Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre is a detention centre in Bedfordshire. It is usually described as being a place to detain failed asylum for women and families who havent commited a crime, prior to deportation, but around 2 thirds of detainees are usually granted asylum. Its occupants are primarily women and families, many of whom […]
Human Rights
Fifteen
One of the best bits about the festive season is the winter feast – gorging on chocolate and christmas pud, stodgy spuds, Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes to build up some fat that we will lament in January, but that will keep us warm in the cold months ahead. For some, the reality is […]
Nine
Even if you try to avoid news coverage of it, you must have seen the horrifying pictures coming out of Yemen. A year ago this month, conflict in Yemen escalated, and today more than 80% of the population – some 20 million people – are in need of humanitarian assistance. More than 2.4 million people […]
Four
If you’ve been following Ungagged for a while, you’re well aware of the UN condemned atrocities happening at the Standing Rock camp in North Dakota. Or regular contributer Ruth Hopkins has spoken to Ungagged from North Dakota in several of our podcasts (which you can find here and here), and you can read our […]
Three
Argh, it’s the first Saturday in December! time for a mad dash round the shops, overheating in the queue and freezing outside, longing to get home and put the kettle on. Spare a thought today for one who can’t go home for a cuppa in the warm. Being homeless at any time is no fun, […]
Two
Todays task in our activist advent calendar is to write to your MP or MSP to tell Israel to have courage and leave occupied Bethlehem and the Palestine West Bank. For extra credit, you can also write to the Israeli embassy in London. You can find your MPs contact details here and details of the Israeli […]
One
It’s the first day of advent, and we are making this festive season the kindest yet! Today’s task – have a look at your MP or MSP’s voting record here. How welcoming are they to refugees? We don’t want to be the stingy innkeepers turning away vulnerable people. We are not full. There is room at the […]
Battle of Backwater Bridge
The situation in North Dakota took a significantly more sinister turn on Sunday, as militarised security personnel began to attack unarmed water protectors with water cannon, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades. In a move condemned by both the UN and Amnesty International, water cannon were deployed against unarmed peaceful protesters, including elders […]
Trump
This article first appeared on Amber’s personal blog Oh for crying out loud. I mean really. Come on 2016, are you actually for real? Adults dressing as clowns then dashing about high street; every decent celebrity dying, talks of tea & jam fueling Britain’s economy, Brexit, Theresa May as Prime Minister, Nigel Farage & Bob […]
Peace Pipes vs Pepper Spray
So for a while now I’ve been watching events in Dakota unfold. Protests against a massive pipeline for crude oil to travel across the United States, Canada and First Peoples Nations. My brother had a girlfriend from Vancouver, she was from the Kwakwaka’wakw tribe and shared lots of great and wise stories with our family. […]