Each year around 400 children forced by war to leave their families and homes in Afghanistan seek sanctuary in the UK. Lisa Matthews writes for Young People Seeking Safety Week on the young adults who, having rebuilt their lives, are now at threat of return.
The UK immigration authorities are not permitted to detain victims of torture. But what is torture? A human rights worker reflects on a recent high court judgement.
Detainees on hunger-strike at Guantánamo Bay say they don't trust their military doctors. 153 doctors from ten countries offer their services to visit, examine and advise the detainees.
As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation increases its stake in G4S, Dutch charities recoil from the world's leading security company.
Tim Yeo, chair of the energy and climate change committee, was caught on film apparently boasting of helping a business colleague prepare for an appearance before his committee. No member of any select committee should have any paid interests which could cause a conflict, says a barrister and form
In the aftermath of Drummer Lee Rigby's murder, state and tabloid targeting of Muslims fuels hate crime.
Child detention goes on in the UK regardless of government claims to have ended it.
It is government policy to detain pregnant women in only very exceptional circumstances. But it happens a lot. The Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists warn that women and their babies are being put at risk.
Today's report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration exposes deep injustice in new restrictions on family migration. Much pain and trouble might have been avoided had the government paid due regard to human rights.
Protesters disrupt security company's annual meeting. A jury questions the death of a detainee. Spooks and Big Money mingle with ministers at Bilderberg. Scenes from a Le Carré novel? A difficult day for security giant G4S . . . War on Want's film of the protest is here.
Waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments have reached a nine-year high, according to new research released today by the Kings Fund. In the first quarter of this year, nearly 6% of patients waited longer than the 4 hour maximum target. Chris Skidmore MP and Clare Gerada, Chair of the Roy
Outsourcing giant G4S seeks retired police officers to investigate Britain's worst football disaster — for £14 an hour.
