French authorities forcibly evict 150 people, including 60 children

Headline Title: French authorities forcibly evict 150 people, including 60 children 27 August 2013 The French authorities’ evictions of Romani communities across the country continue to flout international law a year after the government published an inter-ministerial circular on the issue, Amnesty International said from the scene of a forced eviction of 150 people outside Paris this morning. Amnesty International’s France researcher witnessed how, beginning early this morning, police carried out the forced eviction of Romani families, including some 60 children, from a camp…

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