Roma, Gypsies and Travellers
Romany leaders appeal for calm after second day of protest violence in Greece
Outrage continues over police shooting of teenage boy, with clashes erupting in major urban centres
Helena Smith in Athens
07, Dec, 2022 @6:30 PM
Thousands take to streets in Greece in protest over 2008 shooting of teenager
Police tactics again in spotlight after shooting of Romany boy on eve of annual march for Alexis Grigoropoulos
Helena Smith in Athens
06, Dec, 2022 @8:15 PM
Hundreds of thousands who live off-grid face winter with no energy bill support
UK households without domestic energy supply contract, such as those living in caravans and boats, will not receive £400 in October
Diane Taylor
05, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM
Gypsies and Travellers fear missing out on energy bills support
Government urged to ensure thousands living in park homes in Great Britain receive £400 payments
Clea Skopeliti
30, Aug, 2022 @1:56 PM
Spanish Gypsy groups call for protection after families flee racist mob
Killing of doorman in Andalucían town triggered rampage in which houses were burned and looted
Sam Jones in Madrid
28, Jul, 2022 @2:52 PM
Durham churches offer fair-bound Travellers sanctuary on their land
Thousands of Roma will soon be making their way to Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, but they must contend with new police powers
Mike Glover
29, May, 2022 @7:00 AM
‘They won’t accept us’: Roma refugees forced to camp at Prague train station
Humanitarian crisis grows as Ukrainian Roma families stuck at Czech train station say they are not treated like other refugees
Robert Tait in Prague
25, May, 2022 @5:45 AM
‘Meet us before you reject us’: Ukraine’s Roma refugees face closed doors in Poland
A warm welcome has been given to most people fleeing Putin’s war but Roma women and children are struggling to find homes
Weronika Strzyżyńska in Warsaw
10, May, 2022 @6:15 AM
‘We Ukrainians know how to turn suffering into strength’: Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz on his musical resistance
The raucous Ukraine-born punk frontman has been a tireless cultural ambassador since the Russian invasion. He talks about his benefit single, growing up under Soviet repression, and ‘freedom-fighter’ musicians doing nothing to help
Amy Fleming
28, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
‘Toxic combination’ of issues threaten world’s health and human rights – BMA
Doctors’ group says the pandemic heightened inequalities, with populism and conflict also negatively affecting global healthcare
Nicola Kelly
07, Apr, 2022 @6:00 AM
Protest takes place outside Jimmy Carr Cambridge gig in response to Roma joke
Around 100 people attend demonstration outside the Corn Exchange over joke about Nazi killings
Tobi Thomas
16, Feb, 2022 @8:32 PM
Shared provision of sites for Travellers is a model to follow | Letter
Letters: Phil Murray on the police bill’s potential effects on Travellers, and the network of serviced authorised sites that Strathclyde regional council established in the 1980s and 90s
Letters
15, Feb, 2022 @5:35 PM
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