badische Nachricten. 10.12.2017. https://bnn.de/lokales/karlsruhe/sinti-und-roma-nicht-aus-gruenden-der-rasse-verfolgt [link-preview url=”https://bnn.de/lokales/karlsruhe/sinti-und-roma-nicht-aus-gruenden-der-rasse-verfolgt”]
An article about a radio show called “Our Path” on the lives of a Roma community in Slovenia. The broadcast has been on for ten years now and highlights the ups and downs of the community, their successes, and their issues.
A small drop in the ocean, but a start to show that Roma are citizen like any others.
– “Tudi če si izobražen in dobro situiran, ni lahko biti Rom”. In: RTV Slovensko. 08.12.2017. https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/tudi-ce-si-izobrazen-in-dobro-situiran-ni-lahko-biti-rom/440038 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/tudi-ce-si-izobrazen-in-dobro-situiran-ni-lahko-biti-rom/440038″]
The Swiss are introducing new measures against “troublesome” travellers, i.e. against foreign Roma. They can now deny them the permit for work if they have not been condemned in the last two years. This may very well mean that a traffic violation will be sufficient to be denied work.
Bad, and symptomatic of the new attitude of the Swiss against Roma.
– Kantone erhalten Druckmittel gegen störende Fahrende. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. 08.12.2017. http://www.tagblatt.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/neues-druckmittel-gegen-fahrende;art253650,5162621
– Kantone bekommen neues Druckmittel gegen Fahrende. In: Barfi. 08.12.2017. https://barfi.ch/News-Schweiz-die-Welt/Kantone-bekommen-neues-Druckmittel-gegen-Fahrende [link-preview url=”https://barfi.ch/News-Schweiz-die-Welt/Kantone-bekommen-neues-Druckmittel-gegen-Fahrende”]
A process against Slovak Roma accused of having embezzled and tricked elderly people in the North East of Poland just took place. The defendant were condemned to more than three years of prison.
– Proces Romów ze Słowacji oskarżonych o oszustwa na szkodę starszych osób. In: Interia. 08.12.2017. http://biznes.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/proces-romow-ze-slowacji-oskarzonych-o-oszustwa-na-szkode,2548629,4199 [link-preview url=”http://biznes.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/proces-romow-ze-slowacji-oskarzonych-o-oszustwa-na-szkode,2548629,4199″]
Roma seem to be the new scapegoats of society in the UK: An article on the Roma community in Glasgow.
– The Roma are yet again scapegoats for society’s ills. In: The Guardian. 10.12.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society”]
A reportage on a project of Caritas in Bosnia to help children integrate in the school system. The project is run in ten primary schools in Bosnia.
The article contains the usual views on Roma – better learn rather than beg – and fails to indicate that ten school are only a few of the one needed. But much more, it fails to say that many Roma were victims of the war and were evicted from their original homes.
– Enfants roms de la rue à l’école en Bosnie. In: Swiss Info (SWI). 04.12.2017. https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/pour-un-avenir-meilleur_enfants-roms-de-la-rue-à-l-école-en-bosnie/43725562 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/pour-un-avenir-meilleur_enfants-roms-de-la-rue-à-l-école-en-bosnie/43725562″]
This week’s actualities is dominated by the tragic death of a man in a fine in a Roma camp in Marseilles, in the South of France. Another squat burned and another 70 Roma were evacuated in the same city. In Perpignan, also in the South of France, a fire broke in a camp but there is help for those Roma. Other news include closure of a camp in Nimes, in the South; the closure of the petite ceinture camp in Paris and its cleanup; a fire in a camp just before its evacuation near Paris in Pierrefitte; while in the Centre, in St. Genis les Ollières, Roma found work and in the West in Rezé, 30 Roma families were re-lodged.
