News archive for 2001
The London based charity the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture today called on the Government to abandon its policy of providing vouchers rather than cash benefits for asylum seekers.
The BMA and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture are calling for the Government's forthcoming policy on asylum seekers to be more humane. The Home Secretary has promised to announce the results of the policy review by the end of this month.
Best selling author Ken Follett took matters into his own hands this week when he thought the bidding a little slow at a charity auction of characters' names in forthcoming novels.
Actress Billie Whitelaw this week accepted a GBP15,000 cheque on behalf of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture from a charity set up by a London businessman to help young people.
Ever wanted to be as famous as Posh or Becks but you don't sing and were born with two left feet? Don't despair, a UK-based charity is getting set to give fame away to the highest bidders.
Stars of stage and screen are teaming up with an award-winning composer to present a gala concert in London that it is hoped will raise awareness about the experiences that force asylum seekers and refugees into exile.
A charity that provides help to victims of torture and organised violence has accused the Home Office of ignoring a pledge to look sympathetically on asylum seekers with a history of torture.
Helen Bamber, the founder of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, has announced that she will step down in the near future as director of the charity.
Medical evidence of widespread torture in Pakistan is produced today by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, which has called on the Home Office to stop "systematically" failing Pakistanis seeking political asylum.
The UK is a signatory to the UN Convention Against Torture and other Cruel or Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984.
A British charity that helps torture victims says an unprecedented number of people sought its help last year, reflecting the record number of asylum seekers that arrived in Britain, a link that undermines government claims that most asylum applicants are really economic migrants.
A charity that helps torture victims is to receive nearly GBP400,000 from the Millennium Commission to enable people who have suffered serious human rights abuses develop skills that will benefit the community.
A charity that helps torture victims is urging balletomanes to speak in code when purchasing tickets for Grigorovich's Nutcracker, a legendary production of the Tchaikovsky classic, at the London Apollo next month.