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15-03-10, 10:56 AM
www.guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk) - The Observer - 14-Mar-10
UK 'ignoring' systemic evidence of torture among asylum seekers (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/14/asylum-torture-evidence-ignored)
Charities say reports of abuse being routinely ignored is a 'systemic and increasing problem'
Mark Townsend (http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/marktownsend), home affairs editor
Torture (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/torture) survivors seeking sanctuary in Britain are being wrongly held in government detention centres, despite independent medical evidence supporting claims of brutal violence against them in their home countries.
According to Home Office guidelines, in cases where there is evidence that a person seeking asylum has been tortured they should be detained only in "exceptional circumstances". But medical charities that carry out hundreds of independent assessments of torture survivors every year have accused the government of routinely ignoring their reports, with victims held in detention centres until their asylum claims are heard – and, in almost every case, rejected.
Read more (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/14/asylum-torture-evidence-ignored) via stallman.org (http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#15%20March%202010%20%28People%20who%20fle e%20to%20the%20UK%20are%20imprisoned%29)
UK 'ignoring' systemic evidence of torture among asylum seekers (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/14/asylum-torture-evidence-ignored)
Charities say reports of abuse being routinely ignored is a 'systemic and increasing problem'
Mark Townsend (http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/marktownsend), home affairs editor
Torture (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/torture) survivors seeking sanctuary in Britain are being wrongly held in government detention centres, despite independent medical evidence supporting claims of brutal violence against them in their home countries.
According to Home Office guidelines, in cases where there is evidence that a person seeking asylum has been tortured they should be detained only in "exceptional circumstances". But medical charities that carry out hundreds of independent assessments of torture survivors every year have accused the government of routinely ignoring their reports, with victims held in detention centres until their asylum claims are heard – and, in almost every case, rejected.
Read more (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/14/asylum-torture-evidence-ignored) via stallman.org (http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#15%20March%202010%20%28People%20who%20fle e%20to%20the%20UK%20are%20imprisoned%29)