Motion · S5M-21766 · 15 May 2020
Romani Resistance Day
The motion
That the Parliament recognises that 16 May 2020 is Romani Resistance Day, which is an annual event commemorating the courage of 6,000 Roma and Sinti prisoners of the Auchwitz-Birkenau concentration camp who resisted SS guards on 16 May 1944; understands that, by using weapons made from rocks and scraps of metal, they managed to force the guards to retreat, delaying the inevitable Roma genocide; acknowledges that this is a day to recognise the dignity and strength of the Romani people when they were faced with the ultimate adversity; condemns the reality that members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community continue to face discrimination in Scotland every day, with the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey revealing that 31% of people in Scotland would be unhappy if a close relative married a member of the GRT community; believes that anti-GRT discrimination is the last form of acceptable racism, and resolves to redouble its collective effort to secure economic, health and social equality for the GRT community in Scotland.
Supporters (18)
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 15 May 2020
- Sarah Boyack 15 May 2020
- Christine Grahame 15 May 2020
- Iain Gray 15 May 2020
- Bill Kidd 15 May 2020
- Richard Lyle 15 May 2020
- John Mason 15 May 2020
- Mark McDonald 15 May 2020
- Elaine Smith 15 May 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 15 May 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 15 May 2020
- Andy Wightman 15 May 2020
- Sandra White 18 May 2020
- Neil Findlay 20 May 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 20 May 2020
- John Finnie 22 May 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 28 May 2020
- Ruth Maguire 5 Jun 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.