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The Washington Post Features AP's Coverage of the Dale Farm Eviction Crisis, March 12, 2008

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AdvocacyNet
News Bulletin 133
March 12, 2008
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March 12, 2008, Dale Farm UK and Washington, DC: In a Washington Post article published on March 9 Iain Guest, Executive Director of The Advocacy Project (AP), called on the British government to prevent the eviction of the Dale Farm Travellers.
 
The article argues that eviction will create a medical and education crisis and undermine the legal protection of Travellers, who are recognized as a racial minority in Britain.
 
"It's more like a battleground than a housing development. Dale Farm lies deep in the English countryside, about 50 miles east of London. You enter through a makeshift barbed-wire gate, driving past gas cylinders that were once stacked as a barricade against invaders and a large banner ("Save Dale Farm") that has seen action outside 10 Downing Street, the home of the British prime minister. Inside, 86 families are steeling themselves for eviction."
 
Read the complete Washington Post article.
 
For other AP’s coverage of the Dale Farm crisis:

• View AP’s video on the Dale Farm crisis, which has elicited some heated comments.
• Read blogs by AP Fellow James Dasinger who is helping the Dale Farm Housing Association with its advocacy.
• Read Iain Guest’s blogs about his recent visit to Dale Farm.
• View a timeline on the crisis and read reports by the Dale Farm Housing Association.

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