Babakhan Badalov, (Babi) the openly gay, internationally renowned radical artist and poet from Azerbaijan was arrested on the morning of 16th September during a reporting session in Cardiff. There will be a protest on Wednesday 17th September against Babi?s incarceration outside of the place where he was grabbed; the UK Border Agency offices at 31-33 [...]

How can 60 men vanish? Yesterday morning at Tinsley House immigration removal centre (IRC) near Gatwick airport, 15-20 men (Kurdish Iraqis) were being hurried to get ready to board a coach. Several were still waiting for responses from their solicitors, but their phones were quickly removed. At Colnbrook, another IRC at Heathrow airport, detainees had [...]

The following newpaper article about a study that revealed a ‘doubling’ of asylum seeker and refugee destitution in 18 months is from the Guardian and was forwarded by NCADC. If you are on the ground and count amongst the ‘refused’ this will of course come as no surprise. But the answer is not to make [...]

Invitation to a Radical History Discussion – open meeting:Resistance in the UK’s Detention Centres in the Last DecadeDate & Time: Tuesday 24 June 2008, 7 pm.Venue: T&G, Transport House, 128 Theobald’s Road, London, WC1X 8TN Map. Also in London on Monday 16th June, details on http://www.outrageousdirective.org/Demonstrate at 12 noon outside the London office of the [...]