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21 Dec 2006When the global rock star Skin first visited the MF's adolescent group she was moved by the passion and enthusiasm that welcomed her. She has since gone on to raise £5,000 for the organisation while on tour through merchandise sales.
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20 Dec 2006The MF has called on European governments to condemn the death sentence handed out to six foreign medics in Libya whose retrial was based on confessions extracted under torture. Reiterating its objection to the UK's policy of returning terror suspects to Libya, the organisation says the sentence is a betrayal of Europe's anti-torture commitment.
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11 Dec 2006The fact that Augusto Pinochet, who has died, will now not face a court of law to answer for the murderous activities of his regime is regrettable, says the MF.
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16 Nov 2006The inequalities in health care for torture survivors provided the focus of an MF talk to a leading national human rights forum which aims to raise awareness among lawyers working with asylum seekers.
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02 Nov 2006Some of the UK's most reputable writers gave their fans a glimpse of their own inspirations at what has become a regular event on the literary calendar.
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31 Oct 2006MF advises Brazilian forensic experts on tackling torture by state agents
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26 Oct 2006A new compilation album featuring 50 up and coming independent rock artists is helping to raise awareness about the MF by reaching millions of music buffs through Radio 1 and the music media.
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26 Oct 2006Asylum seekers who have been convicted of arriving in the UK without a valid passport establishing their identity and nationality can appeal against their sentence following a ruling by the Lord Chief Justice.
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13 Oct 2006The importance of doctors presenting evidence of torture in a manner stipulated by international agreement when producing medico-legal reports for use in asylum claims has been highlighted by the Court of Appeal.
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10 Oct 2006The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture is calling on the government to formally withdraw its long held reservation to the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child ( CRC) following a European directive this week that will improve the plight of asylum-seeking children in Britain.
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04 Oct 2006The Home Office should stop detaining asylum seekers who have survived torture following a damning report into healthcare at a removal centre.
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28 Sep 2006Real fears remain that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will continue to use techniques amounting to torture against detainees held in the "War on Terror", despite the Bush Administration abandoning its efforts to rewrite the humane treatment requirements of the Geneva Conventions, the Medical Foundation (MF) warns.
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25 Aug 2006Combining life as a fundraiser and life as a comic has earned Abigail Burdess a place in a list of Britain's 100 unsung heroines.
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25 Aug 2006MF clients have helped launch a pioneering online writing community that allows them to interact with a global audience. Material by members of the Write to Life group now appears on a blogging site set up to give asylum seekers and refugees a voice.
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31 Jul 2006A balanced approach that recognises the plight of torture survivors is essential if Britain is to move forward as a cohesive society, says Billy Bragg, who is pressing for a written constitution that would give equal rights to all British citizens, including asylum seekers.
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26 Jul 2006A computer game version of the film Reservoir Dogs that encourages players to relish in the torture of their opponents demonstrates a dangerous decline in social attitudes towards inflicting suffering, says the MF.
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26 Jul 2006Glenys Kinnock, a Member of the European Parliament and MF Patron, has criticised the Government's signing of "no torture" deals with regimes guilty of widespread human rights abuses to facilitate the removal of Islamic militants regarded as security risks from Britain.
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26 Jul 2006Clients from the Medical Foundation's Write to Life project attended this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about their work.
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26 Jul 2006Critically acclaimed film director Ariel Dorfman has praised the Medical Foundation for its ongoing devotion to working with torture survivors during his latest visit to the London centre.
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29 Jun 2006The MF offers to send doctors to Guantánamo to examine detainees after British Medical Association calls for "direct and unfettered access" to those being held.