New Zealand just granted asylum to a Czech woman who has a son with a Rom. She said she was threatened by neo-Nazis in her home country.
– Family facing death threats granted asylum. In: RNZ. 29.01.2018. https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/349187/family-facing-death-threats-granted-asylum [link-preview url=”https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/349187/family-facing-death-threats-granted-asylum”]
During discussions about the Roma inclusion in society in Prešov, the Slovak President Andrej Kiska stated that the Roma inclusion is a shame for Slovakia and that this is one of the country greatest challenge and most pressing problem.
Let’s hope something is done.
– Kiska označil osud Rómov za jednu z kapitol hanby Slovenska. In: SME. 25.01.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20746476/andrej-kiska-romovia-romska-problematika-hanba-slovenska.html
– Kiska má recept pre lepší život Rómov: Treba im dať vzdelanie, prácu a bývanie. In: Aktualne. 25.01.2018. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/politika/kiska-ma-recept-lepsi-zivot-romov-treba-im-dat-vzdelanie-pracu-byvanie.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20746476/andrej-kiska-romovia-romska-problematika-hanba-slovenska.html “]
Some people in Slovakia suggest boarding schools as a solution to Roma education and crime (yes). A school head of a school attended by nearly 700 Roma is against this.
Good for him!
– Problémy Rómov môžu riešiť internátne školy, riaditeľka je proti. In: TA3. 22.01.2018. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1120532/problemy-romov-mozu-riesit-internatne-skoly-riaditelka-je-proti.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1120532/problemy-romov-mozu-riesit-internatne-skoly-riaditelka-je-proti.html”]
A reportage on Jasenovac, the notorious Ustaša concentration camp in Croatia. Let’s not forget that during the war nearly ALL Croatian Roma were killed. The only original Croatian Roma are currently to be found in Italy where some of them fled in 1944.
– JASENOVAC DEATH CAMP AND CROATIA’S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST. In: In Serbia. 28.01.2018. https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/ [link-preview url=”https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/”]
Travellers in Switzerland (Jenische, Sinti, Roma) do not have enough camping sites in Switzerland. The association of the communes is asking for all to work together and for this issue not to be solely left to the communes themselves.
– Plätze für Fahrende: Gemeindeverband fordert Zusammenarbeit. In: Volksblatt. 26.01.2018. https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=sda&id=275386
– Immer weniger Standplätze für Jenische, Sinti und Roma. In: Volksblatt. 26.01.2018. https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=sda&id=275393
– Solution consensuelle pour les gens du voyage. In: 24 Heures. 26.01.2018. https://www.24heures.ch/suisse/solution-consensuelle-gens-voyage/story/26396968
– AIRS DE SÉJOUR EN BAISSE POUR LES GENS DU VOYAGE. In: Le Matin. 26.01.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/news/Airs-de-sejour-en-baisse-pour-les-gens-du-voyage/story/25263295
– Aires de séjour et de transit pour les gens du voyage: une meilleure collaboration entre les cantons, les communes et les personnes directement concernées est obligatoire. In: Presseportal. 26.01.2018. https://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100059928/100811676 [link-preview url=”https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=sda&id=275386 “]
Alain Berset, the current president of the Swiss Confederation, issued a statement for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in which, for the first time Roma were also mentioned.
Good!
– “Holocaust-Tragödie verpflichtet zum Nachdenken”. In: Kath.ch. 27.01.2018. https://www.kath.ch/newsd/holocaust-tragoedie-verpflichtet-zum-nachdenken/ [link-preview url=”https://www.kath.ch/newsd/holocaust-tragoedie-verpflichtet-zum-nachdenken/”]
A longer article on the first ever commemoration in the EU parliament of the Roma Holocaust. Roma representatives and MPs decried the current rise of the extreme right.
– Hommage aux ” victimes oubliées ” tziganes de la Shoah à Bruxelles. In: The Times of Israël. 25.01.2018. https://fr.timesofisrael.com/hommage-aux-victimes-oubliees-tziganes-de-la-shoah-a-bruxelles/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.timesofisrael.com/hommage-aux-victimes-oubliees-tziganes-de-la-shoah-a-bruxelles/”]
An editorial on the need for a wider recognition of the Roma Holocaust.
