The “Stolpersteine” [Stumbling stones] project continues. This time in Münster, were 4 stones were placed to remember the fate of the Sinti family Lübke.
– Stolpersteine erinnern an Familie. In: Westfälische Nachrichten. 04.11.2017. http://www.wn.de/Muenster/3041758-Gedenken-an-im-Konzentrationslager-Ermordete-Stolpersteine-erinnern-an-Familie [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Muenster/3041758-Gedenken-an-im-Konzentrationslager-Ermordete-Stolpersteine-erinnern-an-Familie”]
The Dutch Red Cross admitted mistakes during World War Two, essentially for not having helped Jews, Sinti and Roma and for not having denounced the crimes against them.
Good, but it took them 72 years …
– Fehler in der Nazi-Zeit eingeräumt. In: TAZ. 03.11.2017. http://www.taz.de/Niederlaendisches-Rotes-Kreuz/!5460053/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/Niederlaendisches-Rotes-Kreuz/!5460053/”]
The Special Criminal Court judge in Banská Bystrica arrested four men on Thursday for electoral corruption. They are accused of having offered Roma votes to politicians in the region, asking for 3 Euro per vote.
All too common, unfortunately.
– Súd poslal pre volebnú korupciu do väzby štyroch mužov. In: Domov SME. 03.11.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20687832/volby-do-vuc-2017-zupne-predavali-hlasy-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20687832/volby-do-vuc-2017-zupne-predavali-hlasy-romov.html”]
A UNHCR survey on displaced and stateless people (as well as on Roma) clearly shows the discrimination they are subjected to.
– UNHCR: Staatenlose Minderheiten werden stark diskriminiert. In: Toponline.ch. 03.11.2017. http://www.toponline.ch/news/welt/detail/news/unhcr-staatenlose-minderheiten-werden-stark-diskriminiert-0075808/ [link-preview url=”http://www.toponline.ch/news/welt/detail/news/unhcr-staatenlose-minderheiten-werden-stark-diskriminiert-0075808/”]
An article on Roma settlements in the South Eastern part of Slovenia. These are described at potential social time bombs (really …) due to high natality, unemployment and poverty.
The article is biased. The journalist is “astonished” to see that many Roma have “Slovenes” parents or grandparents as if Roma in Slovenia were not “Slovenes” and as if “Slovenes” was an ethnicity.
– Kritične razmere v velikem romskem naselju. In: Novice Najdi. 01.11.2017. http://novice.najdi.si/predogled/novica/18a8e42d2e8a5f12ca53e0d9303c1251/Svet24-si/Slovenija/Kritične-razmere-v-velikem-romskem-naselju [link-preview url=”http://novice.najdi.si/predogled/novica/18a8e42d2e8a5f12ca53e0d9303c1251/Svet24-si/Slovenija/Kritične-razmere-v-velikem-romskem-naselju”]
An article and review of the long fight that led to the recognition by Germany of the racial motivation of the Holocaust against Sinti and Roma. This was only achieved in 1982 …
– Langer Kampf gegen Verfolgung. In: Deutschlandfunk. 02.11.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sinti-und-roma-buergerrechtsbewegung-langer-kampf-gegen.1769.de.html?dram:article_id=399680 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sinti-und-roma-buergerrechtsbewegung-langer-kampf-gegen.1769.de.html?dram:article_id=399680″]
An interview of the Swedish MEP Soraya Post. She is a strong advocate of Roma rights and is asking the EU to recognise that there are inherent anti-Roma attitudes and that the EU needs to do something against it.
– Rómska europoslankyňa: Spoločnosť sa nás snaží dehumanizovať už stáročia. In: EURACTIV. 30.10.2017. https://euractiv.sk/rozhovory/socialna-politika/romska-europoslankyna-spolocnost-sa-nas-snazi-dehumanizovat-uz-starocia/ [link-preview url=”https://euractiv.sk/rozhovory/socialna-politika/romska-europoslankyna-spolocnost-sa-nas-snazi-dehumanizovat-uz-starocia/”]
The Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák presented measures to tackle the criminality in Roma settlements in Slovakia. He singled three problematic regions (Banska Bystrica, Prešov, and Kosiče) as the pilot for the measures.
He proposes not only to tackle the petty criminality that comes from poverty and alienation, but also the issue of crimes against minorities.
Only unfortunate item here is presenting this almost as measures against Roma crimes …
– Kaliňák rieši kriminalitu Rómov. Každá osada má mať na mieru šitý project. In: Aktualne. 29.10.2017. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/politika/kalinak-riesi-kriminalitu-romov-kazda-osada-ma-mat-mieru-sity-projekt.html
– KALIŇÁK: Kriminalitu Rómov chceme riešiť presne cielenými opatreniami. In: Teraz. 29.10.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/import/monitor-rkalinak-kriminalitu-romov/289185-clanok.html [link-preview url=”https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/politika/kalinak-riesi-kriminalitu-romov-kazda-osada-ma-mat-mieru-sity-projekt.html “]
Two more articles about the press conference and report of the Society for Threatened People (Geselschaft für bedrohte Völker) on the situation of travelling Roma in Switzerland. The police is on the Roma’s side this time …
– Polizisten raten: «Schafft Plätze». In: Der Bund. 01.11.2017. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/polizisten-raten-schafft-plaetze/story/20987035
– «Messerschleifer sind nur noch wenige». In: Tages Anzeiger. 01.11.2017. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/messerschleifer-sind-nur-noch-wenige/story/19294584 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/polizisten-raten-schafft-plaetze/story/20987035 “]
Quite a few articles in the Swiss Press on the presentation of a report by the Society for Threatened People (Geselschaft für bedrohte Völker) on the situation of travelling Roma in Switzerland. Key tenor in the Press, the police is agrees that one of the main issues ais the lack of proper camping sites for these travellers.
