A conference by Peter Höllenreiner, Sinto, Holocaust survivor in Munich highlighted that discrimination against Rroma and Sinti in Germany continues.
He is unfortunately right!
– Soll das alles sein? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.03.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861″]
A new novel by the German Author Heiko Haumann tells the story of a Rromni during the Nazi period in Germany and the aftermath.
Good that this is being dealt with in Germany! Other countries would do well to dwell on this period of history.
– Von Vorurteil, Willkür und staatlichem Unrecht. In: Badische Zeitung. 25.03.2017. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html [link-preview url=”http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html”]
Well, he went up to the European Court of Human Rights to fight his fine for racism against Rroma. Well, he was kicked out…
About time!
– Propos sur les Roms. Jean-Marie Le Pen débouté de sa requête. In: Ouest France. 23.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592″]
A long article by a researcher from Amnesty International on the constant discrimination and exclusion of Rroma children in Slovakia. The situation is just simply not improving fast enough.
– EN SLOVAQUIE, LES MAUVAISES NOTES DU PAYS SUR LE SUJET DES ENFANTS ROMS. In: Amnesty International. 24.03.2017. https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/slovaquie-mauvaises-notes-sur-le-sujet-des-enfants-roms [link-preview url=”https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/slovaquie-mauvaises-notes-sur-le-sujet-des-enfants-roms”]
All that we need … A band of Sinti Piemontese in Turin is known for having committed armed burglaries with stolen cars and license plates… 8 of them were arrested recently.
– TORINO, SPACCATE E FURTI NOTTURNI: CATTURATI 8 SINTI. In: Roma Daliy News. 23.03.2017. https://www.romadailynews.it/cronaca/torino-spaccate-furti-notturni-catturati-8-sinti-0306308 [link-preview url=”https://www.romadailynews.it/cronaca/torino-spaccate-furti-notturni-catturati-8-sinti-0306308″]
One thorny subject in Slovakia is land ownership in the Rroma settlements. The Rroma there are mostly without any formal ownership, leaving them vulnerable to evictions and resettlement.
An amendment to the current law of land ownership is in review in the Slovak Parliament, and would allow for transfer of ownership and compensation for the owners. Let’s see how the law will work out in reality.
– Novela o vysporiadaní pozemkov pod obydliami Rómov je v 2. Čítaní. In: Teraz. 23.03.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/nrsr-novela-o-vysporiadani-pozemkov-po/250657-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/nrsr-novela-o-vysporiadani-pozemkov-po/250657-clanok.html”]
It seems that with the polemics on the Front National politician on gold teeth, the rest of the news is pretty much concentrated in the North of France… Why is a mystery, but clearly one speaks more about Rroma in the North of France than in any other region of the country bar Paris.
More closures in Roubaix, on the Quai de Bordeau; and with one squat being on the list of impeding closures; in Ronchin, where the former school Sainte Thérèse has been closed and is now being sealed to prevent any other arrival; and finally for the North, the arrest of a 14 years old Rroma boy following a theft, and who was recognised by a women who was sexually assaulted, prompting the closure of several camps in Lille.
Other news in France cover the interpellation of Marine Le Pen in the South of France by a Rrom on the affair of the gold teeth; the visit of an “insertion village” in the Isère by the Minister of Housing; and a reportage on children sleeping in the rough in Caen, in Normandie.
– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: Nord Éclair. 22.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/46277/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Le squat de la rue Nain risque aussi l’évacuation. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136537/article/2017-03-22/le-squat-de-la-rue-nain-risque-aussi-l-evacuation
– Loin de la Roumanie, Adrian et Maritza découvrent la première maison de leur vie. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136675/article/2017-03-23/loin-de-la-roumanie-adrian-et-maritza-decouvrent-la-premiere-maison-de-leur-vie
– Désamiantage puis demolition. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136672/article/2017-03-22/desamiantage-puis-demolition
– Arrêté pour vol ce dimanche, un ado de 14 ans reconnu par une joggeuse agressée en 2016. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/135671/article/2017-03-20/arrete-pour-vol-ce-dimanche-un-ado-de-14-ans-reconnu-par-une-joggeuse-agressee
– Au nom des Roms, il interpelle Marine Le Pen. In: Nice Matin. 22.03.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/politique/au-nom-des-roms-il-interpelle-marine-le-pen-123503
– EMMANUELLE COSSE AU VILLAGE DU RONDEAU : “ON A BESOIN DE CES LIEUX-LÀ !”
In: Place Grenet. 24.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/24/emmanuelle-cosse-au-village-du-rondeau-on-a-besoin-de-ces-lieux-la/129266
– Chaque nuit à Caen, des enfants dorment à la rue. In: Ouest France. 22.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/chaque-nuit-caen-des-enfants-dorment-la-rue-4876378 [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux “]
The Front National politician, Franck Sinisi, who last week suggested that one could recover the gold the gold teeth from the Rroma to pay for their lodging (really!) is being investigated by his own party.
