Politics: Human Rights
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Bloodthirsty madness
The deplorable killing of Swami Lakhmananda Saraswati gave Hindu extremists the excuse to unleash a second terrible fury on Orissa's Christian community, reports CSW's David Griffiths
In human rights
No place for children
- By Sir Al Aynsley-Green
- 04 September
The UK has one of the worst records in Europe for detaining children but accurate figures on how many are detained, and for how long, remain hard to come by
A pointless and brutal practice
- By Natasha Walter
- 04 September
Natasha Walter introduces the shocking cases of two young girls detained at Yarl's Wood
“My dreams are not important to anyone”
- 04 September
'Our first night in Yarl's Wood was just terrible. We couldn't eat and we couldn't sleep. There were special people there to look after my mum to stop her trying to kill herself again'
“The detainees have got pain in their eyes”
- By Meltem Avcil
- 04 September
In my school report this summer, they said I was an excellent student. I am making a new start and one day I will show everyone what I am capable of. But I will never forget Yarl's Wood
Brigitte’s testimony
- 04 September
'They put me and my baby in a kind of cage in the back of a van, like we were animals'
Katherine's testimony
- 04 September
'I wanted to kill myself all the time I was there. And I think Joseph picked up on how I felt, because he cried so much. Some of his hair fell out, he wouldn’t eat and became ill'
Feature
Hidden lives, public voices
Broadcaster Esther Rantzen reads Morgan's story - part of our No Place for Children campaign
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