Hania: Eviction
Published by deviousdiva July 22nd, 2006 in Roma.Panayote Dimitras of the Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) wrote this comment on the post Votanikos: Evictions:
Actually the “cleaning operations” are meant to clean only Roma not the garbage. While we were with DD there, in Hania they were “cleaning” -illegally evicting- the local Roma from an area Roma have lived for over a year. Before it was a garbage dump and no one was cleaning it or was bothered by it. Do you know who cleaned the Roma in Hania? The “inter-municipal company on solid waste” (στερεα αποβλητα)…
Here are pictures of that "cleaning operation" (Photo credit: Haniotika Nea)
These are the people they are actually cleansing the area of…
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detailed info on the case (in Greek) in:
http://cm.greekhelsinki.gr/ind.....8;cid=2391
Thanks for bringing us this excellent series of posts on the Roma communities in Greece
Thanks sokari for commenting and for the link. I am trying to find as many ways as possible to spread the word about this forgotten community. More to follow in the coming week.
Did the Roma have legal title to the land in Chania?