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The judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action takes place in the Court of Appeal on 28-30 April 2026. The hearing can be viewed here:

The Home Office accommodated our clients, SH and BWO, and their families each in a single hotel room for 3 years. On 26 March 2026, the High Court found that any period in these living conditions longer than 3 months was “too long to be consistent with providing them with a dignified standard of living, adequate for health and meeting their essential needs”. The Home Office was therefore in breach of its duty to provide destitute asylum seekers with “adequate” accommodation.

Clare’s death at HMP Eastwood Park in 2022 highlights continuing fire safety failings across prison estate.

We at DPG wish to reaffirm our fundamental commitment to those seeking sanctuary in the UK.

We are horrified by the demonising and divisive rhetoric which is increasingly being used in mainstream political discourse, and which has fuelled an increase in racist violence across this and other countries. We reject the spread of dangerous misinformation about those seeking asylum, including unfounded claims that people seeking asylum have a greater propensity to commit criminal offences.

At DPG, we believe strongly in our shared humanity and that people seeking asylum, like all of us, should be treated with dignity and respect. We continue to work towards making that a reality.

In a significant development for survivors of trafficking, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) has accepted that she operated internal policy which directed its caseworkers to an unlawful “objective evidence” threshold when making Reasonable Grounds decisions and has agreed to amend internal policy.

When two newly granted refugees took on the Home Office, they did so not just for themselves but for thousands of others across the UK. Their successful challenge has reshaped a critical policy affecting newly recognised refugees — ensuring that many will now avoid the devastating reality of street homelessness.

The High Court has today handed down a landmark judgment in the case of R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) finding that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully by proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000.

The Assistant Coroner for Southwark has issued a lengthy Report to Prevent Future Deaths following the inquest into the murder of Sundeep Ghuman by his racist cell mate at Belmarsh prison in 2020.

For the first time in its history, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (“JCIO”) will have its interpretation of “judicial misconduct” scrutinised by the High Court, in a case concerning allegations of bullying and inappropriate conduct against Employment Judge Lancaster.

On 15 January 2026, the Manston Inquiry held its first Preliminary Hearing. The Inquiry, chaired by Sophie Cartwright KC, is examining the unlawful detention and inhumane conditions at Manston Short-Term Holding Facility in Autumn 2022, when overcrowding, neglect, and mistreatment became rampant as a result of the then Home Secretary’s decision not to move people to asylum support accommodation within 24 hours.

On 15th Jan 2026, a leading Arab human rights NGO has filed a request for UK sanctions against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – a move believed to be the first of its kind directed specifically at a sitting Israeli Prime Minister.