Two Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons admitted to hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Two Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons admitted to hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict News

London, United Kingdom – Two Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners on hunger strike have been taken to hospital, according to a family member and a friend, adding to fears that the young Britons refusing food in protest could die at any moment. Twenty-eight-year-old Kamran Ahmed, who is being held at Pentonville prison in London, was hospitalised […]

Ministers warned against scapegoating prison staff over mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu | Prisons and probation

Ministers warned against scapegoating prison staff over mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu | Prisons and probation

Ministers have been warned against scapegoating prison staff as they struggle to contain the political fallout of the mistaken release of an asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl. As David Lammy, the justice secretary, announced an inquiry and blamed “human error” for the accidental freeing of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, […]