Italian doctors refuse to treat a Romanian Gypsy suffering of cancer

de A.C. HotNews.ro
Miercuri, 23 iulie 2008, 13:47 English Regional Europe

A new shocking case in Italy: Italian doctors in Pesaro, East Italy refused on Tuesday morning to treat a Romanian Gypsy suffering of cancer. The main motivation was that she did not have a stable address, an association defending the rights of immigrants announced, quoted by Romanian news television Realitatea TV.

EveryOne association officials declared that Mia Copalea, of Gypsy origin, requested a medical examination and a treatment for her severe headaches. Apparently, her pain was caused by her breast cancer.

The woman's daughter declared that doctors refused to offer the woman medical attention because they do not reside in Pesaro. She added that doctors refused to give them a prescription for some pain killers.

EveryOne association urged the Italian Health minister Maurizio Sacconi to take urgent action so that the woman be treated in the hospital, like any other human being.

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There are a number of Romani speakers (55 cases) in the system waiting for their fair day in court. One respondent in the system has been waiting for his day in court since November 2006. Unfortunately, I am unable to help them until we are able to offer Romani interpreters.

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Villagers oppose gypsy site - and so do gypsies

FORCING travellers to live in isolated villages amounts to "social suicide", says a leader of the gypsy community.

More than 250 sites must be found in the region following a decision by the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) on Friday - including some near small villages like Barkway in Hertfordshire.

Hughie Smith, president of the Gypsy Council (Romani Kris), said they had not been consulted and described the proposals as "forcing gypsies into areas where they do not want to be".

He said: "This is tantamount to social suicide, and a complete waste of time and public money.

"I am deeply concerned that no attempt has been made to consult with ourselves, or even to seek our input."

Paul Danter is the landlord of the Tally Ho pub in Barkway, and spokesman for the team of 12 villagers who scrutinised the controversial plans.

He said North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC) and EERA would have no alternative but to review the methods they have used.

NHDC has been asked to provide 15 plots for travellers, and locations put forward in the Royston area include sites in Barkway and Sandon.

The group claims farmers who own the two 50-acre sites in Barkway have indicated they do not wish to sell, meaning - if they are chosen as the preferred options of NHDC - Compulsory Purchase Orders would be needed for the plans to go ahead against their wishes.

If the full allocation of plots was sited in the village, it would mean more than 50 travellers swelling its 600 population.

It has no doctor's surgery, shop, Post Office or bank and just a small infant school. The nearest GP is three miles away and the nearest hospital 12 miles away.

A report by Barkway resident Dr Robert Davidson states: "Proposing travellers' sites in a rural area like Barkway makes no sense.

"The village is far from the amenities and type of location that this minority group has requested and needs."

Campaigners also criticised the £40,000 Scott Wilson Report commissioned on the matter by NHDC, which included incorrrect locations and inaccurate descriptions.

Councillor F John Smith, leader of North Hertfordshire District Council, said it would not comment on individual sites until its consultation process has ended.

But he admitted: "Ours is one area which they don't want to be in, but we still have to carry on with the process as required by Her Majesty's Government. It doesn't mean we are doing it with joy in our hearts."

Royston's MP, Oliver Heald, has received scores of complaints from concerned residents and added it was "obviously wrong" to force travellers into areas where they do not wish to be.

In Cambridgeshire, 233 extra pitches must be created by 2011.

Councillor John Reynolds, EERA chairman and a member of Cambridgeshire County Council, said: "Traveller and gypsy organisations have been contacted about the overall plans from the EERA point of view, and are engaged in the consultation process."






Published: 31/01/2008 09:24:58

Germany Recognizes Gypsy Holocaust

Berlin, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The Upper House of the German Parliament (Bundesrat) Thursday agreed to demand the government build a monument to recall the extermination of the central European gypsies by the Nazi Germany.

The belated apology to the half million gypsies deported and killed in Nazi extermination camps was agreed on the occasion of the 65 anniversary of the signing of Auschwitz decree by the chief of the SS Heinrich Himmler, on December 16, 1942.

When he was leader of the Schutzstaffel, which was a major Nazi military organization exclusively under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, Himmler ordered the killing of millions of people for the simple reason of being different.

It was then that 11 million people, half of them Jewish, as well as Polish, homosexuals, Jehovah witnesses and Gypsies in Germany and other occupied countries, were systematically and methodically killed.

Gypsies fight back to beat Guardia Civil

By: thinkSPAIN

A team of Gypsies from the Anakerando Kaló Association in Lepe (Huelva) had to work hard after trailing for most of the game, but finished the stronger to take the honours with a 6-4 final victory against a team from the local Guardia Civil barracks.

The match was one of the most-eagerly awaited of a series of actvities organised in the town this week to promote cultural integration, and drew a large enthusiastic crowd.

Other activities have included: a conference on Gypsy culture followed by a poem recital, and a presentation by a group of Gypsy children on the importance of education and not bunking off school.

In addition, the Romani flag was hoisted over the Town Hall to a rendition of the Gypsy anthem.


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Romani Yag Gypsy Festival Unveils its Program

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 27, 2007) - Mr. Jorg Metger, Consul General of Germany, Ms. Ljuba Radman, President of Romani Yag, and a special guest will present the program of the international festival dedicated to Gypsies (shows, exhibitions, films, conferences, round tables), followed by a live performance by Le Hot Club de Ma Rue.

The Romani Yag Gypsy Festival's 2nd Edition will take place from October 11th to 14th, 2007 in Montreal.

Date: Thursday, September 27th
Time: 5 pm
Venue: New Cafe Sarajevo,6548 Saint Laurent Boulevard, Montreal