It seems the less money people have in their pockets, the more hatred they have in their hearts. Human rights groups across eastern Europe say that nationalist riots in the Czech Republic and deadly attacks on Hungarian Romanies are signs that racist violence is increasing as the region enters an economic downturn.
The Czech Republic saw its [...]
Gloria Buckley is the first English Romany woman to get an MBE. A rare honour for a woman who only employs common sense, reports Jake Bowers
As she stepped out with her husband Trevor into the autumn sunlight on October 30th, she admitted that she still had one nagging fear. She says: “I still think that [...]
Ministers are poised to announce the locations of scores of new and refurbished Gypsy sites under a £97m scheme aimed at addressing a housing crisis among Gypsies and Travellers.
About a third of the money is expected to go to the east of England - which has about a quarter of the country’s travelling families but [...]
As anti-Gypsy violence rises across Europe, a Scottish Romany musician has written an anthem to warn young Romanies, reports Travellers Times Online Editor Jake Bowers.
Romany musician and activist Kerieva is everything a modern Gypsy activist needs to be. Musical, lyrical and media savvy, she can entertain one moment and inspire the next. She’s equally at home playing [...]
A Sussex-based Gypsy and Traveller group has reported a British national newspaper to its local police for inciting racial hatred. Yesterday’s front page of the Daily Express featured the headline “FAMILIES MUST SELL LAND FOR GYPSY CAMPSITES” which has so incensed the Gypsy and Traveller support group Friends, Families and Travellers that they’ve contacted Sussex Police requesting that [...]
Dale Farm residents want supporters to join them on December 4th in London © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
A veteran civil rights campaigner for Irish Travellers has called for widespread support as the future of Europe’s largest Irish Traveller community is considered in court. The future of Dale Farm in Essex will be decided next month at a court hearing [...]
Earlier this year a British city council was found to have breached the European Convention on human rights in the way it treated an Irish Traveller. Campaigning solicitor Chris Johnson reveals how the landmark legal victory came about and what it means for all Gypsies and Travellers.
In July, the House of Lords allowed an Appeal [...]
50 years ago today nomadic Romany life was banned in the Czech Republic. But the communist attempt to assimilate Romanies never succeeded, reports Jake Bowers
The ending of nomadic life made life more difficult for most Czech Romanies in the Czech Republic. It’s 50 years today since nomadic Romany life was outlawed, but Ivan Vesely, the [...]
As Britain’s remembers those who died or the country, Janet Keet Black remembers how Gypsies and Travellers haven’t just lived in Britain for centuries, but defended it too.
In the Second World War a direct hit destroyed 60% of the records of soldiers who served in the First World War, but amongst the records that remain, [...]
A meeting in Westminster is hoping to focus attention on the continuing plight of Romany people in Kosovo. Campaigners from the Kosovo Roma Refugee Foundation claim that the United Nations has condoned the lead poisoning of Romany children in “death camps” in Mitrovica, Kosovo.
“500 Roma Gypsies in Kosovo have been left to suffer from lead [...]
