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Zadie Smith among authors letting public bid to name new characters for charity auction

Other prizes at Freedom from Torture event include rare Mary Wollstonecraft book illustrated by William Blake

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22

Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

Charities take Home Office to court over ‘prison-like’ overcrowded migrant hotels

Government accused of forcing trafficking and torture survivors to share rooms with strangers in case that comes amid growing criticism over sweeping plans to overhaul UK’s asylum system

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

Fear has ‘never left’ asylum seekers after last summer’s disorder, warns charity

Conversation Over Borders said many are ‘still stuck in the same unsafe hotel system that became sitting targets for racist violence’.

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2025

Call for protection to stop parents being ‘punished’ over Channel crossings

The endangerment offence as part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has been described as ‘ill-defined’.

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2025

Changes blocking refugees from gaining citizenship ‘counterproductive’, MP warns

Home Office guidance updated this week now says that an applicant having entered the UK illegally will ‘normally’ result in a refused citizenship.

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

Paul Gordon obituary

Other lives: Psychotherapist, author and campaigner determined to improve people’s lives

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024

Chelsea flower show hosts garden designed to help survivors of torture

Charity that challenged UK’s Rwanda policy helps create space designed to evoke happier memories of homelands

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

UK starts detaining asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda

Government expects to deport 5,700 people to Rwanda this year, but rights groups ready to mount new legal challenge.

Al Jazeera · May 1, 2024

Rwanda’s sacking of footballer adds to fears over UK’s ‘immoral’ asylum seekers plan

The suspension of a Congolese player for a gun gesture referring to conflict in DRC raises questions over government’s refugee policy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024