torture

March 15, 2019

High Court suspends policy of removing migrants from the UK without warning

The Home Office removals policy enabling it to refuse a migrant’s case and forcibly remove them from the UK within hours has been suspended by a High Court judge.
March 11, 2019

Supreme Court reasserts role of medical experts in asylum claims by torture survivors

The lower courts were wrong to override the conclusions of a medical expert when considering forensic evidence of torture in an asylum claim, the Supreme Court has ruled.
March 7, 2019

UN member states 'must demand release of women activists in Saudi Arabia'

Saudi Arabia has used counter-terrorism legislation to detain women activists who have been tortured and sexually abused.
March 5, 2019

Report exposes abuses on a global scale by WWF funded guards

A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed has exposed a shocking level of violent abuse by ecoguards and rangers funded by the World Wildlife Fund.
February 27, 2019

Terminally ill prisoner in UAE must be released, say UN experts

Alia Abdulnoor has terminal breast cancer and is reportedly chained to a bed and under armed guard.
February 21, 2019

Amnesty condemns executions in Egypt

The Egyptian authorities have executed nine men who had been convicted after an unfair trial for the killing of the former public prosecutor in an attack in Cairo in June 2015.
February 21, 2019

Catholic bishop calls on MPs to end indefinite immigration detention

Currently people with irregular immigration status can be taken from their families and detained indefinitely if they cannot provide the provide correct immigration paperwork.
February 11, 2019

Brutal tactics used to crush Zimbabwe protests, says Amnesty

Zimbabwean authorities have used killings and torture to crush protests against fuel prices, says Amnesty International.
February 10, 2019

UN experts urge action over albinism atrocities in run-up to Malawi elections

False beliefs that the body parts of people with albinism can bring good luck and political power when used in witchcraft-related rituals lead to serious human rights abuses.
February 5, 2019

UN should act to end China’s mass detentions in Xinjiang, say NGOs

Up to one million Muslims are being arbitrarily detained in political education camps, say a group of nongovernmental organisations.