Well, good that the FN realised this is not acceptable, but do we believe that they are really serious about that? There have been too many politicians of that party, starting with Jean Marie Le Pen himself who have made such statements.
– Isère: L’élu FN qui proposait de «récupérer les dents en or des Roms» va passer en commission de discipline. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 22.03.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2035375-20170322-isere-elu-fn-proposait-recuperer-dents-or-roms-va-passer-commission-discipline
– Il proposait de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms: un élu FN de Fontaine (Isère) en commission de discipline. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 22.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/il-proposait-recuperer-dents-roms-elu-fn-fontaine-isere-commission-discipline-1219127.html
– L’élu FN qui veut “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms sanctionné ? In: Lyon Capitale. 23.03.2017. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Actualite/Actualites/L-elu-FN-qui-veut-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-Roms-sanctionne
UN ÉLU FN PROPOSE DE “RÉCUPÉRER (LES)DENTS EN OR” DES ROMS POUR FINANCER LEUR HÉBERGEMENT. In: LCI. 19.03.2017. http://www.lci.fr/politique/isere-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-financer-leur-hebergement-2029614.html
«Récupérer les dents en or des Roms» : un élu FN se lance dans le grand n’importe quoi. In: Rue89. 24.03.2017. http://www.rue89lyon.fr/2017/03/24/recuperer-dents-en-or-roms-elu-fn-fait-parler-de-lui/
POLÉMIQUE « RÉCUPÉRER LES DENTS EN OR » DES ROMS, LA PROPOSITION CHOC D’UN ÉLU FN. In: VSD. 20.03.2017. http://www.vsd.fr/actualite/polemique-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-la-proposition-choc-d-un-elu-fn-20315 [link-preview url=”http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2035375-20170322-isere-elu-fn-proposait-recuperer-dents-or-roms-va-passer-commission-discipline “]
A conference was held in Paris on the integration of Rroma in the country. The conference’s title was voluntarily provocative: “Pourquoi ne seraient-ils pas intégrables ?” [Why couldn’t they be integrated] and is a reflection of Manuel Valls’ statement a few years back stating that Rroma cannot be integrated.
– Le souhait d’une politique globale pour l’intégration des Roms. In: Politis. 23.03.2017. https://www.politis.fr/articles/2017/03/le-souhait-dune-politique-globale-pour-lintegration-des-roms-36565/ [link-preview url=”https://www.politis.fr/articles/2017/03/le-souhait-dune-politique-globale-pour-lintegration-des-roms-36565/”]
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks visited Slovenia for four days. During his stay he criticised the country for its treatment of refugees and also for the continuing discrimination against Rroma in that country.
– Muižnieks: Upam, da novele zakona o tujcih ne bo treba nikoli uporabiti. In: Sio1 Net. 23.03.2017. http://siol.net/novice/svet/muiznieks-upam-da-novele-zakona-o-tujcih-ne-bo-treba-nikoli-uporabiti-438093 [link-preview url=”http://siol.net/novice/svet/muiznieks-upam-da-novele-zakona-o-tujcih-ne-bo-treba-nikoli-uporabiti-438093″]
Finally, the integration plan of Rome’s mayor, Virginia Raggi has been unveiled. And there is quite a bit of critique against it. The Association “July 21st” has criticised the plan in a press conference, denouncing weaknesses and contradictions. The main issues are: The plan only covers a tiny minority of the Rroma in the city and the plan to put the Rroma in some separate settlement which would rapidly turn into a ghetto.
– Piano per il superamento dei campi rom: “Discriminazione e ritorno alle baraccopoli abusive”. In: Roma Fanpage. 20.03.2017. http://roma.fanpage.it/piano-per-il-superamento-dei-campi-rom-discriminazione-e-ritorno-alle-baraccopoli-abusive/ [link-preview url=”http://roma.fanpage.it/piano-per-il-superamento-dei-campi-rom-discriminazione-e-ritorno-alle-baraccopoli-abusive/”]
As the Polish state is currently not helping, Gdansk, Poznan, and Wroclaw has initiated a project and a discussion on Rroma integration. They are particularly concentrating on Rroma without residency papers and on those who live in appalling conditions on the edges of the cities.
– Państwo nie pomaga, więc Gdańsk, Wrocław i Poznań chcą zawiązać koalicję na rzecz integracji Romów. In: Polsat News. 20.03.2017. http://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2017-03-20/gdansk-wroclaw-i-poznan-chca-zawiazac-koalicje-na-rzecz-integracji-romow/
– Poznań, Wrocław i Gdańsk wspólnie chcą działać na rzecz integracji Romów. In: Onet Poznan. 21.03.2017. http://poznan.onet.pl/poznan-wroclaw-i-gdansk-wspolnie-chca-dzialac-na-rzecz-integracji-romow/k82mq6f
– Jak integrować Romów? Ma powstać wspólny program Poznania, Wrocławia i Gdańska. In: Wyborca. 20.03.2017. http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,21523746,koalicja-poznania-wroclawia-i-gdanska-w-sprawie-romow-ma-powstac.html [link-preview url=”http://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2017-03-20/gdansk-wroclaw-i-poznan-chca-zawiazac-koalicje-na-rzecz-integracji-romow/ “]
An article on the Rroma homeless in Romania.
