#Nightslantern Suppressed News // the evictions of #Roma in #France continue
13.2.18
Gerald and Maas 2018 Suppressed News
Europe: founded
in France, The European Grassroots Antiracist Movement - EGAM, has successfully
aided in closing a pig farm located at the site of the Lety Nazi concentration
camp in the Czech Republic (previous). Primarily
Roma and Sinto people died there in 1942 and 43. The Times
of Israel says 90% of the Czech Roma were murdered during
the Nazi occupation. To close the pig farm the centre-left Czech government
bought the farm from AGPI agricultural firm for 18 million euros. On January 26,
2018 an agreement was signed with representatives of the Czech government and
the Museum of Roma Culture at Brno, to clear the pig farm site, restore the
dignity of place and build a memorial to the concentration camp victims. With
lessons from the mobilization of Roma and concerned Europeans to do something
about Lety and to counter Europe's history of oppressing Roma peoples EGAM
launched on January 27th the European Foundation for the
Memory of the Genocide against the Roma. Its primary
purpose will be to research and preserve the facts of the attempts to
exterminate the Roma, as well as gain reparations and support for the Roma's
fight against racism throughout Europe. EGAM has been protesting anti Roma
Sentiment since 2010, as the political use and renewal of prejudice against Roma
took root throughout Europe. France and Europe owe Benjamin Abtan, the founder
and President of EGAM, thanks for reminding people of the decency in European
traditions. France has been evicting Roma people onto the streets and bulldozing
their communities since Sarkhozy's presidency. The policy of evicting and
'expatriating' Roms was pursued enthusiastically by socialist François
Hollande's Minister of the Interior and Prime Minister, Manuel Valls. Despite an
attempt under French law to assure that the evicted were provided with
alternative lodgings, they usually weren't. The destruction of Roma encampments
continued throughout France, despite warnings from the European Union, and
without regard for the human rights of the victims. France's impunity and
Europe's silence is reflected in the recent report by the European Roma Rights
Centre which notes an increase of 12% from 2016, to 11,309 Roma evicted by
French authorities in 2017, with 8161 forcibly evicted. These are entire
families thrown into the winter streets. A legislative attempt to discourage
throwing out Roma families in winter only encouraged evictions by authorities in
these harshest months. Under current President Emmanuel Macron the evictions
have increased. France's continuing and merciless eviction of Roma peoples,
destruction of communities, harm to educational opportunities for Rom children,
substandard housing for a people, unsanitary water, enforced poverty, and
inability to respect the human rights of Roma people, continue a
current genocide
warning Night's
Lantern first noted in 2010. A sample of discrimination
as a norm, published in the 2017 ERRC report: “Thousands of
children cannot go to school this year” says the Collectif pour le droit des
enfants roms à l'éducation (CDERE) in a press release published on 1 September.
Recent research conducted by CDERE showed that Romani children are denied access
to schooling by a combination of repeated forced evictions, the refusal of
mayors to permit school enrolment, and a lack of housing. The organisation calls
on the Ministry of Education to take measures to stop this “unworthy, shameful
and contrary to human rights situation”.. Partial
sources online: "Pour la création d’une Fondation européenne pour la mémoire du
génocide contre les Roms !" EGAM, Jan.27, 2018, European
Grassroots Antiracist Movement email; "Dignité pour Lety!"
EGAM, Feb. 5, 2018, European Grassroots Antiracist
Movementemail; "Czech Republic buys pig farm at former Nazi camp to shutter
it," AFP, Nov. 23, 2017, Times of
Israel; "Equality Law Fails, Roma Evictions Increase in France," Press
release, Feb. 6, 2018, ERRC / European Roma Rights
Centre; "Census of forced evictions in living areas occupied by Roma (or
people designated as such) in France: Annual results for
2017," ERRC.
-J.B.Gerald, Gerald and Maas Night’s
Lantern
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