sundaymail - SHUT IT: "Mercy Ikolo, 32, who was released on bail, described the restrictive conditions imposed at the centre.

She said: ``We're not allowed to go out when we want to go out. Our children are not allowed to eat when they want to eat. They're only supposed to eat at certain times surrounded by people. They cannot eat when they are seen by so many people.

``We are not allowed to speak to our solicitors, so how can we make a case for our freedom? We are monitored everywhere we go -when we go to the library, when we go to the shop.

``It's a really, really bad place.'' Mercy and her daughter Percile-Liz have moved in with Socialist MSP Rosie Kane after being granted bail.

She described the firebrand politician as her ``new friend and mother''.

Kane told the rally: ``I would rather be silenced screaming for justice than silenced with Blair's foot on my throat. I am disgusted and ashamed at what the Home Office has done.''
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