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Fears for Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa, behind bars in Egypt
The plight of the Al-Jazeera three has focused the spotlight on the dark side of the Egyptian regime, including the case of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa.
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The plight of the Al-Jazeera three has focused the spotlight on the dark side of the Egyptian regime, including the case of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa.
A mentally-ill British grandfather is among more than 19,000 people on death row in Pakistan, according to human rights group Amnesty International.
Drugs, gangs and violence have brought virtual anarchy to an English jail, according to the latest report from the chief inspector of prisons.
The lessons are the same but what is lacking is the oversight and the stick to make sure history isn’t repeated. There should be no time limits on the state’s duty of care.
Detainees inside Britain’s largest immigration removal centre say they have launched a hunger strike after a weekend of protests against conditions inside the complex.
The Home Office paper reportedly says schools, universities, local councils and charities are vulnerable to infiltration by extremists.
After a Channel 4 News investigation finds inappropriate behaviour by staff at Yarl’s Wood detention centre, the Home Office calls for guards to start wearing video cameras as soon as possible.
The treatment of detainees inside the notorious Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre is revealed in exclusive footage obtained by a Channel 4 News investigation.
Jews fear France is papering over the cracks – that the remarkable show of togetherness witnessed in Paris after the January terror attacks is fading away.
North Korea releases 310 slogans to mark the anniversary of its “liberation”, including “We serve the people” – ironic, perhaps, in a country where torture, starvation and executions are commonplace.
Highlighting a lack of security, UK prisoners are brazenly uploading pictures of drugs, cash and even a dangerous weapon on their illegal social media accounts, a Channel 4 News investigation finds.
Michael Spurr, the man in charge of prisons in England and Wales, tells Channel 4 News he is dealing with “a very different dynamic in prisons today” but insists prisons are “not out of control”.
Male staff at the Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre watch female detainees while they are naked, or on the toilet, and make sexual advances towards them – a report by a refugee charity says.
The chair of the inquiry into British intelligence agencies’ complicity in the CIA’s interrogation programme demands the US hand over material that was redacted from the report.
A Senate committee report on CIA torture is not exactly devoid of politics, but will be remembered for its grievous exposures.