- ✊ We strongly welcome the Scottish Human Rights Commission's (SHRC) call for reparations for Scotland's Nawken (Gypsy/Travellers) community, whose people were subjected to decades ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’, including forced assimilation and child removal. (1/3)Jan 29, 2026 15:03
- SHRC's call follows decades of campaigning, led by Shamus and Roseanna McPhee of RAJPOT and Dr Lynne Tammi-Connelly, alongside people from the wider Nawken community. We call on officials to do right by survivors and for the Scottish Government to deliver the SHRC recommendations immediately. (2/3)
- 🎥 In 2020, as part of our 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' series, we interviewed Shamus McPhee on the 'Tinker Experiment', describing it as "an attempt to gradually crush Gypsy/Traveller culture in Scotland". Watch here: youtube.com/watch?si=ZDA.... (3/3)
