Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Olli Immonen represents the worst of the worst when it comes to the acceptance of our ever-growing culturally diverse society. Apart from predicting a war between Islam and white Christian Europe, Immonen never loses the opportunity to kick the most vulnerable members of society in the guts.
Tag: Romany
guardian.co.uk: Italian girl’s rape claim sparks arson attack on Gypsy camp
A 16-year-old Italian girl whose claim that she was raped by Gypsies prompted a furious mob to launch an arson attack on a Turin Roma camp has admitted to police that she invented her story.
ESS: Ylen romaniohjelma sai palkinnon
Ylen A-studion juttu Romanien paluu on saanut Euroopan parlamentin tämän vuoden journalismipalkinnon. Toimittaja Tero Koskisen ohjelma kertoo romaniaikuisten ja -lasten oloista karavaanialueella Helsingissä. Palkintoraati katsoi, että aihe on mielenkiintoinen tämän päivän Euroopassa. Se myös kiitteli siitä, että ohjelmassa annettiin puheenvuoro romaneille itselleen ja valotettiin paikallista näkökulmaa. Palkinto jaettiin neljässä eri sarjassa: lehdistö, internet, televisio ja radio. Romanien paluu esitettiin A-studiossa 21. huhtikuuta 2010.
Spiegel Online International: Anti-Roma Protests Turn Violent in the Czech Republic
For weeks there have been riots between Czech locals and newly settled Roma in northern Bohemia. What started as a series of brutal but isolated fights has grown into a popular movement in small towns along the eastern German border. Right-wing extremists have fanned the hatred.
YLE in English: Roma evicted from Kalasatama camp assemble at Senate Square
About 40 police officers descended on the Kalasatama area in Helsinki to evict a camp of itinerant foreign Roma. The operation came at the request of the Helsinki City Public Works Department. In the evening, dozens of Roma who had been forced to leave Kalasatama, and a number of local supporters assembled at Senate Square in the centre of the city.