Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Immigration Detention (Victims of Torture) - June 14
Friday, 15 June 2018 08:39
Joan Ryan (Enfield North) (Lab):...The analysis that the policy is
not fit for purpose was borne out by the ruling of the High Court
last year in a case brought against the Home Office by Medical
Justice and seven detainees. It found that the Government’s policy
unlawfully imprisoned hundreds of victims of torture. That was due
to the Home Office’s deeply regrettable decision to narrow the
definition of torture so that it refers only to violence carried
out by state actors, and excludes...Request free trial
(Enfield North)
(Lab):...The analysis that the policy is not fit for
purpose was borne out by the ruling of the High Court last year in
a case brought against the Home Office by Medical Justice and seven
detainees. It found that the Government’s policy unlawfully
imprisoned hundreds of victims of torture. That was due to the Home
Office’s deeply regrettable decision to narrow the definition of
torture so that it refers only to violence carried out by state
actors, and excludes vulnerable survivors of non-state abuse. We
discussed that in the Delegated Legislation Committee, and I made
the point then that the definition excludes anybody tortured—I am
sure we can all come up with our own groups—by Hezbollah, ISIS,
Daesh, Hamas or whoever. It excludes all those
people and encourages states to outsource torture to their proxy
groups. I cannot believe the Government are not aware of
that...
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