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  • July 2008

    • EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

      (Newser) - Italy’s mandatory fingerprinting of its Gypsy minority is "an act of discrimination based on race and ethnic origin" and should be stopped, the European Parliament said in a resolution passed today. The assembly voted 336-220, with 77 abstentions, to condemn the practice—though the resolution is not binding, the AP notes. Italy continues to defend the program as a necessary measure to fight street crime. More »

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      Italy  • homeland security  • fingerprinting  • European Parliament  • Gypsy  • Roma people

    • Italy Plan to Fingerprint Gypsies Under Fire

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 12:31 PM CDT

      Italy Plan to Fingerprint Gypsies Under Fire

      (Newser) - Italy has begun taking fingerprints from members of its Gypsy minority, in what the government calls a “census” of the people living in nomad encampments. The plans to document adults and children lacking an EU passport has brought condemnations from critics, who charge that “census” is the Berlusconi government’s euphemism for a racist practice, the BBC reports. More »

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      Italy  • fingerprinting  • government spying  • minority  • Gypsy  • Roma people

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