Rights Panel Criticizes France Over Roma Policy The New York Times | GENEVA — A United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat what it termed a growing racist and xenophobic tone in the country’s public debate. | The 18-member com...
French police round up Roma in crackdown on crime The Australian | TWO boys stood in a gymnasium in an eastern Paris suburb yesterday and pondered their future. " | I want to be a mechanic and a footballer," said Benjamin, 14. "First, I'd like to go to school." His companion, who has also never been to school, wanted to be a journalist. | The ...
French court blocks deportation of Roma The Boston Globe | PARIS - A French court has blocked the deportation of seven Roma people, also known as gypsies, in a blow to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to dismantle illegal camps. | The administrative tribunal in Lille canceled the deportation orders yesterd...
France Defends Its Policy on Roma Wall Street Journal By MAX COLCHESTER | PARIS—The French government, faced with growing criticism over its mass expulsions of foreign Gypsies, is trying a two-pronged strategy to minimize the damage: Insist that continued expulsions are right, and put in diplomati...
French court halts deportation of seven Roma (Roundup) m&c | Paris - A court in the northern French city of Lille has annulled the order to deport seven Roma who were evicted last week from a plot of land they had occupied illegally, the court announced Tuesday on its web site. | The decision represents the ...
French government faces internal 'malaise' over policy of expelling Gypsies Star Tribune | PARIS - After sparking criticism from institutions including the Vatican and the United Nations, France's crackdown on Gypsies is now exposing cracks in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. | Two top Cabinet ministers have voiced concerns about ...
Rights Panel Criticizes France Over Roma Policy The New York Times | GENEVA — A United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat what it termed a growing racist and xenophobic tone in the ...
French court sides with Texas mom in custody fight Houston Chronicle | SAN ANTONIO - A Texas woman's lawyer says a French court has granted her custody of her 11-year-old son who disappeared last year after being removed from a school bus in San Antonio. | Attorney Miguel Ortiz told KSAT-TV that the court Friday grant...
France begins deporting hundreds of gypsies from illegal camps The Daily Mail | The deportation of hundreds of unwanted gypsies from France began today with 79 paid £250 to leave the country. | It comes as their illegal camps are smashed to pieces, with President Nicolas Sarkozy being accused of 'Nazi tactics'. A plane is due ...
France dismantles 40 illegal Roma camps amid accusations of racism m&c | Paris/Geneva - French police have dismantled 40 illegal Roma camps in a span of two weeks, with some 700 people to be deported to Romania or Bulgaria aboard several charter flights, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Thursday. | The minister ha...
New law will allow France to prosecute foreign genocide suspects m&c | Paris - The French government on Tuesday unveiled a legal change that will allow the country to prosecute foreign genocide suspects living within its borders. | But the French judiciary can only get involved in such a case if the International Crim...
Cooking illegally: France's immigrant chefs are fighting for legal life Joy Online By David Chazan | BBC News | The French cherish their culinary tradition and it's a big attraction for foreign visitors to France, the world's most popular tourist destination. | But few tourists realise that these days, many chefs and most kitchen s...
French minister widens crime crackdown on foreigners Breitbart | France's interior minister Sunday proposed extra tough measures against for... | France's interior minister Sunday proposed extra tough measures against foreign-born criminals, widening controversial crime-fighting proposals that critics have brand...
Iran state media call French first lady 'prostitute' Daily Star Lebanon | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Ali Akbar Dareini | Associated Press | TEHRAN: Iranian state media called France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a “prostitute” on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning on ...
