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Amir Siman-Tov

Colnbrook detention centre
June 5, 2019, 3:12 pm
OPINION: The lethal policy of indefinite detention
Following the death of Amir Siman-Tov, a Moroccan Jewish man at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre, Hannah Swirsky of René Cassin calls for a change of government policy
By Hannah Swirsky
Colnbrook detention centre
June 5, 2019, 9:43 am
Inquest into death of Moroccan Jew finds medical ‘red flags’ missed
Amir Siman-Tov died at Colnbrook detention centre in February 2016, with guards transporting him not telling nurses that he had vomited repeatedly
By Jewish News Reporter
Amir Siman-Tov
May 14, 2019, 12:28 pm
Inquest into Moroccan Jew’s death at detention centre begins
Jewish human rights group René Cassin has been campaigning against indefinite detention, saying Amir Siman-Tov's death in 2016 showed how it was a “lethal policy”
By Jewish News Reporter
Amir Siman-Tov
November 1, 2018, 1:08 pm
OPINION: Three years after Moroccan Jew’s death in detention, why no inquest?
Hannah Swirsky reflects on the tragic death of Amir Siman-Tov in UK detention, and asks why there hasn't been a proper inquest
By Hannah Swirsky
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