[FA Worldmusic] Italian govt cracks down on the Rom gypsies

[Ian Menzies]

This is outrageous. Thanks for posting David.
Ian



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hi all

just passing on this small way to protest against Italy's recent lurch to
the right

SAY NO to the the ethnic filing of the Roms - with or without fingerprints9
record

The Home Minister of Italy and member of North League, Roberto Maroni,
announced recently that he intends recording the fingerprints of Rroms
located in Italy. In the most cynical way, he justifies this measure by the
need to protect the children! Sign the petition against any ethnic filing of
the Roms and prevent the return of the brown plague !

you can sign up here

http://www.petitiononline.com/08041971/petition.html

+

more news...

Tuesday July 1, 2008 Italy's highest appeal court has ruled that it is
acceptable to discriminate against Roma on the grounds that they are
thieves. The judgment, made public yesterday, comes amid a nationwide
clampdown on the Roma community by Silvio Berlusconi's government. Last week
his interior minister, Roberto Maroni, announced plans to fingerprint all.

David Flower
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