Religion at Bantar Gebang
2,000 families are estimated to live at Bantar Gebang, Indonesia’s largest trash dump. In this photo, women who live in this community are praying at the end of Ramadan. Photograph: Javaz Tizmaghz, the Guardian
Rawagede massacre compensation case
In an interesting example of a court ruling against the statute of limitations argument for a colonial era compensation case, The Hague civil court has ruled that the Dutch government should compensate the widows of villagers who were killed in the 1947 Rawagede massacre. via the Guardian
Irish Travellers at Dale Farm: Activism, Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Identity
As the attempted eviction of Travellers from Dale Farm seemed more likely, claims surfaced in the media that the Travellers themselves had left and that only “activists” were remaining at Dale Farm. Reporting for the Guardian from inside Dale Farm, John Bingham wrote “The girls are angered at suggestions in the media that there are [...]
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Irish Travellers at Dale Farm: Land, Housing & Eviction
This post represents the beginning of some research I’m doing on the Irish Traveller community at Dale Farm. The working title is “When Nomads Fight To Stay: Land Zoning, Globalized Activism and Forceable Eviction at Dale Farm” On July 4th, 2011, decades of legal battles came to a head with an eviction order for around [...]
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