20/21 June 2014,
Alte Kaserne Zürich First
International Roma Festival in Zürich
On 20 and 21
June, the first International Roma Festival will take place in Zürich, Switzerland.
With concerts and a discussion on stage, our aim is to strike out on a new
course. A course of solidarity with persecuted Roma all over Europe, and a
course against racism that also occurs in Switzerland. In the past,
many European countries have issued of lot of laws and orders against Roma. In
France, this has led to forced evictions of Romanian Roma and in numerous
cantons and cities in Switzerland, official bans on begging have been posted.
In Italy, pogrom-like persecutions took place and in Hungary, Roma have even
been killed in open violence. In many parts of Europe, Roma, Sinti and Yenish
sail against an intensified racist wind of discrimination – millions keep on
being outlawed as “zigeuner”. For minorities labeled like this, the harm is
more serious than “only” a social stigma. It means first and foremost that they
are consistently put at a disadvantage. In almost all European countries, Roma
have poorer access to education, healthcare and the job market. They have a
higher infant mortality and a shorter life expectance than the average
population.Doc ENG: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_-OQSGABxV7M0FVX01LdnBlNk0/edit?usp=sharing
Doc GER :https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_-OQSGABxV7T1liNmlkQU5Bd1E/edit?usp=sharing