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Germany’s register of discrimination against Roma and Sinti people on Monday reported 1,233 incidents last year, almost twice the level of the previous year. The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma advocacy group attributed the rise in part to incidents being reported more frequently, but nevertheless saw the trend as worrying. “This causes us great concern against the backdrop of history,” council head Romani Rose said on Monday, in reference to the murder of 500,000 Sinti and Roma during the Nazi period. She called on the authorities to act, noting a large rise in violence directed at t…