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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

Home Office admits failings after Julian Assange’s friend dies in Belmarsh prison following deportation threat

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The Home Office has admitted failings after a Belmarsh inmate and friend of Julian Assange killed himself in prison after being kept behind bars, despite his custodial sentence coming to an end.

Manoel Santos, who came to Britain from Brazil in 1997, had been due for release from jail on 27 October but the Home Office ordered the prison to keep him in custody while they decided whether to deport him.

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