London, UK. 21st March 2018. A protest at the Home Office supports the Yarl's Wood strikers who today announced they were ending the hunger strike they began a month ago, refusing food, refusing to work, and refusing to use services inside detention. They demand an end to indefinite detention and a return to the original plan for a 28 day limit, respect by the Home Office for human rights conventions and due process, including an end to deporting people while their cases are still being decided, for the authorities to introduce a fair bail process and the disclosure of all evidence to immigrat
London, UK. 21st March 2018. A protest at the Home Office supports the Yarl's Wood strikers who today announced they were ending the hunger strike they began a month ago, refusing food, refusing to work, and refusing to use services inside detention. They demand an end to indefinite detention and a return to the original plan for a 28 day limit, respect by the Home Office for human rights conventions and due process, including an end to deporting people while their cases are still being decided, for the authorities to introduce a fair bail process and the disclosure of all evidence to immigration tribunal courts. They want proper health care in detention and an end to menial work paid at £1 per hour as well as an end to the detaining of vulnerable people including victims of rape, torture, the disabled and the mentally ill. They call for an end to deportation by charter flights and an amnesty for those who have lived in the UK for over 10 years. The protest was organised by Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants, Detained Voices, East End Sisters Uncut, The London Latinxs, NELMA North East London Migrant Action, Right to Remain, BLMUK Black Lives Matter UK, End Deportations and SOAS Detainee Support and supported by others, with several women form the All African Women's Group speaking about their terrible treatment in Yarl's Wood. There were also protests today in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow.
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