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Detention

What really happens in China's so-called 're-education' camps: 'There was suffering and violence'
China

What really happens in China's so-called 're-education' camps: 'There was suffering and violence'

The narrative carefully propagated by Chinese government and state media does not correspond with those caught up in the crackdown on Muslims
Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed
Manston migrant centre
Asylum seekers

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a 'dangerous' women's detention centre
Social Justice

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a 'dangerous' women's detention centre

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