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PROTESTERS have accused the Ministry of Justice of failing to protect a prisoner from racist violence while he has been held in indefinite segregation for 13 years.
Supporters of Kevan Thakrar, who has spent most of his life sentence in complete isolation, held a rally outside the ministry’s London headquarters today.
The 36-year-old Muslim was convicted of murder and attempted murder on a joint enterprise basis in 2008.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan