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59.
Sabadell.
Internet.
Direct discrimination.
An article was published on the Internet under the title “Gypsy rats”.
The article made degrading comments about Roma such as: “Gypsies, the part of the human race that didn’t
evolve. That shit that spoils green fields” (http:// desmotivaciones.es/5919990/Gitanosesas-ratas).
The Department wrote to the web page administrator but no response has been received.
60.
Salamanca.
The media.
Direct discrimination.
In the ‘Events’ section of the newspaper Diario La Gaceta Re-
gional of Salamanca, a journalist reported on a shooting in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood. In the body of the
text and also in the headline of a related article, the author refers to the cultural groups of some of the victims
and aggressors. He also refers to one of the families as being Gypsy but the Foundation has confirmed that this
is not true.
The Department sent a letter of complaint to the newspaper and editor but has not received any response.
61.
Salamanca.
The media.
Direct discrimination.
The Gaceta Regional of Salamanca published an article about a
stabbing following an argument in a bar of a popular neighbourhood in Salamanca. The author stressed that both
the aggressor and victim were Gypsies.
Just by chance, that same day another very similar news story was published (also a stabbing) with no mention
of the ethnic origin of those involved. Obviously they were not Roma..
CASE 59