tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38726400.post7088797876034863035..comments2009-03-01T14:44:52.809-05:00CNN Blog producernoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38726400.post-48142516901310210182008-08-31T17:45:00.000-04:002008-08-31T17:45:00.000-04:00I live in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a city with a very large Roma population and I think this documentary was pretty one-sided. I think we can all agree that sterilizing women without their consent is deplorable. However, the producers of this movie had the obligation to describe the Roma people and their way of life. I think if everyone was aware of the environment that these children are raised in they might find it just as deplorable to allow these women to give birth. Roma babies are used by mothers begging on the street to get the sympathy of those passing by. When they are able to walk they are sent out into the streets by themselves to beg all day long. When they become older they have numerous options available, those being washing car windows at stop lights, driving a bicycle around to trash dumpsters to collect trash or driving a modified bicycle around to trash dumpsters to collect cardboard. They are never given the opportunity to receive an education. I await CNN's documentary on the plight of Roma childrenAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167987314672629967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38726400.post-74462767354308301752008-07-09T13:41:00.000-04:002008-07-09T13:41:00.000-04:00To the director and producer - bravo! Thank you for your courageous and diligent pursuit of the "unglamourous" truth behind these events. What has been allowed to happen to these women is indeed relavent to us all. How we as a global community treat those who have no voice is a reflection on our own humanity. Thanks for keeping us honest and reminding us of who we are. I look forward to seeing the whole piece.mirandassmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38726400.post-49716883268654517232008-07-09T07:22:00.000-04:002008-07-09T07:22:00.000-04:00This sounds really interesting and having read up on other aspects of being Roma and their way of life, I am really intrigued as to the motivations of the hospital's actions to sterelise the women. Kudos to the director for choosing this topic to work with.M A Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368252176782108509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38726400.post-21716100961771351412008-07-08T10:17:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:17:00.000-04:00This is truly horrible but what is also horrible is the attitude of the relevant governments so far which have not yet offered an apology to the victims of forced sterilisation. Also, none of the Romani women sterilised has received compensation for the harm done to them. A coalition of organisations which includes the Group of Women Harmed by Coercive Sterilisation has recently launched a global campaign to support the Romani women victimised by coerced sterilisation practices in Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. For more information and to join the campaign please visit http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=2965=#CompensationOstalinda Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38726400.post-9097622317599358052008-07-07T11:01:00.000-04:002008-07-07T11:01:00.000-04:00This is terrible. it remonds me of a case that my father is involved in in the Republic of Panama. Long story short, he was unware that a part of his body had been removed during a biopsy until he had returned to the United States. Now the U.S. Government is involved in the investigation, though the Panamanian government has yet to act, even though it is a penal case.ray@blueiguanaproperties.comnoreply@blogger.com