If you hadn’t noticed by the sea of rainbows (we’re living for them), June is Pride month; a month to celebrate the diversity, resilience and beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community. But it’s also Gypsy, ...
There are a number of different groups who fall under the title of Gypsies and Travellers including Romany Gypsies, Irish Travellers, Scottish Gypsies and Travellers (who are all recognised as ethnic ...
Today is International Roma Day. Last week’s briefing from Amnesty Human Rights Here, Roma Rights Now highlighted horrendous human rights violations ranging from discrimination and hate crimes, to ...
Mary Fee MSP, Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee blogs on Amnesty International’s new research on Scottish Gypsy Travellers I was honoured to chair the launch of two ...
On Friday last week, around 300 Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers and supporters marched through the streets of Manchester to protest an outrageous act of discrimination and attack on democratic ...
Gypsy and Irish Travellers in Leeds were twice as likely to report having bad or very bad health in the recent census, new figures show. The national charity Friends, Families and Travellers said ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compensation must be paid to Gypsy Travellers to “put things right” for continued harm caused by the so-called “Tinker Experiment” ...
New gypsy and travellers' sites may be allocated within the new Somerset Local Plan in a bid to prevent further unauthorised encampments. Somerset Council and Taunton Town Council have recently had to ...
Work on the first emergency stopping place for gypsies and travellers next to the A38 is almost complete. The site will have seven pitches for short-term accommodation for Gypsies and travellers who ...