9 d. ago UN to review the impact of its agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere

The United Nations chief has appointed a British human rights activist to carry out a strategic review of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees

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1 week ago JK Rowling savages feminist's refusal to accept 'biology is destiny' as example of 'peak narcissism and lack of self awareness'

Author and activist JK Rowling has hit out at British journalist Laurie Penny in the wake of the Supreme Court 's ruling on the definition of women.

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1 week ago Inside sickening crimes of 'Britain's most dangerous' inmate as he leaves 'glass cage'

Quadruple killer Robert Maudsley, once dubbed "Britain’s most dangerous prisoner", has been moved from his glass cage after 46 years in solitary confinement. Here we revisit his heinous crimes

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1 week ago UK's 'Hannibal the Cannibal' moved from 'glass cage' to new jail

He holds the world record for solitary confinement, and had been kept apart from the rest of the prison population for 46 years.

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2 w. ago UK's 'most dangerous prisoner' dubbed 'Hannibal the Cannibal' ends hunger strike

Robert Maudsley, 71, is serving life for a string of murders and has been in solitary confinement for more than 46 years

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4 w. ago British activist in solitary confinement in India despite acquittal, family say

Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal says he is ‘being mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed. Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have not granted his brother bail, despite the prosecutor’s failure to produce any credible evidence or witnesses in the Punjab court.Gurpreet said UK consular staff met his brother in jail on Tuesday and were told he had been put into solitary confinement with a 24-hour guard, adding no explanation had been given. Gurpreet said: “I fear for his physical and mental welfare sinc...

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4 w. ago Detained Scot Jagtar Singh Johal placed in solitary confinement in Indian jail

Gurpreet Singh Johal told MPs today how his brother's conditions had "deteriorated" .

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