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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 06 March 2009 |
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liberty central |
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The Guardian's civil liberties website liberty central, "a home for those interested in civil liberties and human rights, is looking for events, campaigns, debates, protests to publicise to a national audience. The site seeks to keep readers abreast of what our rights are, how they are protected and to track the relentless march of new legislation. We maintain a noticeboard for our readers so they can get more involved." |
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Ongoing
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liberty central website
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The Guardian |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 06 March 2009 |
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Open appeal for the right to demonstrate in Strasbourg against the NATO summit (Öffentlicher Appell für das Recht auf Demonstrationsfreiheit in Strasbourg) |
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Numerous civil liberties and activist groups have protested against the suspension of democratic rights currently implemented in Strasbourg in anticipation of the NATO summit on 3 and 4 April 2009. Although the complete picture of “security zones” and controlled areas is not yet clear, the scale of this security operation and the restriction to freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and democratic protest will be unprecedented. What is known so far is that in Strasbourg access to the old town will only be possible with special access passes. All street markets, schools, kindergardens, historic sights and more will be closed on 4 April. In addition, public transport will be severely effected, with trams not being able to enter the security zones, and the train line from Strasbourg to Germany will suspended from Friday afternoon until Saturday morning. Strasbourg's mayor Robert Herrmann did not rule out police searches of houses in the old city, and advised tourists not to visit Strasbourg on 4 April. |
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Appeal Grundrechtekomitee (German),
War Resisters' International,
War Resisters' International (Spanish),
Grundrechtekomitee (French, PDF)
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Grundrechtekomitee, War Resisters' International |
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ECLN notice - meetings/conferences - added 06 March 2009 |
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Understanding Irregular Migration in Northern Europe |
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This event is part of the EU funded CLANDESTINO project - “Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable, Data and Trends Across Europe” and aims to bring together NGOs, local authorities, policy makers, researchers, journalists and other professionals to compare approaches on similar issues and exchange opinions on possible policy alternatives concerning some Northern European countries that share common features as regards irregular migration. |
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London 27 March 2009
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PICUM,
Programme (Word)
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Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), ESRC Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Migrants Rights Network (MRN) |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 06 March 2009 |
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Statement on internet filtering/blocking in the fight against child pornography |
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The statement urges the Media Committee of German parliament to advise the parliament not to accept privacy-invading articles of the EU Telecom Package, which introduce blanket internet filtering and blocking of sites. The Action Alliance argues this control, surveillance and interception of communication constitutes a severe infringement of data protection rules, the right to privacy, freedom of speech and press freedoms whilst not protecting victims of abuse. It calls for prevention, strengthening of regular cross-border police work and awareness-raising to fight crime, rather than large-scale and blanket surveillance powers. |
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Statement,
Press release (12.2.2009),
Statewatch observatory on surveillance of telecommunications in the EU,
EU legislative proposals on eCommunications
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Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V. (Action Freedom not Fear) |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 06 March 2009 |
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Blogging against surveillance |
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A personal account of the partner of a German activist accused of terrorism on spurious grounds. Interesting analysis of (media) strategies to defend oneself against state repression and criminalisation. |
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November 2008
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Blogging against Surveillance
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Anne Roth |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 05 October 2008 |
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Vicenza, via il bavaglio. Oggi si vota per difendere la democrazia |
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A two-year movement against the "expansion" of the US military base in Vicenza (effectively the construction of a second base) will climax today in an "unofficial" popular referendum that was backed by its mayor Achille Variati, for the acquisition of the site by the local council. The decree calling the "popular consultation" was deemed unlawful by the State Council on 30 September 2008, on the grounds that "its subject is a desire that cannot be realised", and was rejected by the competent authorities. |
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Vicenza (Veneto) 5 October 2008
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Comitato No Dal Molin,
Via il bavaglio! Si vota,
Domenica si vota per Vicenza
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Comitato No Dal Molin |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 04 October 2008 |
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Tre giorni contro il razzismo |
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Three days of anti-racist initiatives from 4 to 6 October, including a march against racism in the streets of Caserta, a demonstration, "Live against racism", a public talk-show in Piazza del Redentore and discussions with local and national institutional bodies. The demonstration's slogan is "there is no security without rights". The recent murder of six migrants by the Camorra in Castel Volturno also enhances the initiative's importance. |
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Caserta (Campania) 4-6 October 2008
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Tre giorni contro il razzismo. Appeal, posters, programme...
