Romano Liloro April 13, 2009
Roma in Kosovo "Celebrate" International Roma From: "Kosovo Medical Emergency Group" [email protected] A VERY HOLLOW CELEBRATION While the World's Roma people attempted to celebrate International Roma Day on 8th April, in Kosovo there was in fact, very little to celebrate. These children from Cesmin Lug and Osterode Camps in Kosovo beg to be saved from their lives of poisoning on the most toxic site in Eastern Europe, where they were placed by the United Nations. In the protest, their banners proclaimed "God Save Us from UNHCR" and "Welcome to Kouchner's Hell" as well as others begging to be saved from lead poisoning. They accused Bernard Kouchner the former Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, and now Foreign Minister for France, of failing to save them as he had promised. There are currently 83 deaths among those from these camps. Pictures courtesy of Kosovo Medical Emergency Group and Society for Threatened Peoples International: http://www.toxicwastekills.com/page22.html Serbian News Network - SNN [email protected] http://www.antic.org/
