‘Free Movement has reported twice on immigration removal centres (IRCs) blocking access to websites informing detainees of their legal rights. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised Haslar IRC two years ago for having the websites of Bail for Immigration Detainees and Amnesty International blocked.’
Free Movement, 13th December 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Four hundred people killed themselves shortly after being released from police custody in England and Wales in the last seven years, a report says.’
BBC News, 10th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The health and social care watchdog is to launch an investigation after government figures revealed the number of detentions for mental health treatment had risen to its highest level in at least a decade.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hundreds of asylum seekers who are detained in UK immigration centres could be released after a high court judge ordered the government to review its policy on incarcerated torture survivors.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘People suffering a mental health crisis should never be held in police cells as they find it terrifying and become even more unwell, ministers will be told.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been forced to review curfews imposed on people after they leave immigration detention centres, a BBC investigation has found.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been forced to review curfews imposed on people after they leave immigration detention centres, a BBC investigation has found. It comes after the Court of Appeal ruled in March that it had imposed the curfews unlawfully.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Magistrates will be given ‘starting points’ to help them sentence disqualified company directors who breach court orders as part of Sentencing Council efforts to ensure a consistent approach in the courts.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th October 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The political row over whether human rights law can be extended to the battlefield will be reopened this week in a supreme court case over the legality of detaining a Taliban suspect in Afghanistan.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘British soldiers are being investigated over allegations of mistreating two Iraqi detainees in 2003.’
BBC News, 16th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Al-Saadoon & Ors v. Secretary of State for Defence [2016] EWCA Civ 811, 9 September 2016. This post concerns the extent of any obligations imposed on the UK to investigate violations of non-refoulement (under Article 3, ECHR) and arbitrary deprivation of liberty (Article 5, ECHR). The non-refoulement issue arose from two individuals whom had been captured by British forces in Iraq claimed they were transferred to American custody and subsequently ill-treated. The Article 5 issue arose from the detention by British forces in Iraq of several individuals who claimed to have had their Article 5 rights violated whilst in British custody.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th September 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Levels of violence in young offender institutions have been described as unacceptably high, with inmates and staff facing the daily threat of beatings and stabbings. The government is promising a thorough review of the system. But what’s life like for young people who get locked up?’
BBC News, 12th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 15-year-old boy with mental health problems was held in police cells for two nights over the non-payment of a small fine, in a case that is now being challenged in the courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of under-18s detained under the Terrorism Act when entering or leaving the UK has more than tripled over two years, new figures suggest.’
BBC News, 28th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who shot his 81-year-old wife dead at a care home has been sentenced to six years in a psychiatric hospital.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘ Romanian murderer could be paid up to £500,000 damages from the government after a court ruled his detention at an immigration centre was unlawful.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘People held at Britain’s immigration removal centres can be thrown into solitary confinement against medical advice and held for hours without any explanation, according to new guidance set to be issued to guards by the Home Office.’
The Independent, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Shauneen Lambe explains why Just for Kids Law is calling for urgent reform in the way arrested children are treated.’
Legal Voice, 26th July 2016
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘The UK is shirking its responsibility to care for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children, dismissing them as “somebody else’s problem”, a report has concluded.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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