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  • November 13, 2017
    China's draft law has 'no basic fair-trial protections'

    China's draft National Supervision Law allows detainees to be held in a secret location for up to six months.

  • October 30, 2017
    New report on detention of Palestinian teens in East Jerusalem

    A new report by two Israeli human rights organisations 'reveals broad, systemic abuse'  of the human rights of hundreds of Palestinian teenagers arrested every year in East Jerusalem.

  • October 19, 2017
    Letter to Amber Rudd on Brook House Immigration Removal Centre

    Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has written to the Home Secretary about the concerns over Brook House Immigration Removal Centre raised by a recent BBC Panorama programme. 

  • October 12, 2017
    High Court rules Government redefinition of torture is unlawful

    The High Court has ruled that the Government's redefinition of torture in immigration detention policy is unlawful.

  • August 2, 2017
    Sanctuary Meetings project challenges the 'hostile environment'

    Quakers in Britain have this week announced a new project to challenge the government policy of creating a 'hostile environment' for newcomers to Britain, and to replace it instead with a culture of welcoming hospitality.

  • May 8, 2017
    US detention system 'hazardous to immigrants’ health'

    New evidence has emerged of dangerously substandard medical care in US immigration detention at a time when the Trump administration is seeking to increase its use, Human Rights Watch and Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinemen, a group seeking to end immigration detention, said in a report released today.

  • March 28, 2017
    Call for Russia to release peaceful protestors

    Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and all peaceful protesters detained after the mass anti-corruptiondemonstrations across the country on 26 March must be released immediately, said Amnesty International, after Mr Navalny was sentenced to 15 days in jail.

  • March 21, 2017
    Inspectors criticise 'prison like' immigration centre

    A ‘prison like' immigration removal centre  has been criticised by the Chief Inspector of Prisons for detaining too many people for too long.

  • December 7, 2016
    Israeli action on WCC leadership 'unjust, discriminatory and misinformed'

    In a statement following Israeli authorities’ detention, interrogation and deportation of the World Council of Churches Associate General Secretary Prof Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri upon arrival in Tel Aviv, the WCC ”deeply regrets the Israeli antagonism against the WCC’s initiatives for peace with justice for both Palestinians and Israelis.”

  • August 11, 2016
    Renewed crackdown on Iranian women's rights activists

    The Iranian authorities have intensified their repression of women's rights activists in the country in the past six months, carrying out a series of harsh interrogations accusing activists of being "spies" who seek the "overthrow" of the government, says Amnesty International.