October 25, 2009
The end of a squat (2)
The end of a squat (3)
The end of a squat (4)
The end of a squat (5)
The Romani (also Romany, Romanies, Romanis, Roma or Roms; exonym: Gypsies; Romani: Rromane) are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their origins to medieval India. The Romani are widely dispersed with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe and Anatolia, followed by the Iberian Kale in Southwestern Europe and Southern France, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other parts of the world.
Amnesty International reports continued instances of Antizigan discrimination during the 2000s. Romani are often confined to low-class ghettos, are subject to discrimination in jobs and schools, and are often subject to police brutality.
Several Romani people, from small babies to elderly grown-ups, were squatting a derelict house. The authorities decided to expell them from this house. Fearing a police interference, they ran away. The day after they fled away, some unknown people went to the house. They removed the windows and broke the window-panes.
