Posted on October 26, 2010, 11:20 am, by simon, under
child detention,
High Court of Justice,
Human rights challenge,
mistreatment,
Nick Clegg,
Public Interest Lawyers,
UKBA,
unlawful imprisonment,
Yarl's Wood.
On Tuesday 26 October, a judicial review challenge to the Government’s family detention policy reaches the High Court in London. The Claimants – two single mothers and their young children – are seeking an order declaring the Government’s family detention policy unlawful. In May 2010, the Coalition Government announced that it would end the detention [...]
The Bevins Prize was founded in memory of Tony Bevins, the first political editor of The Independent, who died in 2001 after a short illness, to recognise outstanding achievement in investigative reporting. For the first time in the history of the prize, a non-newspaper nominee, End Child Detention Now’s Clare Sambrook has made the shortlist [...]