– Roma klagen über Konflikte mit der Polizei. In: Berner Zeitung. 31.10.2017. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/roma-klagen-ueber-konflikte-mit-der-polizei/story/31389521
– Polizei teilt Forderung der fahrenden Roma nach mehr Halteplätzen. In: Blick. 31.10.2017. https://www.blick.ch/news/politik/zu-wenige-halteplaetze-fuehren-vermehrt-zu-konflikten-polizei-teilt-forderung-der-fahrenden-roma-nach-mehr-halteplaetzen-id7534546.html
– Roma fordern mehr Halteplätze. In: Bluewin. 31.10.2017. https://www.bluewin.ch/de/news/inland/2017/10/31/polizei-teilt-forderung-der-fahrenden-roma-nach-me.html
– Erfahrung mit Fahrenden im TOP-Land. In: Top Online. 31.10.2017. http://www.toponline.ch/news/winterthur/detail/news/erfahrung-mit-fahrenden-im-top-land-0075634/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/roma-klagen-ueber-konflikte-mit-der-polizei/story/31389521 “]
A report by the Society for Threatened Peoples on the situation of travelling Roma in Switzerland show the increased difficulties they are facing. More camping sites are needed but also more work to fight against prejudices.
– NGO and police call for more Roma transit sites. In: Swiss Info. 31.10.2017. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/minorities_ngo-and-police-call-for-more-roma-transit-sites/43640038 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/minorities_ngo-and-police-call-for-more-roma-transit-sites/43640038″]
The Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria was recently condemned for hate speech against Roma. Seems this has no consequences in Bulgaria. He has not stepped down nor has he been asked to do so.
Bad.
– Bulgarians unfazed by anti-Roma hate speech from deputy prime minister. In: Deutsche Welle. 31.10.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/bulgarians-unfazed-by-anti-roma-hate-speech-from-deputy-prime-minister/a-41183829 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/bulgarians-unfazed-by-anti-roma-hate-speech-from-deputy-prime-minister/a-41183829″]
The president of YUROM from Nis, Osman Balić, is commenting on issues faced by Roma. His view is that the two biggest problems for Roma are on the one hand Roma themselves to the point where we do not need enemies and that the other main issue is growing neo-Fascism, which somehow found a home in Eastern Europe, and now even in the West. These are the two ends of the Roma problem according to him. In between there are many tiny problems, but they are negligible in comparison with these two issues.
– „Romi su sebi najveći problem“ In: Deutsche Welle. 29.10.2017. http://www.dw.com/sr/romi-su-sebi-najveći-problem/a-41163574 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/sr/romi-su-sebi-najveći-problem/a-41163574″]
The two minorities will work more closely in the UK to fight against increased levels of hate and bigotry.
– Jews and Gypsies unite in effort to beat ‘obscene’ levels of hate. In: The Jewish Chronicle. 30.10.2017. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jews-and-gypsies-unite-1.446919 [link-preview url=”https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jews-and-gypsies-unite-1.446919″]
A monument commemorating the Roma Holocaust will be erected in Moldova, a place where many Roma were killed during World War Two.
– Moldova will build a monument to Roma victims of the Holocaust. In: PRI. 30.10.2017. https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-30/moldova-will-build-monument-roma-victims-holocaust [link-preview url=”https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-30/moldova-will-build-monument-roma-victims-holocaust”]
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A trailer on a documentary on Roma in Italy.
– https://vimeo.com/ondemand/opreroma [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/ondemand/opreroma”]
The contrast between an Elite school and a school in a Roma neighbourhood.
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– Von der Eliteschule ins Roma-Dorf. In: ZDF Heute. 29.10.2017. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/kosovo-loyola-tranzit-von-der-eliteschule-ins-roma-dorf-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/kosovo-loyola-tranzit-von-der-eliteschule-ins-roma-dorf-100.html”]
An exhibition about life in the shantytowns in France, about survival, and about the economy of such places.
– Le regard des bidonvilles, sans filter. In: Libération. 27.10.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2017/10/27/le-regard-des-bidonvilles-sans-filtre_1606198 [link-preview url=”http://www.liberation.fr/france/2017/10/27/le-regard-des-bidonvilles-sans-filtre_1606198″]
A recent study shows that Travellers and Roma are slowly moving to the South of England in search of richer communities. Needless to say, the article focuses on crimes …
– Travellers move south due to austerity, police find. In: The Telegraph. 28.10.2017. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/28/travellers-move-south-due-austerity-police-find/ [link-preview url=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/28/travellers-move-south-due-austerity-police-find/”]
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