News archive for 2010
Victims of torture seeking refuge in the UK are being failed by a system that emphasises speed over quality, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF). The Chief Inspector concludes that the target of concluding 90% of asylum cases in six months is unachievable. The report findings echo the MF’s own concerns about the impact of UK Border Agency’s focus on targets.
The Government’s preoccupation with meeting targets may be leading to the unfair and inappropriate detention of women fleeing severe human rights abuses including torture, exposing them to further trauma and leaving them without protection.
That is the view of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF), whose clinicians play a key role in documenting evidence of such abuse, and whose findings feature in a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW).
A mother of four who the Home Office has admitted was unlawfully detained, leading to psychiatric injuries in her children, says she will only be satisfied once the Government proves it has taken measures to prevent anyone else suffering the same ordeal.
Comedian Robert Webb and his wife Abigail Burdess raised an incredible £30,000 for the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF) by scooping the top prize on ITV’s All Star Mr and Mrs show.
The Court of Appeal’s ruling compelling the Government to reveal evidence of its role in a British resident’s torture shows that no government should be allowed to escape public scrutiny.
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF) welcomed news that three of Britain’s most senior judges dismissed Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s efforts to suppress evidence of MI5 complicity in the torture of Binyam Mohamed.
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims Torture (MF), the UK’s only rehabilitation centre dedicated solely to treating survivors of torture, has been granted £193,615 to support some of its most vital services.