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Cases of discrimination in the media
Following are some of the comments from that blog:
“Anonymous 5/03/2014
They drive Mercedes cars and are all decked out in jewels but go to the Red Cross for their meals.
They start pushing out kids at age 14 and have more than five.
They stink, are lazy, will rob you at knife point, refuse to integrate; wherever they go they make the
places where they live uninhabitable for decades. By far, it is the race that has evolved the least and
they’re all obese.
“Anonymous 5/03/2014
A plague for the nation, antisocial, uncivilised and thieves. Yes, I’m generalising but I assure you I’m not
far off the mark. I know because there’s a whole settlement of those bastards living just a kilometre
away from my house.
“Anonymous 5/03/2014
They think they’re the centre of the universe. They show no humility whatsoever, they’re racist, they
don’t respect the law or other people but they always demand respect.
When you read in the papers about Gypsy clans evening up the score with two dead I think to myself...
what a waste of the other four bullets left in the revolver’s chamber.”
The Department wrote to the web page administrator to request that this material be removed as it is a direct
attack on the image and dignity of Roma and incites hatred and racism against the Roma community.
In most cases, these pages are managed by individuals who belong to extreme right-wing groups who promote
anti-Roma hatred. Needless to say, we rarely get a positive response.
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National.
Internet.
Direct discrimination.
The FSG alert service received an email from a person informing us
of a Facebook page related with the Civil Guard police. There we found a news story about a Civil Guard officer
who was arrested for storming the home of a Roma leader because he claimed that it was a drug supermarket.
The story employed language that helps entrench stereotypes and prejudices towards the Roma community.
The Department requested that the administrator of this web page, which in this case is a Civil Guard forum that
published the story on its page, eliminate the story as the dissemination of events about alleged crimes com-
mitted by Roma and in which the Civil Guard is involved perpetuates an untrue image of the Roma community.
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National.
Electoral brochure.
Direct discrimination.
The FSG alert service received an electoral campaign
brochure promoting Spanish politicians running in the European Parliamentary elections which contained the
following comments:
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