31 percent of Eastern European questioned in a survey would not accept Rroma as citizen …
– Many Eastern Europeans Reject Jews, Muslims and Roma, Pew Data Shows. In: Yahoo News. 11.05.2017. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/many-eastern-europeans-reject-jews-113451437.html [link-preview url=”https://uk.news.yahoo.com/many-eastern-europeans-reject-jews-113451437.html”]
Orland Bloom has been in the middle of a controversy following his use of the term “Pikey” on a show.
– Orlando Bloom explains use of ‘pikey’ term on Radio 1. In: BBC News. 27.04.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-39726655 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-39726655″]
An exhibition in Scotland called “Gypsy Maker” was commissioned by a Rroma organisation with two installations by contemporary artists aiming to engage Gypsy Roma Traveller communities with the wider public.
– Gypsy Maker-Commissioned Exhibitions At Barrys Art Central. In: The Daily Vale. 29.03.2017. http://thedailyvale.com/gypsy-maker-commissioned-exhibitions-at-barrys-art-central [link-preview url=”http://thedailyvale.com/gypsy-maker-commissioned-exhibitions-at-barrys-art-central”]
According to the “Supreme Board Member of the Federation of Roma Associations Ahmet İzgi”, a majority of Rroma are going to vote in giving Erdogan full powers and are grateful of Erdogan.
Who by the way closed Sulukule, the oldest Rroma Mahala (settlement) in Istambul, and relocated Rroma outside, or whose police goes on rampage in Rroma settlements like in Izmir, and so on.
SHAME on them.
– Grateful Roma citizens express backing for Turkey’s constitutional changes. In: Daily Sabah. 12.03.2017. https://www.dailysabah.com/elections/2017/03/13/grateful-roma-citizens-express-backing-for-turkeys-constitutional-changes [link-preview url=”https://www.dailysabah.com/elections/2017/03/13/grateful-roma-citizens-express-backing-for-turkeys-constitutional-changes”]
The British students who did the Pikey night are now falling over to profusely apologise …
– British university students forced to apologise to Irish Traveller community after ‘pikey’ theme night. In: The Irish Times. 09.03.2017. http://irishpost.co.uk/british-university-students-forced-apologise-irish-traveller-community-pikey-theme-night/
– Students make grovelling apology to Irish travelling community after holding ‘Pikey’ social night. In: The Mirror.08.03.2017. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/students-make-grovelling-apology-irish-9990144 [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/british-university-students-forced-apologise-irish-traveller-community-pikey-theme-night/ “]
A short documentary on Rroma and Travellers in the UK.
– https://vimeo.com/199663084 [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/199663084″]
Italian Lidl employees locked two Rromnja in a container and taunted them. The video is more than disturbing.
Police is said to investigate.
– Lidl employees taunt two gypsy women they trap in recycling containers ‘like wild animals’ in ‘disgraceful’ footage. In: The Mirror. 25.02.2017. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lidl-employees-taunt-two-gypsy-9914605
– HAVE A LIDL RESPECT. Cruel Lidl employees film themselves locking screaming Roma gypsies in caged supermarket bins. In: The Sun. 24.02.2017. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2948341/cruel-lidl-employees-film-themselves-locking-screaming-roma-gypsies-in-caged-supermarket-bins/
– Police investigate shocking video of Italian Lidl employees tormenting two Roma gypsies they trapped in a recycling container ‘like wild animals’ . In: The Mail Online. 24.02.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4257462/Italian-Lidl-employees-seen-tormenting-two-Roma-gypsies.html#ixzz4ZmAXAlp6 [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2948341/cruel-lidl-employees-film-themselves-locking-screaming-roma-gypsies-in-caged-supermarket-bins/ “]
Really? A gang of thugs threatening travellers in the UK?
Never open Pandora’s box.
– Lenham: Court hears how masked thugs armed with guns and other weapons stormed Wheat Gratten Stableyards travellers’ site. In: Kent Online. 21.02.2017. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/lenham-armed-thugs-stormed-travellers-site-120925/ [link-preview url=”http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/lenham-armed-thugs-stormed-travellers-site-120925/”]
Once again Rroma are in the news on education, being the lowest achievers according to the statistics. Bad, but actually these statistics need to be looked at carefully. If you don’t know how many Rroma there are, how can you give a percentage ????
