https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ethnic Roma leaders called for round-the-clock police protection on Wednesday after a series of vigilante attacks in Paris sparked by false reports of attempted kidnappings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190327/roma-in-france-seek-protection-after-attacks-sparked-by-fake-news Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:58:46 +0100 roma-in-france-seek-protection-after-attacks-sparked-by-fake-news Anina Ciuciu, a 27-year-old law student who once begged for centimes, is vying to become France's first Roma senator on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170924/from-slum-dweller-to-senator-french-roma-woman-aims-high Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:51:26 +0200 from-slum-dweller-to-senator-french-roma-woman-aims-high President Francois Hollande on Saturday acknowledged that France bore "broad responsibility" for the internment of thousands of Roma by the World War II Vichy regime and in the early months of the post-war government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161029/france-acknowledges-role-in-wwii-roma-internment Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:35:16 +0200 france-acknowledges-role-in-wwii-roma-internment Around 400 Roma were cleared from a shantytown in northern Paris on Wednesday morning after local authorities deemed the area to be "too dangerous". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160203/police-clear-out-hundreds-from-paris-slum Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:46:57 +0100 police-clear-out-hundreds-from-paris-slum France has once again been blasted for its treatment of Roma communities. This time it's the UN's human rights chief who has taken Paris to task for forced evictions of Roma camps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150911/un-rights-chief-slams-france-over-roma-evictions Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:07:37 +0200 un-rights-chief-slams-france-over-roma-evictions A 300-strong Roma population was evicted from a shanty town in the northern suburbs of Paris on Thursday, despite a strong call for the camp to remain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150827/police-bring-down-frances-oldest-shanty-town Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:13:54 +0200 police-bring-down-frances-oldest-shanty-town Serie A side Roma continued to shore up their defence on Wednesday with Paris Saint Germain French international left-back Lucas Digne completing his loan move to the capital club. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150827/psgs-lucas-digne-seals-roma-loan-move Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:25:51 +0200 psgs-lucas-digne-seals-roma-loan-move Town officials in northern France have come under scrutiny after ordering ditches to be dug out in an effort to dissuade travellers from setting up camp there. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150818/outrage-over-anti-traveller-ditches-in-france Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:21:27 +0200 outrage-over-anti-traveller-ditches-in-france A UN rights watchdog group on Friday rapped France over its treatment of the Roma and its failure to tackle growing hate and xenophobic speech. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150515/un-rights-experts-rap-france-for-roma-treatment Fri, 15 May 2015 17:31:23 +0200 un-rights-experts-rap-france-for-roma-treatment A union representing bus drivers in Montpellier, southern France, has sparked outrage after it proposed the creation of a separate bus service for Roma people following complaints about the “unbearable” smell. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150409/outrage-over-apartheid-roma-bus-service Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:57:57 +0200 outrage-over-apartheid-roma-bus-service France's treatment of its Roma community has once again come under fire in a new report from Amnesty International, which also takes aim at authorities for biased investigations into allegations of police violence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150225/amnesty-france-roma-migration Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:41:00 +0100 amnesty-france-roma-migration The dead baby of a Roma family at the centre of a huge racism row in France was finally laid to rest on Monday with just close family present. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150105/roma-baby-buried-as-racism-row-simmers Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:49:00 +0100 roma-baby-buried-as-racism-row-simmers The French human rights ombudsman launched an investigation Sunday into an uproar over a mayor's alleged refusal - which he later emphatically denied - to allow burial of a Roma migrant's baby. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150105/france-roma-baby-burial Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:27:01 +0100 france-roma-baby-burial The mayor of a Paris suburb was accused Saturday of racism following his refusal to allow a Roma baby to be buried in the municipal cemetery. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150104/outrage-as-french-mayor-refuses-burial-of-roma-baby Sun, 04 Jan 2015 11:09:00 +0100 outrage-as-french-mayor-refuses-burial-of-roma-baby Human Rights campaigners and immigrants' support groups have sounded the alarm about the small print in France’s new anti-terrorism bill, which they say will allow Paris to stop the freedom of movement of EU nationals, specifically members of the Roma community. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141023/france-to-use-anti-terror-powers-to Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:23:00 +0200 france-to-use-anti-terror-powers-to A French lawmaker who was caught on camera saying Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler "did not kill enough" Roma gypsies was fined €3,000 by an appeal court in France this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140812/mp-avoids-fine-prison-for Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:40:00 +0200 mp-avoids-fine-prison-for A Roma teenager who was left struggling for his life after being brutally beaten by vigilantes in France has emerged from his coma and is talking, his lawyer said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140720/roma-teen-out-of-coma-weeks-after-vigilante-attack Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:57:00 +0200 roma-teen-out-of-coma-weeks-after-vigilante-attack The shock over a vigilante attack on a Roma boy continued on Thursday after a British newspaper published online a horrific photo of the beaten teen, who is still fighting for his life in a Paris hospital. Warning: This story contains a graphic image. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140619/graphic-photo-shows-beaten-roma-teen Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:30:00 +0200 graphic-photo-shows-beaten-roma-teen A Roma teenager was in a critical condition on Tuesday after being savagely beaten by a mob, who suspected him of being behind a burglary in a Paris suburb. The French president François Hollande has condemned the 'unjustifiable' lynching. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140617/mob-severely-beats-roma-boy-near-paris Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:28:00 +0200 mob-severely-beats-roma-boy-near-paris Police in Paris’s posh 6th arrondissement have been ordered to count up Roma people and “systematically purge” them from the area, media reports said on Tuesday. The public outrage prompted by the orders forced France's top cop to wade into the row. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140415/police-to-purge-roma-from-posh-paris-area Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:03:00 +0200 police-to-purge-roma-from-posh-paris-area