On Sunday, 21st March 2021, the police in Bristol responded to protests with horrific violence. We condemn both the police’s use of violence and brutality towards protesters as well as anyone that has attempted to delegitimise the #KillTheBill protests by denouncing violent protests. SDS applauds and are in solidarity with Read more…
Since September 2020, hundreds of people have been detained at army barracks in Kent and Pembrokeshire. The Home Office uses the word ‘housed’ but if we listen to the voices of those inside the barracks, and those who have experienced immigration detention, it becomes clear that living in the barracks is Read more…
SOAS Detainee Support is a grassroots abolitionist group. A vision of a world without borders or prisons is at the centre of everything we aim to do. We recognise that the border and the prison are not just a line or a building out of sight; they are systems that Read more…
There is no social distancing here Can you tell me about your experience of detention? I have been in Brook House detention centre for 16 months. I came from prison. I thought I was going to be released but then they brought me here to brook house. I was given Read more…
The woman on the other end of the phone breaks down. She is crying too much for me to understand everything she’s saying, but I can clearly hear the words, “please, help me.” “I’m so sorry,” I tell her, “there’s nothing else we can do.” I have to say these Read more…
Diane Abbott’s proposal to close Yarl’s Wood and Brook House and end outsourcing in immigration detention provision is a welcome step forward in Labour Party policy. The announcement comes following a mass protest in Yarl’s Wood and a Panorama documentary that included undercover footage of appalling conditions in detention and abuse inflicted on detainees. Read more…
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday 21st March 2017 == CONTACT SOAS Detainee Support For more information Email: sdsmediaenquiries@gmail.com Phone: Lex 07454417517 == Yarl’s Wood detainees end hunger strike after one month; but Hunger for Freedom protests continue People detained at Yarl’s Wood started a series of hunger strikes, Read more…
Three weeks ago today, 120 people in a detention centre in Bedfordshire (which holds mainly but not only women) started a hunger strike. It gathered momentum and has escalated into an all-out strike: work strikes, occupations, and a refusal to co-operate with the mechanisms of detention from the inside. People Read more…
On Wednesday 21st February, 120 people in an immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire (which holds mainly but not only women) started a hunger strike. It gathered momentum and has escalated into an all-out strike: work strikes, occupations, and a refusal to co-operate with the mechanisms of detention from the inside. Read more…
On Wednesday 21st of February a large group of women and men held in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Detention Centre began a coordinated 3-day hunger strike. The demands have been posted on the Detained Voices website. They include: Amnesty for those who have lived in the UK 10 years and above End Read more…