http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=56&L=en Roberto Malini's Point of View Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:14 -0500 2010 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=73530&L=en After the xenophobic security law and the special ethnic regulations in Roma settlements, the Italian government is about to introduce the “residence permit by point-system”. This is a serious violation of human rights that must be immediately stigmatized and corrected by the international political and legal institutions.   Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=70612&L=en Rome - In spite of official intervention from the European Commission, the European Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the major humanitarian organizations, the phenomenon of antiziganism in Italy has degenerated into a serious persecution and a denial of the Roma and Sinti people's fundamental human rights. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=69635&L=en Rome (Italy) - Surrounded by hatred and prejudice, the Roma people continue to perish in fires. Sometimes it is their poverty that kills them, that forces them to warm themselves in the harsh winter with dangerous means: old heaters, candles, spirit stoves. Sometimes they meet their deaths at the hands of racists. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=69509&L=en At about 3 p.m. on Christmas Day a 34-year-old transexual of Brazilian origin committed suicide by hanging herself with a sheet in the Via Corelli CIE in Milan, where she had recently been detained. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=68061&L=en Rome (Italy) - News has just reached us that the Italian authorities have decided to clear the Casilino 900 Roma settlement in Rome within the next three weeks. The Casilino 900 camp is the oldest Roma settlement in the capital. The families (a total of about 700 people) have lived in the city for the last 40 years, after fleeing from the countries of the former Yugoslavia. The Roma live in disastrous health and sanitary conditions without any kind of assistance programme. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=66822&L=en Milan - Racial intolerance is spreading from Italy to Switzerland where a referendum has forbidden the building of new minarets. It was easy for the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) to obtain 57% of the votes. In the climate of mistrust that exists in today’s Switzerland, how could we be expected to believe that the Swiss people would demonstrate any opening towards the Muslim faith? Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=66234&L=en Once again Pesaro is kicking vulnerable Roma families (many of whom have seriously ill members) out of their makeshift homes and onto the street. EveryOne Group delivers a complaint to the Public Prosecutor and to the European Court of Human Rights. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=65752&L=en On November 25th we celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We are talking about one of the most cowardly and brutal violations of human rights that affects millions of women every year. Last year Amnesty International promoted an important campaign to remind people that the majority of cases of rape and violence against women take place within the home. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=64337&L=en Rome - They are acting without any scruples. There is no humanity left in Rome, no laws in Rome, besides the law of hatred. After the ethnic cleansing of the Casilino 700 camp, in which 500 people from the Roma minority group were thrown out onto the street (including many women, children and seriously ill people), the police force rushed to the ex Heineken factory, where about 150 homeless and desperate Roma had taken shelter. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=63100&L=en Rome - Today the border police in Bari discovered and stopped sixty-nine refugees that had just arrived in the city hidden inside a Turkish lorry. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=61834&L=en Milan - In Milan and many other Italian cities the ethnic cleansing and persecutory policies against the Roma and Sintis continues. In Lombardy’s chief town, a department of the police force devotes its time to the identification and clearance of “squatter” settlements inhabited by Roma citizens and refugees. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=60765&L=en Luca Bianchini, the only suspect for the serial rapes committed in Rome, is on the 22th day of his hunger strike in Regina Coeli prison. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=60708&L=en Rome - Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th and present President of the United States has been awarded the 2009 Peace Prize. Along with the customary congratulations, a lot of criticism has been directed at the Oslo Committee’s choice. The denigrators claim that Obama has still not obtained important results towards peace among peoples. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=56642&L=en On August 28, an amazing decision was made by Italy´s Council of State, Consiglio di Stato. In spite of all protests against finger printing of Romanies, the Council of State has approved this procedure. Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=56380&L=en On Sunday, August 30th, 2009, the Italian authorities carried out the umpteenth pushing back to Libya of about 80 Somali and Eritrean refugees, people in precarious health who would have been entitled to asylum. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=55428&L=en Milan - What’s it like living in the Centres of Identification and Expulsion? We have talked to some immigrants who were detained in the centres and heard their accounts of the terrible violations of human rights taking place there. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=55073&L=en Milan -Mirko is eleven years old. In December 2006 he was the victim of a racist assault by a Padania “vigilantes patrol” in Opera (Milan). His mother was pushed to the ground and humiliated. Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=54174&L=en The hunger strike continues in the Via Corelli CIE (Centre of Identification and Expulsion) in Milan, and some immigrants have even started a thirst strike. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=52822&L=en Rome - In spite of the recommendations of the EU institutions, in spite of the directives and the resolutions protecting the rights of the Roma people in the Member States, camp clearances without the offer of alternative housing or assistance and integration programmes are still underway in Italy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=52619&L=en Lampedusa - After the 89 refugees sent back to Libya on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 and the 47 people sent back to Ghaddafi’s “concentration camps” on July 5th; on July 29th, 14 more immigrants - including two women and a child - were picked out of the sea in the Strait of Sicily and deported back to the port they had set out from. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=51567&L=en The history and civility of a great nation like the United Kingdom, does not originate from the will of the majority or the dominant thought that characterizes an age. The suffering of people, the heroism of the discriminated against minorities, the courage of the poor in sticking together and contributing to progress, are fundamental elements in the growth of a nation and its striving towards a greater civility. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=50115&L=en The Everyone Group, again, voices its concern for the safety of the G8 leaders during the summit meeting at L’Aquila. What worries us are not the demonstrations of legitimate dissent --and we, too, disagree with many policies of the G8 leaders-- but rather the fact that, by accepting the invitation to meet in a city devastated by recent earthquakes, the G8 governments plainly show that the countries they represent rest on fragile foundations. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=49459&L=en Rome (Italy) - Just hours before the final Senate vote on Decree 733 (security bill), due to start at 1 pm tomorrow, reports have confirmed the recent sharp drop in the number of migrants seeking medical care for serious illnesses. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=49004&L=en Milan, June 29, 2009. On the occasion of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Italy for the G8 meeting at L’Aquila, EveryOne Group expresses concern for the President’s safety while in Italy. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=48853&L=en Rome - Vahid Kiani Motlagh, the 32-year-old Iranian gay refugee who faced deportation in the next few days, was transferred yesterday morning from the Saint-Exupery (Lyons) detention centre in France to Fiumicino airport, in Rome, Italy, on the grounds of the Dublin Convention and the Dublin II Directive. He was released in the afternoon by Italian Police. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Roberto Malini's Point of View Roberto Malini