– Time for world to recognise Roma genocide. In: Daily Nation. 27.01.2018. https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Time-for-world-to-recognise-Roma-genocide-/440808-4280266-o3gkqyz/index.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Time-for-world-to-recognise-Roma-genocide-/440808-4280266-o3gkqyz/index.html”]
The city of Göttingen in Gemrnay commemorated the Holocaust Memorial Day with a special event for the Sinti and Roma.
– Holocaust-Gedenktag zur Verfolgung von Sinti und Roma. In: HNA. 26.01.2018. https://www.hna.de/lokales/goettingen/goettingen-ort28741/holocaust-gedenktag-zur-verfolgung-von-sinti-und-roma-9557573.html [link-preview url=”https://www.hna.de/lokales/goettingen/goettingen-ort28741/holocaust-gedenktag-zur-verfolgung-von-sinti-und-roma-9557573.html”]
Not many news in France this week. In Nantes, supporters of squatters clashed with the police and were removed from their protest site. In Nantes, also, a Rom was sentenced to a 4 months suspended jail sentence for his illegal taping of power that resulted in a huge fire burning over 100 camping cars and rental cars. Of course, Breizh info finds the sentence to “lenient”. Another fire in the North, in a garage forced the evacuation of a Roma camp. Near Paris, in both Sarcelles and Choisy le Roi, a large amount of garbage was retrieved from Roma camping sites. Finally, two criminal affairs, one on the abduction of a pet (and a ransom of 250 EUR paid) and one about a jewellery thief in Carcassonne.
– Angers Les soutiens aux squatters évacués du hall d’Angers Loire Métropole, In: Ouest France. 25.01.2018. http://www.courrierdelouest.fr/actualite/angers-les-soutiens-aux-squatters-evacues-du-hall-d-angers-loire-metropole-25-01-2018-347607
– Nantes: Après le spectaculaire incendie de campings-cars, un homme condamné. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 26.01.2018. http://www.20minutes.fr/nantes/2204343-20180126-nantes-apres-spectaculaire-incendie-campings-cars-homme-condamne
– Orvault Gigantesque incendie : un Rom condamné pour les branchements bricolés. In: Presse Océan. 25.01.2018. https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/orvault-gigantesque-incendie-un-rom-condamne-pour-les-branchements-bricoles-25-01-2018-260266
– Incendie criminel à Orvault : une condamnation d’une grande légèreté? In: Breizh Info. 27.01.2018. https://www.breizh-info.com/2018/01/27/87632/incendie-criminel-a-orvault-justice-a-t-donne-permis-de-bruler
– Gros incendie chez un dépanneur de Saint-Herblain dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi. In: France Bleu. 26.01.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/encore-un-gros-incendie-pres-d-un-camp-de-roms-dans-l-agglomeration-nantaise-1516950511
– Sarcelles : ” on est face à un problème de salubrité publique “. In: Le Parisien. 23.01.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/sarcelles-on-est-face-a-un-probleme-de-salubrite-publique-23-01-2018-7518837.php
– Choisy-le-Roi : 20m3 de déchets ramassés. In: Le Parisien. 21.01.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/choisy-le-roi-20m3-de-dechets-ramasses-21-01-2018-7514262.php
– Montpellier : une rançon de 250€ versée à des Roms pour récupérer “Kiki”. In: Métropoitain. 26.01.2018. https://e-metropolitain.fr/2018/01/26/montpellier-rancon-de-200e-versee-a-roms-recuperer-kiki/
– Le voleur de bijoux récidiviste relaxé au bénéfice du doute. In: La Dépèche. 24.01.2018. https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/01/24/2727767-le-voleur-de-bijoux-recidiviste-relaxe-au-benefice-du-doute.html [link-preview url=”https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/orvault-gigantesque-incendie-un-rom-condamne-pour-les-branchements-bricoles-25-01-2018-260266 “]
The staff of the Auschwitz memorial and museum had a training covering the lesser known part of the Holocaust, namely the execution of numerous Jews and most of the Roma on the spot. 2’300 such mass killing spots have been identified so far, and many more remain unknown.
