Reagarding the latest events in Italy, following the horrific murder of an Italian woman, when Romanian Roma was suspected, which leads to immediate expulsion of Roma, buldozing of Romani setlements, and anti-Romani settlement in the media and in the public life.

To:
Mr. Traian Basescu
President of Romania

To
Mr. Călin Popescu – Tăriceanu
Prime Minister of Romania

To
Mr. Romano Prodi
Prime Minister of Italy

To
Hans-Gert Pöttering
President of the European Parliament

To:
Mr. Terry Davis
Secretary General of the Council of Europe

To
Mr. Nicolae Paun
Deputy in the Parliament of Romania

To
European Roma and Travellers Forum

Respected,

National Roma Centrum (NRC) is civil and human rights based organisation, aimed at combating anti-Romani racisms and human rights abuse of Roma, representing and stimulating the active participation and integration of Romani people on the principles of the modern multiethnic European society.

NRC is writing to express grave concern following the horrific murder of an Italian woman, Mrs. Giovanna Reggiani, and on the other hand systematic violence and abuse of Roma in Italy, irrelevant if they are Romanian Roma in Italy or Italian Roma. Please do not exploit the emotions which followed Mrs Reggiani’s killing in order to evict and to expel Roma. On November 1, the Italian government issued a decree according to which EU citizens deemed to pose a threat to public order and security can be deported from the country. Italy’s authorities pushed through an emergency decree allowing for the immediate expulsion without trial of any immigrants deemed to represent a threat to public safety.

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