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EZAF against promotion of new Borat’s movie in Germany
Posted on October 25 2006
The European Center for Antiziganism Research on 16 October has come forward against Sacha Baron Cohen, also known as “Ali G” or “Borat“, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany GmbH and as well as, against Webspaceprovider, Schlund+Partner AG, a charge posed to the Hamburg leading senior Public Prosecutor. Specified the above people-rushing statements become, offense, he is calling toward violation and force against Roma and Sinti, accused that in intentionally more insulting manner mentioned as “gypsies” and calling against equal treatment under the law. The legal service of the European Roma and Travellers Forum in Strasbourg, Rom and Cinti Union – Hamburg, and the European Center for Antiziganism Research have prepared a suggestion for temporary regulation against the movie. A German group representing Roma interests said that it had filed a suit to try to stop British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen showing his latest film (Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) in Germany. “We are accusing him of defamation and inciting violence against Sinti and Roma (gypsies),” – Marko Knudsen, head of the European Center of Antiziganism Research, told Reuters. Antiziganism refers to hostility to gypsies. The group said it had filed a complaint to prosecutors over the film, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”, saying it treated violence and discrimination against Roma peoples as acceptable behavior. State prosecutors in Hamburg will investigate the allegations before deciding whether to take action. In the satirical film, which is due to open in Germany on November 2, Cohen, creator of the comic character Ali G, plays Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakh television journalist who travels to the United States to report back on the American way of life. The film’s comic barbs target Gypsies in various manners. For more information and quotations please follow up: