In the media: Response to news that a man died after his health deteriorated in Manston
Activists respond to news that a man died after his health deteriorated in Manston Please see another important press release below from Action Against Detention & Deportations. The death of a man who spent a week incarcerated in Manston detention camp means that a mother has lost her precious son. The immigration authorities remain suspiciously …
Event: ‘Shut Manston Down’ – Groups demand closure of camp
‘SHUT MANSTON DOWN’: GROUPS DEMAND END TO DETENTION CAMP Dear friends, Please see the important press release below from Action Against Detention & Deportations. We are part of this coalition which helped expose the conditions that children, women and men are enduring in Manston detention camp. We would be glad for your help in circulating the …
Event : Third National Protest to close down Derwentside /Hassockfield – Sat 15 Oct
Event : Third National Protest to close down Derwentside/Hassockfield – Sat 15 Oct Dear friends, This Saturday, 15 October, the third National Protest to close down Derwentside is being held. Speakers include All African Women’s Group (AAWG) many of whom have been in detention and threatened with deportation and other members of Global Women Against …
In the media: Revealed – Met police strip-searched 650 children in two-year period
Revealed: Met police strip-searched 650 children in two-year period Sally Weale and Vikram Dodd Guardian Mon 8 Aug 2022 00.06 BST Appropriate adults were often absent during the search, and the majority of children were innocent. Police data showed that in almost a quarter of cases, an appropriate adult was not present during the strip search. The children’s …
Event: Close Down Yarl’s Wood
Action Against Detention & Deportations Saturday 10 September, we will be protesting at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Centre to close down detention centres, #StopRwandaplan; the Borders Act which attacks everyone’s right to asylum and protection in the UK. We’re helping organise protests as part of Action Against Detention & Deportations – more details here https://linktr.ee/nodeportations. Last weekend …
In the media: Survivors of childhood abuse campaign for compensation
Survivors of childhood abuse campaign for compensation NADJA, by Leila Hawkins 15/07/2022 Read on NADJA site here People who have experienced childhood abuse in the UK are being denied compensation by a punitive law. Survivors are now campaigning to change this. When *Lucy was 11 years old her grandfather began sexually abusing her. For the …
In the media: How police are failing to protect women
How UK police are failing to protect women NADJA newsletter asked WAR to write this article. To see it published on NADJA’s site click here 09/07/2022 Lisa Longstaff from Women Against Rape writes about how the UK police force is enabling an epidemic of violence against women. In June a partially leaked report revealed that …
Please send your views to MOJ consultation: Victims must not be denied compensation because they have a criminal conviction
MOJ consultation – Victims must not be denied compensation because we have a criminal conviction. Dear friends Ministry of Justice consultation on compensation Please send your views urgently to this consultation – by 5 August 2022 deadline. Victims of rape, sexual assault and other violent crimes must not de denied compensation because we have a criminal …
Stop the Rwanda Deportation Flights
The deportation flight to Rwanda was stopped – a victory for our movement which protested, petitioned and lobbied outside detention centres, the Home Office and around the UK. Legal appeals were bolstered and lawyers hopefully emboldened resulting in the European Court of Human Rights ruling at the last minute that people making an asylum claim …
Submission: Sentencing Council’s Consultation on Perverting the Course of Justice
Submission to Sentencing Council’s Consultation on Perverting the Course of Justice Guidelines 22 June 2022 Introduction WAR is a multiracial grassroots women’s organisation set up in 1976. It provides practical support to victims of all types of sexual and domestic violence, and it campaigns for changes in the systems of criminal justice, asylum and compensation. …
In the media: compensation denied for criminal convictions
EXCLUSIVE: Sex abuse victim denied compo after bringing Rottweiler to collect overdue pay cheque The compensation has been denied because the victims had an unspent conviction on their record, and campaigners say that this discriminates against people who have committed a minor crime This is an interview with Kim Mitchell who has been working with WAR …
In the media: Cost of living crisis could be ‘catastrophic’ for domestic abuse survivors
Experts say surging costs may offer perpetrators an excuse to control the household’s finances – depriving survivors of the means to escape. 170 pairs of shoes are laid out to represent the number of people killed due to domestic violence in the UK every year Before she broke up with her partner, Rachel* had savings …
In the media: The campaign against the Nationality & Borders Act will go on
The campaign against the Nationality & Borders Act will go on ON April 28 the Nationality & Borders Act became law. It was voted through by members of parliament despite determined opposition in the House of Lords. At the last stage the Labour Party caved in and the bill was voted through. So now there …
In the media: Female refugees condemn Home Secretary’s Rwanda deal as ‘modern-day slavery’
Female refugees condemn Home Secretary’s Rwanda deal as ‘modern-day slavery’ FEMALE refugees from Africa condemned Home Secretary Priti Patel’s Rwanda deal as modern-day slavery today during a protest against the Nationality & Borders Bill. Members of the All African Women’s Group (AAWG) of asylum-seekers warned that the lives of people sent to the East African …
Event: House of Lords MUST STAND FIRM! Scrap the Nationality & Borders Bill
House of Lords MUST STAND FIRM! Scrap the Nationality & Borders Bill PROTEST: Tues 26 April 1-3pm Old Palace Yard Westminster London On Tuesday the racist Nationality and Borders Bill comes back to the Lords, at the same time as the hated Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill, which undermines the right to protest. Both these …
