Ethan Stables sentenced over gay pride attack plot – BBC News
‘A white supremacist who planned to carry out an attack at a pub’s gay pride night has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.’
BBC News, 30th May 2018
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Category: detention
Brook House: High Court rules immigration detainees abused by G4S staff can seek public inquiry – The Independent
‘The High Court has ruled immigration detainees allegedly abused at the hands of staff at Brook House removal centre are allowed to seek an independent inquiry from the Home Office.’
The Independent, 22nd May 2019
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Child slavery victim sues Home Office after sexual assault at Morton Hall – The Guardian
‘A Vietnamese victim of child slavery has launched legal proceedings against the government after he was sexually assaulted at Morton Hall immigration removal centre, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 7th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Brook House: Use of force against immigration detainees more than doubles in a year, watchdog finds – The Independent
‘Use of force against people in one of the UK’s largest immigration detention centres has soared by more than 160 per cent in two years, a watchdog report has revealed.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Alfie Evans case: Court rules against parents again – BBC News
‘The parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans have lost their latest legal battle. Tom Evans and Kate James asked Court of Appeal judges to rule that the 23-month-old should be allowed to receive treatment in Italy.’
BBC News, 16th April 2018
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Opelo Kgari: Government thwarted in second bid to deport woman brought to UK from Botswana – The Independent
‘The government has been thwarted in its second attempt to deport a woman who came to the UK from Botswana when she was 13 years old.’
The Independent, 10th April 2018
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Immigration Detention: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back — Sophie Walker – UK Human Rights Blog
‘New legislation significantly curtails accommodation provision for those seeking release from immigration detention. The likely result is more and more people being held in immigration detention.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th March 2018
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Immigration detainees ‘held for excessive period’ – BBC News
‘Immigration detainees are being held for “excessively long” periods in “prison-like” conditions, the prisons watchdog says.’
BBC News, 13th March 2018
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Home Office broke its own rules on avoiding family separations – The Guardian
‘The Home Office broke its own rules when British children had to be taken into care after officials arrested their father.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2018
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Opelo Kgari: Woman brought to UK from Botswana as a child 14 years ago given last-minute reprieve from deportation after being driven to Heathrow – The Independent
‘A woman who spoke out to The Independent about Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre just days ago has narrowly avoided deportation following an intervention by MPs.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
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Home Office tells women they will be deported more quickly for hunger striking – The Independent
‘The Home Office has been accused of “shocking and inhumane abuse of process” after it told vulnerable women on hunger strike about conditions at a controversial detention centre they faced “accelerated” deportation if they continued to protest.’
The Independent, 5th March 2018
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Soldiers convicted of sex attacks and violent offences being released without supervision, report warns – The Independent
‘Soldiers convicted of sex attacks and violent offences are being released without any supervision because of a loophole in the law, a report has found. HM Inspectorate of Prisons said the public were not being protected by processes at the UK’s only military detention centre, which operates independently of the normal probation system.’
The Independent, 1st March 2018
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More than 100 women in Yarl’s Wood detention centre go on hunger strike over ‘inhumane’ conditions – The Independent
‘More than 100 women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre have gone on hunger strike over “inhumane” conditions at the facility. Around 120 female detainees began their protest on Wednesday, urging the Home Office to end “offensive” practices which they said leave people “breaking down psychologically” after being detained for immigration reasons.’
The Independent, 22nd February 2018
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No power to grant immigration bail if no power to detain – UK Human Rights Blog
‘On 8th February 2018, the Supreme Court held that the power to grant bail and impose bail conditions in respect of a person pending deportation ceases to be lawful if there is no legal basis for detaining that person. The power to impose bail conditions is inextricably linked to the power of detention. Once the Home Secretary ceases to have the power to detain a person under immigration law, she can’t then impose conditions on that person’s freedom through bail conditions.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th February 2018
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‘Criminalised, detained, deported’: UK accused of failing trafficked children – The Guardian
‘Child trafficking victims deported back to Vietnam by the British government face the risk of being retrafficked and further exploited, lawyers and child protection groups have warned.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
John Worboys back in Wakefield prison as victims fight his release – The Guardian
‘The black-cab rapist John Worboys has been moved to a prison outside London as victims fight to keep him in jail for a longer sentence.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Asylum seekers win case over smoking in immigration detention centres – The Guardian
‘Two asylum seekers have won a legal challenge against the government when a high court judge ruled on Thursday that it was a breach of their human rights to allow smoking in immigration detention centres.’
The Guardian, 1st February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Collapsed trial woman says she gave birth ‘alone’ in prison – BBC News
‘A woman held in custody for more than 13 months before her trial collapsed has told the BBC she hopes someone will be punished for the failures which led to her giving birth in prison.’
BBC News, 31st January 2018
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Judge ‘at wits’ end’ over secure unit shortages for young people – The Guardian
‘A judge has said he is at his wit’s end over the inability to relocate a troubled boy who is “suffering the most appalling racial abuse” at a secure unit in Scotland to a safer setting closer to home.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
NHS patients having to be sectioned to get help, says regulator – The Guardian
‘A lack of mental health services in England means a growing number of patients are having to be sectioned to get help, according to the NHS care regulator. A review by the Care Quality Commission found that the rise in the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act was due partly to the fact that the healthcare system was “under considerable strain”.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
