Latest news
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01 Jul 2009The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture supports calls to close legal loopholes which allow people suspected of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to gain sanctuary in the UK.
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29 Jun 2009The Medical Foundation's Scotland centre has been shortlisted for the 3rd Annual Scottish Charity Awards as an organisation that has made significant achievements in the past year.
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26 Jun 2009People compelled to seek refuge in the UK as a result of escaping torture and organised violence face a raft of challenges in integrating in British society because of a lack of adequate care and support. That was the message from the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture on June 26, UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
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22 Jun 2009The second reading of the Torture Damages Bill in the House of Commons is a reminder of the vital role of justice in effective rehabilitation, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF).
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15 Jun 2009Men, women and children who have been forced into exile are battling an increasing number of obstacles that breach their human rights and seriously impede their efforts to rehabilitate after surviving severe physical and psychological abuse, warns the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF) in its 2009 annual review.
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18 May 2009Medics who stood by and allowed people to be tortured during the "war on terror" should be subject to public scrutiny and criminal prosecution, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF).
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15 Apr 2009Detention, torture and the policy of mandatory conscription is forcing an increasing number of Eritrean citizens into exile, according to a new report, which includes information gathered from the testimonies of clients seen by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
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09 Apr 2009People fleeing the violent conflict in Sri Lanka are presenting with increasingly pronounced scars as a result of torture, with a significant number having been persecuted in ways not previously seen by doctors at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
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02 Apr 2009Individuals and organisations which liaise with victims and witnesses at the International Criminal Court deserve greater recognition and protection from the risks they face, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
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01 Apr 2009The therapeutic importance of justice for survivors of torture has been highlighted by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture in a report to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR).
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27 Mar 2009A police investigation into MI5's alleged complicity in torture does not go far enough, warns the Medical Foundation, which says that only a full judicial inquiry, as well as scrutiny by international mechanisms, will restore confidence in Britain's commitment to the absolute ban on torture.
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11 Mar 2009The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture has joined calls for an urgent public inquiry into a growing body of evidence that suggests UK authorities have played a role in the torture of terror suspects over the past eight years.
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11 Feb 2009The Government's determined silence in the face of mounting allegations over its complicity in torture should ring alarm bells, warns the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF).
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28 Jan 2009Perico Rodriguez was tortured for three years following the military coup in Argentina in 1976. In December last year - more than 30 years later - he was one of a handful of survivors to bear witness to the crimes of the military junta when he testified at the trial of eight perpetrators, including one of his tormentors.
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16 Jan 2009As the US prepares to usher in a new administration, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF) has called on incoming President Obama to act immediately on his pledges to end torture.
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15 Jan 2009A new code of practice governing the treatment of children in the UK's immigration system has been described by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF) as an important step towards holding Government agencies and contractors to account.
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10 Dec 2008The urgent plight of torture survivors housed in cramped, pest-infested, insecure accommodation has been highlighted by a BBC report exposing the Government's shortcomings in meeting international human rights standards.
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09 Dec 2008The unlawful detention of a woman who fled torture and rape only months before her arrival in the UK is indicative of widespread failures in the asylum system, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Victims of Torture (MF).
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15 Oct 2008A decade after the historic arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, more still needs to be done in securing justice for torture survivors, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF).
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13 Oct 2008Substandard levels of accommodation are compromising the emotional well-being of torture survivors as they try to engage in rehabilitative work, warn experts at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF).