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25 Feb 2010Victims 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.
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24 Feb 2010The 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).
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11 Feb 2010A 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.
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10 Feb 2010The 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.
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02 Feb 2010The 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.
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09 Dec 2009Women survivors of torture are being denied justice due to failures in countries around the world to uphold their human rights and to respond to their rehabilitation needs, according to new research by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF).
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29 Oct 2009The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture condemns unreservedly the failure of Zimbabwe to permit entry to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak
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14 Oct 2009The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF) has echoed the concerns of a new study revealing the damaging physical and psychological impact of detention on children held in UK Immigration Removal centres.
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14 Aug 2009The 1951 Refugee Convention does not require a torture-surviving asylum seeker to provide concrete evidence of past persecution or torture. Increasingly, however, for survivors to be able to claim their right to protection as refugees, they must corroborate their testimony with independent evidence of their torture.
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04 Aug 2009While efforts to unearth the truth about the UK government's role in the torture of terrorism suspects are to be welcomed, the plight of countless other lesser known torture victims should not be forgotten, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
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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).