A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

Roma and Travellers

This section contains all AP bulletins written about Roma and Travellers.

• Britain's High Court Lifts the Threat of Eviction from the Dale Farm Travellers, May 13, 2008
• Defiant Travellers Open Community Center as Britain's High Court Prepares to Rule on Their Eviction, May 5, 2008
• Dale Farm Eviction Crisis Reaches the British High Court, February 14, 2008
• Dale Farm Travellers Win Key Concession as Eviction Deadline Approaches, December 11, 2007
• Roma Women Advocates Denounce 'Racist' Roma Beauty Pageant, July 26, 2007
• Success for Traveler Advocacy in UK As Eviction Threat Lifts at Dale Farm, July 9, 2007
• AP Peace Fellow Defends Traveler Rights, Arouses British Ire, June 12, 2007
• Urban Sprawl Trumps Minority Housing Rights in UK as Dale Farm Travelers Again Face Eviction, March 2, 2007
• DZENO-NYU Partnership Provides Model for Year-Round Internship Programs, November 7, 2006
• Traveler Evictions in the UK Are ‘Hazardous to Environment and Children’s Health’ Claim Advocates, November 1, 2006
• New Survey Finds Roma Parents Enthusiastic About Secondary Education in the Czech Republic, October 19, 2006
• Roma Advocates Sue the Danish Red Cross, Claim That Detention of Asylum Seekers Violates the UN Torture Convention, June 12, 2006
• Russian Roma Face Eviction in the Arctic as Eviction “Epidemic” Spreads in Europe, March 23, 2006
• Travelers Face Eviction Despite Intervention, July 29, 2005
• Showdown Looms as Advocates Seek to Avert Violent Eviction of 600 Travelers in the UK, July 13, 2005
• English Gypsy Women Warn of Possible “Deaths” from Forcible Evictions, and Appeal for International Mediation, April 8, 2005
• Roma Evictions Erupt Across Europe as New ‘Decade’ Seeks to End Discrimination January 31, 2005
• Dictionary.com Removes Offensive Gypsy Definition in Response to Grassroots Campaign, September 22, 2004
• New Funding Grants $8,000 to International Roma Women’s Network, June 1, 2004
• Roma: Roma Women Activists Challange European Governments Over Health Crisis, September 11, 2003
• The International Roma Women's Network is Launched, March 8, 2003