Friday, August 19, 2011

Countdown

The countdown begins...  The Ruth School starts September 12th.  Teachers report August 29th.  Please begin to pray...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

French and Italian Authorities Aggressively Evict Roma

No Place for Roma: French and Italian Authorities Aggressively Evict Roma



Budapest, Marseille, Rome, 11 August 2011: The Sarkozy Government’s infamous campaign to evict and deport Roma from France, which rose to prominence one year ago, is continuing aggressively. In Marseille, between June and August 2011 alone, a minimum of 500 Roma have been evicted from camps. A large-scale eviction of around 150 people happened just this morning. In a similar vein, Roma in Italy are constantly victimised by ongoing and repeated evictions. The ERRC and its partner organisations sent letters to French and Italian authorities expressing concern about the continuing forced evictions of Romani communities in Rome and Marseille.



Read more on http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=3922