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Casertamigrante |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 02 October 2008 |
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FOR A RIGHT OF ACCESS INSIDE DETENTION CENTRES FOR MIGRANTS |
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Since its creation, Migreurop has denounced the multiplication of detention centres for foreigners that EU member states have been setting up within the context of their fight against illegal immigration. This concerns countries in the EU as well as those outside European borders which are urged by Europe to «hold back» or «take back» would-be immigrants. Systems for detaining and removing foreigners vary from country to country but in all of them there is a generalization of the detention of persons who have committed no offence other than "illegal" entry or residence. Civil society demands a right of access to detention centres for foreigners in order to :
make public the fact and the conditions of detention of third country nationals in those centres, act in alerting and defending the detained foreigners, produce evidence of the consequences of detention and of situations leading to violations of migrants’rights. |
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Appeal «For a right of access inside detention centres for migrants,
Appel «Droit de regard dans les lieux d’enfermement»,
Llamamiento "Por un derecho de fiscalizacion en los lugares de encierro de los extranjeros"
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Migreurop |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 30 September 2008 |
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Contro tutti i razzismi. National antiracist demonstration |
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It is time to react against the rationale and many acts of institutional and widespread racism - that go so far as to attack and endanger life itself - to live better and be freer. The measures proposed by the Berlusconi government that envisage the crime of "illegality", heighten and nourish racism. Recognition of our common humanity is the reason for a strong, direct and united mobilisation to affirm solidarity and a welcome for everyone. |
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Rome 4 October 2008
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Stop Razzismo - Manifestazione nazionale,
Appeal in Eng-Fr-Spa-Port-Romanian
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Comitato promotore |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 September 2008 |
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Earned amnesty -
Bringing illegal workers out of the shadows |
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Summary by Migrants Rights News: The Home Office has stated, in the July 2008 introduction to the draft (partial) Immigration and Citizenship Bill, that "we rule out an amnesty" for the 500,000 undocumented migrants who currently live in the UK. However, compelling social and economic arguments for the regularisation of undocumented migrants, such as those presented in the recent CentreForum report 'Earned Amnesty', keep this issue firmly on the table. CentreForum here proposes that a time-limited regularisation programme, during which migrants contribute a total fee of £5000 over 5 years and demonstrate their commitment to the UK, would be a more socially responsible, pragmatic and cost-effective policy towards undocumented migrants in the UK. |
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July 2008
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Centre Forum presentation of report,
Report (PDF)
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Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Will Somerville (Centre Forum publication) |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 September 2008 |
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Outsourcing Abuse - The use and misuse of state-sanctioned force during the detention and removal of asylum seekers |
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"Outsourcing Abuse" by Birnberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice and NCADC, published today, describes an alarming number of injuries sustained by asylum deportees at the hand of private “escorts” contracted by the Home Office. It reveals evidence of widespread and seemingly systemic abuse of vulnerable people who have fled their own countries seeking safety and refuge, and that assault claims have largely been brushed off by the Home Office. |
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July 2008
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Press release,
Report (PDF)
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Birnberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice, NCADC |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 September 2008 |
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Courts and Compliance in the European Union: The European Arrest Warrant in National Constitutional Courts |
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Fifth paper in the 2008 Jean Monnet Working Paper series: The member states of the European Union have expanded the tools they use to cooperate in combating transnational crime and terrorism. Chief among these is the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant, which requires judicial and police authorities to bypass all national extradition procedures involving suspects residing in an EU member state. Only Germany, Poland, Italy, and the Republic of Cyprus experienced severe delays in implementing the required national legislation. Contrary to the expectations of veto players theory, national constitutional courts do not veto EU law, but instruct legislatures on how best to redraft legislation, securing compliance. |
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2008
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Link to document (PDF and Word),
The Jean Monnet Working Papers
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Scott Siegel |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 September 2008 |
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Reports on announced inspections of
Yarl's Wood and Tinsley House Immigration
Removal Centres (United Kingdom) |
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Summary by Migrants Rights News: The HMCIP inspection reports found that the facilities at both centres were inadequate in a range of different aspects; and there was a lack of activities, including education and voluntary or paid work, to occupy detainees. The situation for children at the centres was of particular concern. At Tinsley House, the length of stay was frequently higher than the expected maximum duration of 72 hours. This was even more pronounced at Yarl's Wood, where the average detention of children had increased from 8 days to 15 days, with some children there for longer. 18% of children held during mid-2007 were there for more than 28 days, and some inappropriate treatment was noted. For example, some children were transported in escort vehicles with caged compartments. The impact of detention on the children was particularly pronounced at Yarl's Wood, with children showing signs of trauma and inadequate welfare assessments from staff at the centre. |
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2008
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Tinsley House report (PDF),
Yarl's Wood report (PDF),
Migrants Rights News
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HM Chief Inspector of Prisons |
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ECLN notice - meetings/conferences - added 12 September 2008 |
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Citizen summit on migration |
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The Council of the European Union will meet in Paris on 13 and 14 October with the aim of adopting a "European pact on immigration and asylum". Moreover, the second Euro-African inter-ministerial conference on migration and development will take place in Paris on 20-21 October. It is high time that the issue of migration and development be really considered in terms of common interests, interests shared by the countries of origin, by the countries migrants go through, by the destination countries, but most importantly, the interests of the migrants themselves.
