Perthshire’s official Gypsy/Traveller sites come in for criticism in a new human rights report which explores the long-lasting damage caused by the ‘Tinker Experiment’. The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers. It says victims and families deserve financial compensation for the human rights violations they endured during the decades-long programme of forced assimilation. Perthshire Tinker Experiment families still living with effectsThe 100-page No Man’s Land report draws on legal analysis, archival evidence and victim testimony. And it concludes that the harms caused by the Tinker Experiment are not confined to the past.