Rashida Manjoo, the UN’s rapporteur on violence against women, says she was denied access to detention centre
The official report of the
UN special rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will censure
the UK government for preventing
her from inspecting Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire.
During her two-week tour of
Britain in April, organised by senior Home Office officials, Manjoo heard a
series of allegations over the plight of female detainees inside Yarl’s Wood,
including allegations
of inappropriate sexual behaviour and privacy issues, but was not allowed to
inspect the facility at the end of her official visit...
