torture

Up to a million predominantly Muslim people have been arbitrarily detained in China, says Amnesty International.

Reports that detainees in Uganda are being tortured and denied access to specialised medical care have been denounced by the World Medical Association.

The Government is facing a legal challenge from the human right organisation Reprieve over its use of a secretive law that can be deployed to authorise the involvement of British intelligence officers in torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

A public consultation has been launched into changes to the UK’s torture policy or 'Consolidated Guidance', which tells UK personnel how far they can go in participating in the interrogation suspects held by a foreign country or receiving intelligence which could have been obtained through torture.