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The six Iranian pro-Democracy activists protesting against the Home Office will end their hunger strike today, after 37 days. They will demonstrate outside the head office of Amnesty International (1 Easton St, London WC1X 0DW) at 12 noon, where they will cut the stitches sealing their mouths. The six refugees have now been able to [...]

Six Iranians, including a 17-year-old boy, are on hunger strike outside the UK Borders Agency in Croydon. Four of them have sewn their lips together with fishing wire in protest at plans by the British government to send them back to Iran. Demonstration Friday 6 May: 3:00 to - 5:00 pm Assemble 2:00 pm at [...]

UPDATE, 20 April. Flight is cancelled due to volcanic ash. Urgent Action Alert - Bita Ghaedi due to be removed to Iran on Tuesday 20th April 2010 Bita is now on full hunger strike…no food, no water! Supporters are protesting on the streets of London. Bita’s solicitor is trying to lodge an injunction. The volcano [...]

“I feel my life is going to be finished. I’m so scared. I can’t sleep during the night, I think immigration will come any time and take me away.” Bita Ghaedi Bita Ghaedi of Whetstone, England is a refugee who has been on hunger strike for nearly two weeks because she is terrified of being [...]

Six actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in December 2009, according to CrisisWatch Deteriorated Situations: Guinea, Iran, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, Yemen Download the full report (pdf) or read extracts here:

Emergency At 8am on Tuesday 17th November Child M, his older brother and their mother were detained by 8 immigration officers at their home in Manchester. They were locked in a secure van and taken to Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre. The family were told that they would be placed on a flight to Tehran [...]

21 Nov 09. Message from the Child M must stay campaign We were advised just before the flight deadline last night that the family of Child M has been returned to Yarl’s Wood and the deportation abandoned for the time being. We are continuing to press for the full release as a nine year old [...]