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Torture survivors are not supposed to be kept in immigrant detention, but reports suggest the government is failing to exclude them from the system

Confirmed: Torture survivors still imprisoned in immigration detention centres

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"Decisions aren't made until after survivors' mental or physical health has already deteriorated as a result of their detention"

The government must stop detaining victims of torture

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Asylum seekers have reported being distressed by frequent moves between properties and away from essential services

The private companies putting asylum seekers in slum housing

Torture survivors are living in terrible conditions in cities across Britain

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The Home Office has long sought to raise the bar when it comes to proving torture in an asylum claim

Comment: Home Office reform could make it harder to protect torture victims

The Shaw review is welcomed but some of the recommendations go too far

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Shaker Aamer spent almost 14 years in US detention

The government must grant Shaker Aamer’s call for torture inquiry

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A refugee from Angola cries: The UK can do more to provide safe pasage

Comment: Refugees have no safe way to reach Britain, but we can provide it

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Victims of torture are being failed by the UK detention system

Comment: How the Home Office fails torture survivors

Latest articles

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Hear no evil: Rule 35 fails to protect torture victims

Rule 35: How Britain knowingly detains victims of torture

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Do James Bond and Jack Bauer distract us from the reality of the security agencies?

The allegations against MI6 are serious – so why aren’t they front page news?

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Cameron gets angry about EU accountancy, but where is the fury over torture loopholes?

Comment: Cameron gets ‘downright angry’ about EU accounting – but not torture

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Guantanamo Bay: 'The gulag of our times'

Comment: No British company should be profiting from Guantánamo

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Angelina Jolie hugs Neema Namadamu of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 'End Sexual Violence in Conflict' summit at the ExCel in June

Comment: Raped and tortured in the Congo – left to starve in Britain

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Trapped: Home Office admits it doesn't know if it is detaining torture victims

Legal ruling proves the Home Office broke its promise on torture victims

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Independent assessment: Susan checks on standards in immigration detention centres

Immigrant Stories: The nurse, the detention centre & the women with bruises

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Martha Davis: 'It was not easy to make a film about physicians and psychologists who are hidden, well-protected, and have never agreed to be interviewed on camera'

Comment: How the war on terror turned doctors into torturers

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Dubai is popular with British businesses and holidaymakers but is subject to human rights criticism

Queen dragged into Dubai torture row

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Qatada: Court rules evidence obtained under torture might be used against him.

Disaster for Theresa May as Abu Qatada wins appeal

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William Hague promises to stop war criminals in Syria

Hague appalled at Syria barbarism

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William Hague wants to draw line under UK's torture reputation

Hague’s ‘head in the sand’ on torture

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