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| July 17, 2010 | Hindus ask Denmark to stop Roma deportations | |
Nevada (US): Hindus are asking for immediate end to reportedly
forcible mass deportations of Roma from Denmark. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan
Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that instead of cracking down
and raids on minority Roma brothers and sisters and stereotyped approach, Denmark
should come up with a comprehensive strategy to rehabilitate them and make them
productive partners of the community. Were not Roma Europeans? Was freedom of
travel anywhere in European Union for all Europeans or it was just for "Europeans
minus Roma"? Roma had reportedly been in Europe since ninth century CE, how long
more they had to reside in Europe to prove that they were "real and equal" Europeans
like any other, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, asked.
This reported maltreatment of Roma in Denmark was simply inhuman and outside even
European Union norms and should end, Rajan Zed argued. Europe's most persecuted
and discriminated community, Roma were reportedly facing apartheid conditions
in Europe . Roma reportedly regularly faced social exclusion, racism, substandard
education, hostility, joblessness, rampant illness, inadequate housing, lower
life expectancy, unrest, living on desperate margins, stereotypes, mistrust, rights
violations, discrimination, marginalization, appalling living conditions, prejudice,
human rights abuse, etc., Zed pointed out. Rajan Zed stressed that Danish National
Church (Folkekirken), which represented about 90 percent of the Danes, should
also come out in support of the cause of this distinct ethnic and cultural group
of Roma, because religion taught us to help the helpless. Denmark is rated among
nations with best quality of life, highest per capita income, and low unemployment.
Its literacy rate is 100 percent and its hydrocarbon-rich economy is reported
to be booming. |
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