Friday, 9 July 2010

News Stories

UK News

Reuters Africa (09/07/2010): British photographer wins UN refugee agency prize

The Guardian (09/07/2010): Sex, state and church: conflicting attitudes in Iran, Cameroon and the UK

The Independent (09/07/2010): The frantic last days in power of Labour's immigration minister

The Independent (08/07/2010): Six years in jail, no charge: the war on terror's forgotten victim speaks

The Independent (08/07/2010): Why the Supreme Court ruled against the deportation of gay asylum-seekers

Refugees International (07/07/2010): Internally Displaced: Not an Afterthought

The Guardian (07/07/2010): Gay refugees must get asylum, rule judges

The Guardian (07/07/2010): Labour must stay committed to civil liberties

The Guardian (07/07/2010): Gay asylum seekers win protection from deportation

Refugee Council (07/07/2010): Refugee Council response to gay asylum seeker ruling in Supreme Court

The Guardian (07/07/2010): Supreme court recognises gay asylum rights

The Guardian (07/07/2010): Full judgment: HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 31

The Guardian (07/07/2010): Two gay men win right to UK asylum


ICRC (07/07/2010): United Kingdom: Red Cross launches photo exhibition and book on Balkan war missing

The Independent (07/07/2010): Gay asylum seekers win appeal to stay

Human Rights Watch (07/07/2010): UK torture inquiry must be independent and thorough

Human Rights Watch (07/07/2010): A humane nation is a safer nation

The Daily Telegraph (07/07/2010): Gay asylum seekers win right to stay in Britain

The Guardian (06/07/2010): Ireland footballer faces deportation after asylum seeker bid fails

The Guardian (06/07/2010): Asylum seekers in Ireland protest against relocation plan

The Daily Telegraph (04/07/2010): Immigration loophole 'exploited' by companies

The Daily Telegraph (03/07/2010): Labour accused of pre-election cover up on immigration

The Indpendent (02/07/2010): Pride and prejudice: The Victorian roots of a very British ambivalence to immigration

The Indepednet (01/07/2010): How Goldsmith changed advice on legality of war

The Independent (01/07/2010): May 'committed to sharply cutting immigrant numbers'

IRR News (01/07/2010): Fighting ghosts: an interview with Husein Al-Samamara

The Daily Telegraph (30/06/2010): Fewer Britons retiring to a 'place in the sun', IPPR says

The Daily Telegraph (29/06/2010): Immigration cap plan reluctantly backed by employers

The Daily Telegraph (29/06/2010):  Foreign workers may need private health care to work in UK

UKBA (28/06/2010): Coalition commits to impose migration limit

The Guardian (28/06/2010): More immigration advice providers could close

The Guardian (28/06/2010): Recession puts government on course to reduce immigration

The Guardian (28/06/2010): Immigration cap and curb on overseas students threaten to divide cabinet

The Guardian (28/06/2010): This immigration cap makes no sense

The Guardian (28/06/2010): Non-EU immigration to the UK: the statistics

 IRR News (25/06/2010): Racial violence: the buried issue


World News

The Independent (09/07/2010): UN recalls Sri Lanka envoy over protests

The Daily Telegraph (09/07/2010): English language schools win reprieve against visa rule changes

Human Rights Watch (09/07/2010): Italy: Offer to Shelter Eritreans Detained, Abused by Libya

The Independent (08/07/2010): Afghanistan: Now it's America's war

Human Rights Watch (08/07/2010): US: Fix Dysfunctional Immigration System 

The Independent (06/07/2010): Horrors of Bosnian War relived in British court

The Independent (06/07/2010): The battle over two rivals to decide the fate of Tibet

Human Rights Watch (04/07/2010): Australia: End Suspension of Asylum Claims

Human Rights Watch (04/07/2010): UK: Terrorism Search Power Violates Rights

The Independent (02/07/2010): Editor's murder 'approved by Rwandan President'

Human Rights Watch (02/07/2010): Libya: Do Not Deport Eritreans

Human Rights Watch (02/07/2010): UN: New Agency Strengthens Women’s Voice

Minority Rights Group (01/07/2010): Rise of far right in Europe fuels spread of intolerance towards religious minorities, new report

Minority rights Group (01/07/2010): Religious minorities targeted by rise in nationalist and extremist groups in South Asia – new report

Human Tights Watch (01/07/2010): Tunisia: Stop Arbitrary Punishment of Ex-Political Prisoners

UKBA (30/06/2010): Immigration limit consultation launched by Migration Advisory Committee

Amnesty Intertnational (29/06/2010): Spanish politicians urged to reject bans on full-face veils

Human Rights Watch (29/06/2010): France/Germany/United Kingdom: Wrong Message on Torture

ICRC (28/06/2010): Iraq: helping detainees and their families