– Auschwitz Museum Receives 1st Ever “Holocaust by Bullets” Training. In: The Daily Telescope. 27.01.2018. https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000 [link-preview url=”https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000″]
The staff of the Auschwitz memorial and museum had a training covering the lesser known part of the Holocaust, namely the execution of numerous Jews and most of the Roma on the spot. 2’300 such mass killing spots have been identified so far, and many more remain unknown.
– Auschwitz Museum Receives 1st Ever “Holocaust by Bullets” Training. In: The Daily Telescope. 27.01.2018. https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000 [link-preview url=”https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000″]
Joshua North who posted a comment on Facebook asking for a “Batter Gypos Day” was cleared by a UUK court of incitation to racial hatred. Really? What does it take then to be condemned?
– Facebook poster cleared of inciting hatred with ‘batter gypos’ comment. In: Grimsby Telegraph. 26.01.2018. http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/facebook-hatred-comment-gypsies-grimsby-1123419 [link-preview url=”http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/facebook-hatred-comment-gypsies-grimsby-1123419″]
A case of Fox News racism: reporting on the Roma refugees in the small Pennsylvanian Town of California. The Fox News host dishes out all the nice stereotypes that one can expect from such a “news” outlet.
– FOX NEWS STAR TUCKER CARLSON FACES ACCUSATIONS OF ‘WHITE NATIONALISM’ FROM LEFT. In: Newsweek. 26.01.2018. http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-tucker-carlson-accusations-white-nationalism-791397 [link-preview url=”http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-tucker-carlson-accusations-white-nationalism-791397″]
A case of Fox News racism: reporting on the Roma refugees in the small Pennsylvanian Town of California. The Fox News host dishes out all the nice stereotypes that one can expect from such a “news” outlet.
– FOX NEWS STAR TUCKER CARLSON FACES ACCUSATIONS OF ‘WHITE NATIONALISM’ FROM LEFT. In: Newsweek. 26.01.2018. http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-tucker-carlson-accusations-white-nationalism-791397 [link-preview url=”http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-tucker-carlson-accusations-white-nationalism-791397″]
An intervention from Soraya Post on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day – 27th of January.
– Holocaust remembrance – we cannot stay silent again. In: Euractiv. 26.01.2018. https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/holocaust-remembrance-we-cannot-stay-silent-again/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/holocaust-remembrance-we-cannot-stay-silent-again/”]
The current Czech President, Miloš Zeeman is facing a second round against his main opponent Jiří Drahoš on January 26-27. Let’s not forget that Zeman is the one who said that 90% of “inadaptable” citizen are Roma …
– Anti-Roma stigma of Czech president Miloš Zeman threatens progress over Romani rights. In: The Conversation. 24.01.2018. http://theconversation.com/anti-roma-stigma-of-czech-president-milos-zeman-threatens-progress-over-romani-rights-88437 [link-preview url=”http://theconversation.com/anti-roma-stigma-of-czech-president-milos-zeman-threatens-progress-over-romani-rights-88437″]
The UK authorities are increasingly removing children from their Roma and travellers families according to a recent report.
It is effectively prejudice.
– ‘They took my life. I’m grieving for a child who is still alive’. In: The Guardian. 24.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children”]
Once again, an article from a rather biased webpage “EU Scoop”. It insists on “Gypsy Crime” and is effectively dangerous.
Seems to be a one man show, but nevertheless …
– The Parents of the 14-Year-Old Roma Kid Accused of Murder Give Their Side of the Story. In: EUScoop. https://www.euscoop.com/en/2018/1/25/mother-of-teen-murderer-speaks-up [link-preview url=”https://www.euscoop.com/en/2018/1/25/mother-of-teen-murderer-speaks-up”]
For the first time, the EU parliament remembers the Roma victims of the Holocaust.
Good, but why did it take Europe 73 years to do so?
– EU PARLIAMENT HOLOCAUST EVENT REMEMBERS ROMA VICTIMS FOR 1ST TIME. In: The Jerusalem Post. 24.01.2018. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/For-first-time-EU-parliament-Holocaust-event-remembers-Roma-victims-too-539699 [link-preview url=”http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/For-first-time-EU-parliament-Holocaust-event-remembers-Roma-victims-too-539699″]
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