http://ecdn.org/2009/11/24/child-detention-who-benefits/ A citizens' campaign to end the scandal of child detention by the UK immigration authorities Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ecdn.org/2009/11/24/child-detention-who-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-72 A Season of Targeted Goodwill? « Critically Chatting Collective’s Blog Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:24:40 +0000 http://ecdn.org/?p=339#comment-72 [...] response Clare Sambrook of the END CHILD DETENTION NOW campaign underlines further the dubious character of the Border Agency’s attempts ‘to [...] [...] response Clare Sambrook of the END CHILD DETENTION NOW campaign underlines further the dubious character of the Border Agency’s attempts ‘to [...]

]]> http://ecdn.org/2009/11/24/child-detention-who-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Frank Kihere Zimula Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:47:38 +0000 http://ecdn.org/?p=339#comment-49 Hi Clare, I just want to say a big thank you for your course, fighting for the voiceless and vulnerable small persons suffering at the hands of draconian and inhumane government policies. I myself, being a previous detainee at over 5 detention centres within a period of 4 months write this with huge experience. At one of these centres where I was detained (Tinsley House), I saw with my eyes children going through unbearable conditions that I could hardly believe I would exprience in a country like Britain. On so many occassion, these childrens mums exprienced traumatic conditions, didnt want to share any information with these children as to why they were in such conditions and also just by looking at the faces of these mostly very young mums, the child would draw a sense of dejection from his/her mum but with no other choice. Detaining an innocous human being is sad enough, but detaining a young, very innocent even being that they cannot be tried for any wrong or crime should be the defining scenario of all these political freaks who make these very inhumane policies. Positively, I have been granted asylum under the Geneva Convention grounds and on Humanitarian grounds as well. Am now studying for an M.A Human Rights and hope to finish next Summer. At this moment, I cannot do much but only to join such courses like yours. In case there is any other way I can be of any use to your organisation, don't hesitate to contact me. And may God bless and reward you in whatever you do. For God and my Country. Frank Kihere Zimula Hi Clare,
I just want to say a big thank you for your course, fighting for the voiceless and vulnerable small persons suffering at the hands of draconian and inhumane government policies.
I myself, being a previous detainee at over 5 detention centres within a period of 4 months write this with huge experience. At one of these centres where I was detained (Tinsley House), I saw with my eyes children going through unbearable conditions that I could hardly believe I would exprience in a country like Britain. On so many occassion, these childrens mums exprienced traumatic conditions, didnt want to share any information with these children as to why they were in such conditions and also just by looking at the faces of these mostly very young mums, the child would draw a sense of dejection from his/her mum but with no other choice. Detaining an innocous human being is sad enough, but detaining a young, very innocent even being that they cannot be tried for any wrong or crime should be the defining scenario of all these political freaks who make these very inhumane policies.
Positively, I have been granted asylum under the Geneva Convention grounds and on Humanitarian grounds as well. Am now studying for an M.A Human Rights and hope to finish next Summer.
At this moment, I cannot do much but only to join such courses like yours. In case there is any other way I can be of any use to your organisation, don’t hesitate to contact me.
And may God bless and reward you in whatever you do.
For God and my Country.
Frank Kihere Zimula

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