-- ROME -- Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike — brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights advocates and international organizations.Of course, not everyone is happy about the latest attempt to get things under control.
More than 700 encampments have been built, mainly around Rome, Milan and Naples, populated almost entirely by Gypsies, also known as Roma.
Charges of discrimination have rained in from international groups including the UN's Children Fund and the Council of Europe.Paging Taliban Jack.
The Italian chapter of Amnesty International called the move “discriminatory, disproportionate and unjustified.”
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