The story of a Romano policeman in London.
An exhibition about Roma in Glasgow.
A short video on the case of a Slovak man and a Polish woman who were sentenced recently for enslaving at least 29 young Roma in the UK.
Pictures of the aftermath of the Appleby Horse Fair. Heaps of garbage. The underlying statement is: Look at how dirty they are.
In fact, when 40’000 people come to a festival, it is not better, and in many case even worse.
Interview with Petr Torák, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough, England. Invitation to the Open Road exhibition.
Europe Roma and Travellers largest fair is opening today in Appleby.
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There are not enough camping sites for Travellers in the UK, resulting in tensions when they pitch camp in other areas.
A few Romane lava in English …
The fact that some travellers want to settle near a landmark in Yorkshire doesn’t bring the best in the UK press. Stereotypes galore.
On the everyday racism faced by Roma and travellers in the UK.
The UK comedian said in a Netflix show:
“When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.
“No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.”
He needs to be condemned for this. There have been numerous articles on this, all negative, even in newspapers not generally known for their support of Roma. See the list below for a full view of what has been written since yesterday afternoon!
UK has been wondering what the sentence means after it was featured in a series. Funny to read some of the expert translations.
Several people protested outside a venue where Jimmy Carr was having a show.
Good.
This should be mandatory in all countries.
An editorial of the Guardian on discrimination of Travellers in the UK.
Roma and Travellers are accusing the UK government of duplicity, on one side condemning Jimmy Carr’s statements and on the other, implementing a new law that makes trespassing a criminal offence and that threatens the Traveller’s way of life.
A review of a Channel 4 documentary “60 Days with the Gypsies”. Well, the documentary reinforces some stereotypes, but the reporter did somehow change his mind and came to be with his origins …
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