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12 September 2011

Four men have been charged after an inquiry into men being kept as slaves at a travellers' site in Bedfordshire.

 

The four men, all from the same traveller family, were arrested when police raided Greenacres near Leighton Buzzard early on Sunday.

12 September 2011

STRASBOURG (IDN) -The 47-nation Council of Europe has faulted Italy for "the presence of racist and xenophobic political discourse" targeting Roma and Sinti, and the protection of the human rights of migrants, including asylum seekers.

The Council's Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, says a racist and xenophobic "type of discourse is a powerful vector of anti-Gypsyism in Italian society and as a result, it also offsets the benefits of social inclusion work for Roma and Sinti carried out around the country."

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11 September 2011

Twenty-four men suspected of being held against their will have been found during a raid at a travellers' site

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10 September 2011

Several hundred people have marched in Essex to protest against the planned evictions of more than 80 families from an illegal travellers' site.

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9 September 2011

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty has been crowned the surprise winner of Celebrity Big Brother.

 

After the former bare-knuckle fighter left the house, he said: "No way did I think I would get this far."