– Roma Homeless in Romania. In: NewEurope. 23.03.2017. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/roma-homeless-romania/ [link-preview url=”https://www.neweurope.eu/article/roma-homeless-romania/”]
The rapid modernisation of Romanian cities is also a gentrification and an engine of segregation. Rroma are slowly but surely pushed out of the cities. Rroma are being evicted from the centre of most cities in Romania.
BAD.
– Roma fear there is no place for them as Romania’s cities modernize. In: Reuters. 21.03.2017. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-roma-property-feature-idUSKBN16T043 [link-preview url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-roma-property-feature-idUSKBN16T043″]
An association “Phurdo” has turned itself in Salzburg into a centre for Rroma and into a bridge between Rroma, Sinti and the general population. It is now being funded by the city.
Good! Models such as this exist in Vienna (Romano Centro) and should exist in all major cities!
– Salzburg erhält Beratungsstelle für Roma. In: Der Standard. 22.03.2017. http://derstandard.at/2000054645792/Salzburg-erhaelt-Beratungsstelle-fuer-Roma [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000054645792/Salzburg-erhaelt-Beratungsstelle-fuer-Roma”]
A documentary exposes the racism faced by Rroma in Hungary. The movie “Judgement in Hungary” opens this week in the US and reports on the trial of rightist extremists who killed 6 Rroma in Hungary in racially motivated attacks.
They were finally condemned after several appeals.
– Documentary exposes racism against Hungarian Roma. In: Jewish Light. 22.03.2017. http://www.stljewishlight.com/features/article_8ffb58e6-0f15-11e7-9e12-67cf14c9daa9.html [link-preview url=”http://www.stljewishlight.com/features/article_8ffb58e6-0f15-11e7-9e12-67cf14c9daa9.html”]
A Rroma family (clan according to the press) has been using the so-called “grand children” trick to defraud elederly people of quite a bit of money. The family is from Poland and is “thought” to have invented this trick.
According to the police, the have defrauded elderly people of up to a billion Euro…
Bad for all of us. But also bad that the ethnicity is being put forward here. And a whole bunch of other stereotypes. Shame on this.
– Enkeltrick-Pate Hoss zum dritten Mal erwischt. In: Tages Anzeiger. 22.03.2017. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/enkeltrickpate-hoss-zum-dritten-mal-erwischt/story/27647149 [link-preview url=”http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/enkeltrickpate-hoss-zum-dritten-mal-erwischt/story/27647149″]
A new exhibition opened recently in Montreuil near Paris on the “Gens du Voyage” – travellers – who stopped in that town since the 1970’s.
– https://www.facebook.com/243541745667724/photos/a.467597499928813.103886.243541745667724/1591654980856387/?type=3&theater [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/243541745667724/photos/a.467597499928813.103886.243541745667724/1591654980856387/?type=3&theater”]
An interesting article about one of the founders of the Canadian Alt Right media movement. If you have any doubts about their views on Rroma, here is what he said:
“These are gypsies, a culture synonymous with swindlers.The phrase gypsy and cheater have been so interchangeable historically that the word has entered the English language as a verb: he gypped me. Gypsies are not a race. They’re a shiftless group of hobos. They rob people blind. Their chief economy is theft and begging. For centuries these roving highway gangs have mocked the law and robbed their way across Europe.”
You can be a member of a minority and be a racist …
– Meet Ezra Levant, The Jewish Founder of Canada’s ‘Alt-Right’ Rebel Media. In: Forward. 31.03.2017. http://forward.com/fast-forward/366253/meet-ezra-levant-the-jewish-founder-of-canadas-alt-right-rebel-media/ [link-preview url=”http://forward.com/fast-forward/366253/meet-ezra-levant-the-jewish-founder-of-canadas-alt-right-rebel-media/”]
Moldava nad Bodvou – the National Criminal Investigator Agency (Naka) indicted one person for a misdemeanour for disorderly conduct committed with a racial motive. According to the Police: “On March 5, 2017 in the area of the football stadium in Moldava nad Bodvou the accused Paul P., drunk, did commit gross indecency against citizens of Roma ethnicity. The accused fired several shots in the air from a gas gun and shouted: you should be shot, you need only Hitler”…
At least he was arrested…
– Pavol strieľal na futbale a kričal na Rómov: Na vás treba len Hitlera! In: Topky. 17.03.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100370/1616721/Pavol-strielal-na-futbale-a-krical-na-Romov–Na-vas-treba-len-Hitlera- [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100370/1616721/Pavol-strielal-na-futbale-a-krical-na-Romov–Na-vas-treba-len-Hitlera-“]
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