Dear Europe: video-appeal of a young Roma girl (Racism in Italy) (tags)
Her name is Rebecca and she is a 12-year-old Roma artist who is being brutally persecuted in Italy in spite of her winning the UNICEF 2008 Prize for “Art and Interculture”.
Casilino 900: urgent appeal against the persecution of the Roma in Italy (tags)
The persecution of the Rroms (Roma) in Italy: EveryOne Group and the Committee for the Rights of the Roma of Casilino 900 have launched an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights following a serious humanitarian emergency at the Casilino 900 camp, in Rome.
Rroms in Turkey: Int'l voice raised for SULUKULE (EveryOne Group) (tags)
Since November 2007, when Istanbul began its large-scale project of urban transformation, Sulukule, old and legendary neighborhood of Istanbul famous for its Roma population, has received its share of attention. Moving the Roma community to a new district is being advocated by an Italy-based social activist association
Urgent petition: Save Sulukule! (tags)
Urgent campaign to save Sulukule (Turkey) and protect the oldest Rrom community in the world.
Save Sulukule! (Rroms in Turkey) (tags)
Urgent campaign to save Sulukule (Turkey) and protect the oldest Rrom community in the world.
Racism: Italy reported to the United Nations... (tags)
CERD will have to ascertain the violations of articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the “International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.” Italy, in fact, is accused of carrying out a series of measures, both on a national level and on a local level, aimed at hitting the Rrom and Sinti communities on Italian territory - from the 14 security packages to the emergency expulsion decree for EU citizens put forward by Giuliano Amato. The International Criminal Court of the Hague will evaluate the actions carried out by the Italian institutions against the Rroma to determine whether – and to what extent – any crimes against humanity were committed.