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Kansas City StarFrance: Roma Policy ChallengedNew York TimesA 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 called a grow...

msnbc.comRoma reveal a rootless EuropeFinancial TimesLast week in Lille a Catholic priest announced that he was praying that French president Nicolas Sarkozy would have a heart attack. The priest, Arthur Hervet, who has since retracted his words, is passi...

Kansas City StarUN Urges France to Stop Collective Deportation of RomaVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimin...

Telegraph.co.ukUN warns France over Roma deportationsTelegraph.co.ukFrance has received a stern UN warning to avoid collective deportations of Roma and to refrain from "discriminatory" political speeches against minorities. In the latest interna...

swissinfo.chU.N. rights body rebukes France for mistreating RomaReutersGENEVA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body rebuked France on Friday for its crackdown on Roma and urged the government to try to integrate members of the EU's bi...

msnbc.comFrance: 300 Roma Are Sent to Romania Amid RebukesNew York TimesBy AP The archbishop of Paris joined the tide of criticism over France's crackdown on Roma, also known as Gypsies, calling it a “circus,” while the European Union's justice co...