– Marseille : mort d’un homme de 35 ans dans l’incendie d’un camp de Roms. In: Paris Match. 09.12.2017. http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Faits-divers/Marseille-mort-d-un-homme-de-35-ans-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-Roms-1413920
– Marseille. Un mort dans l’incendie d’un campement de Roms. In: Ouest France. 09.12.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/marseille-13000/marseille-un-mort-dans-l-incendie-d-un-campement-de-roms-5435515
– Un mort dans l’incendie d’un camp de Roms à Marseille. In: L’Est Républicain. 09./12.2017. http://www.estrepublicain.fr/faits-divers/2017/12/09/un-mort-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-roms-a-marseille
– Marseille : un homme meurt dans l’incendie d’un camp de Roms. In: CNews. 09.12.2017. http://www.cnewsmatin.fr/france/2017-12-09/marseille-un-homme-meurt-dans-lincendie-dun-camp-de-roms-770665
– Marseille : un homme retrouvé mort dans un important feu de camp de roms. In: Toulouse 7. 09.12.2017. https://www.toulouse7.com/2017/12/09/marseille-homme-retrouve-mort-important-feu-de-camp-de-roms/
– Un homme retrouvé mort après l’incendie d’un camp de roms à Marseille. In: Nice Matin. 09.12.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/un-homme-retrouve-mort-apres-lincendie-dun-camp-de-roms-a-marseille-191111
– Marseille. Évacuation de Roms après un incendie dans un entrepôt. In: Ouest France. 06.12.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/marseille-13000/marseille-evacuation-de-roms-apres-un-incendie-dans-un-entrepot-5428112
– Marseille : des Roms évacués après un incendie. In: FR3. 07.12.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-roms-evacues-apres-incendie-1379863.html
– Perpignan: la solidarité s’organise pour les familles roms dont le camp a été détruit par un incendie. In: L’Indépendant. 05.12.2017. http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/12/05/perpignan-la-solidarite-s-organise-pour-les-familles-roms-dont-le-camp-a-ete-detruit-par-un-incendie,3076612.php
– Nîmes : les familles Roms installées au Pied-Ferme bientôt expulsées ? In: Midi Libre. 10.12.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/12/09/nimes-les-familles-roms-installees-au-pied-ferme-bientot-expulsees,1600550.php
– Paris: Le campement de Roms de la petite ceinture à nouveau démantelé. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 28.11.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/2177243-20171128-paris-campement-roms-petite-ceinture-nouveau-demantele
– Pierrefitte : le camp de Roms brûle juste avant l’expulsion. In: Le Parisien. 03.12.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/pierrefitte-le-camp-de-roms-brule-juste-avant-l-expulsion-03-12-2017-7430424.php
– Saint-Genis-les-Ollières : les familles Roms ont trouvé du travail. In: Le Progrès. 04.12.2017. http://www.leprogres.fr/actualite/2017/12/04/village-d-insertion-les-familles-roms-ont-eu-des-experiences-professionnelles
– Rezé : 30 familles Roms relogées sur deux campements. In: FR3. 08.12.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/reze/reze-30-familles-roms-relogees-deux-campements-1380789.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/marseille-13000/marseille-un-mort-dans-l-incendie-d-un-campement-de-roms-5435515 “]
The Slovenian Roma Councillors Association in Slovenia celebrated the 15 years of their right to be represented in local councils with a conference.
This initiative from Slovenia should be followed in all countries and places where there is a significant Roma minority.
– Conference marks 15 years of Roma councillors. In: STA. 08.12.2017. https://english.sta.si/2459185/conference-marks-15-years-of-roma-councillors [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2459185/conference-marks-15-years-of-roma-councillors”]
A series of stumbling stones commemorating victims of the Holocaust, among them Roma, are set up in Vienna.
At a time where Vienna is again taking a sharp right turn, this is a reminder of what such policies can lead to.
– Vienna’s Dark WWII History is Literally Embedded in its Streets. In: Vice. 08.12.2017. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xw84a/viennas-dark-wwii-history-is-literally-embedded-in-its-streets [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xw84a/viennas-dark-wwii-history-is-literally-embedded-in-its-streets”]
An article about some of the factories in Slovakia, who, faced with labour shortages decided to try to employ some of the estimated 100’000 Roma who have no job in that country.
And guess what, it works … Not always simple in the beginning, but it works!
– Firmy ukazujú, že zamestnávanie Rómov má riešenie. In: Pravda. 09.12.2017. https://profesia.pravda.sk/zamestnanie/clanok/450180-firmy-ukazuju-ze-zamestnatelnost-romov-je-riesitelna/ [link-preview url=”https://profesia.pravda.sk/zamestnanie/clanok/450180-firmy-ukazuju-ze-zamestnatelnost-romov-je-riesitelna/”]
More background on the recent news that an Israeli scholar claims that Roma are the lost Israelite tribe of Samuel. He has a Facebook page and a foundation called Atsigana whose goal is to establish a Roma Holocaust museum (in itself a worthy goal).
Only issue, his theories are totally wrong.
– https://www.facebook.com/Shmuel377
– https://www.leetchi.com/c/projets-de-samuel-abucaya [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Shmuel377 “]
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