EVENT INFORMATION

5
February
2010

Women detained at Yarl’s Wood begin a hunger strike

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📅 5 February 2010 📍 United Kingdom

More than 80 women held in Yarl’s Wood began a hunger strike over detention length, treatment and the asylum process. Their statement set out demands in their own words. The protest challenged the state’s use of indefinite confinement and the invisibility of women’s resistance inside a privatized detention system.

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Women detained at Yarl’s Wood

Organizations in this Event

Women Behind the Wire

Black Women’s Rape Action Project

All African Women’s Group