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HUNDREDS of survivors of torture abroad seeking protection in Britain have been wrongly locked up in detention centres, the High Court ruled yesterday.
Mr Justice Ouseley concluded that asylum-seekers had been unlawfully detained as their treatment had fallen outside a new Home Office definition of torture which he found too narrow.
He ruled in favour of seven former detainees and a charity, who also argued that the government policy would lead to more vulnerable people being put in harm’s way by being locked up in detention centres.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan