Last Saturday saw a special mass in London’s Westminster Cathedral for Travellers. It was attended by Travellers from all over the UK.
– Hundreds attend Mass for Traveller Community at Westminster Cathedral. In: ICN. 26.02.2018. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415 [link-preview url=”https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415″]
A portrait of a young Scottish traveller activist. We need more of this.
– “We are finally finding our voice to speak up and stand up for ourselves and our rights!” In: Youth Traveller Times. 19.02.2018. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights”]
An article on Fabian Le Bas who died in December last year.
– The Birth of Gypsy Dada: On the Life and Legacy of Damian Le Bas (1963-2017). In: Blok Magazin. 07.02.2018. http://blokmagazine.com/the-birth-of-gypsy-dada-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-damian-le-bas-1963-2017/ [link-preview url=”http://blokmagazine.com/the-birth-of-gypsy-dada-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-damian-le-bas-1963-2017/”]
Remembrance celebration of Rukeli Trollmann, a Sinto boxer who was killed in Neuengamme in 1944.
May he rest in peace.
– Gedenken anlässlich des 74. Todestages von Rukeli Trollmann. In: Naturfreunde. https://www.naturfreunde.de/termin/gedenken-anlaesslich-des-74-todestages-von-rukeli-trollmann [link-preview url=”https://www.naturfreunde.de/termin/gedenken-anlaesslich-des-74-todestages-von-rukeli-trollmann”]
Roma children are at a high risk of being taken into care and removed from their parents. Not, not in Eastern Europe, but simply in the UK. And for the same reasons…
– GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER CHILDREN MORE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN INTO CARE. In: Care Appointment. 07.02.2018. https://www.careappointments.co.uk/education-training/item/43267-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-into-care [link-preview url=”https://www.careappointments.co.uk/education-training/item/43267-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-into-care”]
More news on the exhibition of young Roma photographers in Glasgow.
– Through the lens with Govanhill’s young Roma photographers in new exhibition. In: The Big Issue. 06.02.2018. https://www.bigissue.com/news/lens-govanhills-young-roma-photographers-new-exhibition/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bigissue.com/news/lens-govanhills-young-roma-photographers-new-exhibition/”]
Young Roma photographers documented their lives in Glasgow. The pictures are worth seeing!
– Young Roma photograph their lives in Govanhill. In: BBC News. 03.02.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42875486
– New exhibition of photos from Roma youngsters in Glasgow helps show the whole picture. In: Daily Record. 02.02.2018. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-exhibition-photos-roma-youngsters-11955729 [link-preview url=”https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-exhibition-photos-roma-youngsters-11955729″]
Who are the most negatively viewed groups in Northern Ireland? Well no surprises: Travellers, Roma, and asylum seekers…
– Most negatively viewed groups include Travellers, Roma and asylum seekers. In: Mail Online. 31.01.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5332555/Most-negatively-viewed-groups-include-Travellers-Roma-asylum-seekers.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5332555/Most-negatively-viewed-groups-include-Travellers-Roma-asylum-seekers.html”]
Joshua North who posted a comment on Facebook asking for a “Batter Gypos Day” was cleared by a UUK court of incitation to racial hatred. Really? What does it take then to be condemned?
– Facebook poster cleared of inciting hatred with ‘batter gypos’ comment. In: Grimsby Telegraph. 26.01.2018. http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/facebook-hatred-comment-gypsies-grimsby-1123419 [link-preview url=”http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/facebook-hatred-comment-gypsies-grimsby-1123419″]
The UK authorities are increasingly removing children from their Roma and travellers families according to a recent report.
It is effectively prejudice.
– ‘They took my life. I’m grieving for a child who is still alive’. In: The Guardian. 24.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children”]
Roma who travel and Travellers in the UK capital are becoming a rarity. They are now being counted in an effort to force municipalities to actually set aside land for them to camp.
– ‘It’s like we don’t exist’: London’s Gypsies stand up to be counted. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice”]
Charities say that Roma and Travellers fce a sever shortage of palces where they can stop and camp for a few days, de-facto endangering their way of life.
– Gypsies and Travellers in UK face housing crisis, charities warn. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn”]
No surprise, the salesman who was insulted as “fat ginger pikey” and other slurs lost his race bias case.
There is racism and racism it seems …
– Salesman called ‘pikey salad-dodger’ loses race bias claim. In: The Times. 10.01.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salesman-called-pikey-salad-dodger-loses-race-bias-claim-bj8btshjc [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salesman-called-pikey-salad-dodger-loses-race-bias-claim-bj8btshjc”]
Unfortunately, yet another arrest on suspicion of slavery in a traveller camp in the UK. This is bad for all of us.
– Modern day slavery arrest in Brigg traveller site police raid. In: BBC. 09.01.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42628617 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42628617″]
The Times commemorates Damian Le Bas who died last year December 9th.
– Damian Le Bas. In: The Times. 11.01.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-le-bas-obituary-562ckk8jf [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-le-bas-obituary-562ckk8jf”]
A long article on the discriminations faced by Roma and Travellers’ children in UK schools, with a disproportionally large number of them being expelled.
– Why are Gypsy children often expelled from UK schools? In: Al Jazeera. 30.12.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/gypsy-children-expelled-uk-schools-171229075235572.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/gypsy-children-expelled-uk-schools-171229075235572.html”]
An Irishman went t court and was awarded 280’000 pounds for having been insulted repeatedly as being a Gypsy.
Wonder if a Rom would have won as much?
– Irishman awarded over £280K after manager’s ‘gypo’ ‘pikey’ and ‘paddy’ jibes. In: The Irish Times. 28.12.2017. http://irishpost.co.uk/irishman-awarded-280k-managers-gypo-pikey-paddy-jibes/ [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/irishman-awarded-280k-managers-gypo-pikey-paddy-jibes/”]
In Scotland, a young traveller girl was assaulted and pelted with stones.
Really????????
– Young girl pelted with stones in shocking anti-gypsy hate crime. In: Daily Record. 29.12.2017. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-woman-pelted-stones-being-11763914 [link-preview url=”http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-woman-pelted-stones-being-11763914″]
Reading this article, one cannot but ask how bad journalism can get. It seems this is a very deep pit indeed. This article manages to present all stereotypes, mixes travellers and Roma and well, is of really bad taste …
What else can one expect from this paper…
– It’s a big fat gypsy Christmas! Granddaughter of Traveller king Paddy Doherty’s delight as Santa brings her a new CHALET (and schoolgirl wants it to be just as bling as her grandpa’s). In: Daily Mail. 14.12.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5156507/Gypsy-king-Paddy-Doherty-lavishes-gifts-family.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5156507/Gypsy-king-Paddy-Doherty-lavishes-gifts-family.html”]
According to the EU, Roma arriving in Scotland are being unfairly targeted by border control.
Not surprising, unfortunately.
– Roma arriving in Scotland being ‘targeted unfairly’. In: The Herald. 12.12.2017. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/ [link-preview url=”http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/”]
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