English courts have been open round the clock sentencing rioters and looters with jail terms. But in doing this they may only be shifting the problem of disorder from the streets to prisons.
When a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here, he tells his story.
We are intoxicated with imprisonment in England and Wales. A much better alternative is to use community programmes that have a better record of reducing crime.
Student activists urge the UK’s biggest children’s charity to serve children, not the government
The experience of entering the world of the human rights "professional" leads the author from Cairo to Liberia, from multilateral organisation to social enterprise
Rwandan refugees in Britain live in fear of their government’s spies, whilst Britain remains Rwanda’s largest donor. Britain must avoid nurturing another African dictator.
A new play shines a light on the dark side of the British asylum system, portraying with brutal clarity the inhuman treatment dealt out to those drawn to this country by the hope for sanctuary
The opening of the first purpose-built immigration detention centre in Northern Ireland this month, is a sad day as it will expand the detention estate once again. But we can resist the simultaneous expansion of our own mental barriers against human equality and freedom, by denying the necessity a
Over four years a young dramatist’s curiosity drew her into the UK’s asylum system. Her new play previews in London on Tuesday.
More lies, gags and payoffs - and in the NHS, unlike in News International, the victims end up dead
As new patterns of racial violence emerge throughout the UK, anti-racist campaigners need to forge new solidarities based on an understanding of local realities
Private contractors are “out of control” and Amnesty International calls for a complete overhaul of UK immigration removals