We want another Europe than the one that is becoming a fortress and that is taking disproportionate measures to prevent people from entering its territory and expel those who have entered. We reject the systematisation of detention centres and forced returns.
Following the first non-governmental Euro-African conference on "migration, freedom of circulation and fundamental rights", we are calling for a wide participation, in Paris on October 17th and 18th, to promote another vision of immigration and another type of relationship between the European Union, Africa and the rest of the world. We will hold the second non-governmental Euro-African conference, organise a big rally to request another European policy. |
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Paris, France, 17 October 2008
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Call for a citizen summit
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Des ponts pas des murs, civil society organisations from Europe and Africa |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 12 September 2008 |
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Freedom Not Fear - International Day of Action |
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On 11 October 2008 an international action day will take place world-wide to demonstrate against the retention of telecommunication data and other instruments of surveillance. The organisers would like to recall the remembrance of the historical achievement of civil rights and liberties as a heritage of the Age of Enlightenment and to support the trust in security in our free society. |
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Multiple international demonstrations, 11 October 2008
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WIKI Freedom not Fear 2008,
German Working Group on Data Retention
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German Working Group on Data Retention |
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ECLN notice - meetings/conferences - added 12 September 2008 |
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International conference on "Transnational Corporations and Human Rights" |
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The conference brings together social and judicial scientists, practitioners and representatives of Human Rights and development cooperation. This approach intends to confront the risks and opportunities associated with holding transnational corporations accountable for their Human Rights abuses. The conference will include a juxtapose binding legal instruments and code of conducts while taking into consideration aspects of extraterritorial state responsibility and the role of the civil society. |
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Berlin, Germany 9-10 October 2008
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ECCHR Homepage,
Conference information
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European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) |
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ECLN notice - meetings/conferences - added 28 August 2008 |
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3rd World Social Forum on Migrations |
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The 3rd World Social Forum on Migrations is set to be held in Rivas-Vaciamadrid on 11-13 September, as part of the process intiated by the World Social Forums since 2001, as "a space for democratic debates on ideas, for reflection, for the formulation of proposals and for the interchange of ideas. It provides articulation of social movements, networks, NGO’s, and other organizations in the civil society who oppose the neo-liberal globalization lead by the big co-operations who serve their interests and the consequences of their dominance, amongst other things, the restriction of citizen recognition, and of the civil, social, political and cultural rights, due to a free circulation of capital which is not accompanied by the free circulation of people." The thematic blocks are: Globalization and migration; Societies of origin and alternative development; Borders and human rights; Societies at destination and the situation of migrants; and Asylum and displacement |
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Rivas- Vaciamadrid (Madrid) 11-13 September 2008
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Forum Social de las Migraciones 2008,
World Social Forum on Migrations 2008,
Forum Social Mondial des Migrations 2008
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Foro Social Mundial de las Migraciones - CEAR |
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ECLN notice - meetings/conferences - added 19 July 2008 |
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XIV Meeting Internazionale Antirazzista |
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14th edition of this anti-racist meeting, an important setting for in-depth dialogue and public reflection on dialogue between peoples, battles for the rights of minorities and the fight against all types of racism and discrimination. This year's themes include politics of fear, immigration and crime in relation to society, the public discourse and institutional responses, racism as a source of insecurity, summer university on the right of asylum, unarmed peace-keeping, migrants' rights and the future of Europe, Roma and Sinti self-organisation and many more. Music, book presentations, art and documentary screenings in this week-long event. |
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Cecina (Tuscany) 12-20 July 2008
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XIV Meeting Internazionale Antirazzista,
ARCI website
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ARCI |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 15 July 2008 |
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Informe sobre Tortura en el Estado Español, 2007 |
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The fourth annual report on torture in the Spanish State by the Coordinadora para la prevencion de la tortura, a network of over 40 civil society groups working on the issue of torture in Spain. It provides in-depth details of alleged incidents and a wealth of statistics, as well as monitoring cases from the stage of allegations through to sentencing. |
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Spain 31 May 2008
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Informe sobre tortura en el estado espanol 2007,
summary of the report,
Coordinadora para la prevencion de la tortura website
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Coordinadora para la prevencion de la tortura |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 09 July 2008 |
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Dosta… Basta … manipolazione e autoreferenzialità. Rom e Sinti: dialogo diretto e ruolo attivo |
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Public assembly and demonstration called by the Federazione Rom e Sinti Insieme to say "dosta!" (enough) to racial discrimination against Roma and Sinti people, calling for principles and norms included in constitutional, European and international texts to be implemented, and for the identification of these minorities as an enemy to cease. Treating an entire community as dangerous criminals, is something that is reminiscent of the past, when it has cost many lives, and the media and political class are accused of fostering a climate of racial hatred against them by using mystification and falsehood, without giving them the right to reply. |
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Rome 10/07/2008
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Public assembly document,
Federazione Rom e Sinti Insieme blog
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Federazione Rom e Sinti Insieme |
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