– ‘Firmer grip’ needed on education improvement grants. In: BBC News. 21.02.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39032241 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39032241″]
The movie Papusha about the Polish Rromni Papuša (Bronisława Wajs) made it down under in New Zealand. Whether the movie provides an insight in the life of Rroma remains to be seen.
– Insights into the Roma way of life. In: Wellington Weekly News. 18.02.2017. http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105159&headline=Insights%20into%20the%20Roma%20way%20of%20life§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017 [link-preview url=”http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105159&headline=Insights%20into%20the%20Roma%20way%20of%20life§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017″]
Young Rroma and Travellers are over-represented in the yourh custody system in the UK, and are in a far worse state than the others when it comes to the outcomes of such arrests.
Bad.
– Gypsy, traveller and Roma children are let down by the youth custody system. In: The Times. 02.02.2017. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children-are-let-down-by-the-youth-custody-system-ttjzs6jfz [link-preview url=”http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children-are-let-down-by-the-youth-custody-system-ttjzs6jfz”]
A short article on hate crimes against minorities, especially Rroma, that are unreported in Southern Wales. Up to 40% of such crimes are never reported.
– Gwent hate crime going unreported. In: Free Press. 26.01.2017. http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/15049435.Gwent_hate_crime_going_unreported/ [link-preview url=”http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/15049435.Gwent_hate_crime_going_unreported/”]
A new book called Romapohobia by Aidan McGarry explores racism against Rroma in Europe and its consequences.
– Is Romaphobia the Last ‘Acceptable’ Form of Racism? In: Vice. 23.01.2017. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/is-romaphobia-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism?utm_source=vicetwitteruk [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/is-romaphobia-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism?utm_source=vicetwitteruk”]
It is with great regrets that we learnt the news of the death of Peter Mercer on January 17th. Peter Mercer relentlessly fought for the rights of Rroma and Travellers in the UK and in Europe. For his work, he was awarded an MBE in 2000.
May he rest in peace.
– Peter Mercer M.B.E. – 22.1.1934 – 17.1.2017. In: The Travellers Time. 20.01.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx”]
More news on the Sheffield scandal where many Rroma children are being bullied out of school and where the teachers do nothing about it. This time, at long last there seem to be a bit of uproar, and a head teacher calls it by its name: RACISM …
– One in six Roma students excluded from school in Sheffield. In: Yorkshire News. 23.01.2017. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/one-in-six-roma-students-excluded-from-school-in-sheffield-1-8349035 [link-preview url=”http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/one-in-six-roma-students-excluded-from-school-in-sheffield-1-8349035″]
Another report on the institutional racism against Rroma children in UK’s schools, this time in Sheffield.
Bad!
‘Sheffield is welcoming – but not for young Roma Slovaks’. In: The Telegraph. 19.01.2017. http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/sheffield-is-welcoming-but-not-for-young-roma-slovaks-1-8340923 [link-preview url=”http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/sheffield-is-welcoming-but-not-for-young-roma-slovaks-1-8340923″]
A study of the university of Edinburgh suggests that bullying against Rroma and travellers is widespread and sometime condoned or at least tolerated by teachers, resulting in a self imposed segregation, where these population simply cease to send their children to school.
– When schools are ‘unsafe spaces’ for Traveller pupils. In: TES. 13.01.2017. https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/when-schools-are-unsafe-spaces-traveller-pupils [link-preview url=”https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/when-schools-are-unsafe-spaces-traveller-pupils”]
If it is correct, this is dismal. Over a quarter of Slovak Rroma children in Sheffield have stopped going to school because of mobbing there.
Bad.
– A quarter of children from Slovak Roma background have been excluded from Sheffield schools — after daily harassment from fellow students. In: Morning Star. 13.01.2017. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-ff8f-Bullies-Force-Out-Roma-Kids#.WHhnrbGZNyo [link-preview url=”http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-ff8f-Bullies-Force-Out-Roma-Kids#.WHhnrbGZNyo”]
Yet another case where the “good” society goes wrong. One wonders if it is the norm or the exception…
– Children report ‘physical abuse’ by staff in G4S-run youth jails. In: iNews. 29.12.2016. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/ [link-preview url=”https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/”]
Scary poll about what people think about Rroma in Europe.
– Roma gypsies most negatively perceived European minority group, survey finds. In: The Independent. 19.11.2016. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/roma-gypsies-most-negatively-perceived-european-minority-group-survey-finds-a6740746.html [link-preview url=”http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/roma-gypsies-most-negatively-perceived-european-minority-group-survey-finds-a6740746.html”]
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