"The men were marked in blue, the women in red, and their relations to one another were described. Printouts of a screen shot of the list were taken on 29 May 2012 from a police computer in the town of Skane in southern Sweden. The list was first created in Lund and was then used both by police in Skane and by the National Authority for Investigations. Gathering information on the basis of ethnic affiliation is illegal in Sweden. Swedish Minister for EU Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson called the lists "appalling, illegal, unacceptable and unethical". "If we are to be capable of standing up for human rights in Europe, we must put our own house in order. The information about the lists of Romani people is outrageous," she said. Forstell first denied the existence of the lists but later said they were just temporary. He admitted that the names of people who have never committed any wrongdoing could end up on them." romea.cz/en/news/sweden-scandal-over-police-compiling-romani-family-trees
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:27:09 +0000
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