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Torture victims unlawfully excluded by Home Office's new definition, High Court hears
by Sam Tobin at the High Court
Focus on equal access to assisted death rather than risks of legalisation for oppressed groups wrongheaded, MPs and campaigners say
THE HOME Office’s new definition of torture unlawfully excludes victims from protection, the High Court heard today.
Medical Justice, a charity defending the healthcare rights of locked-up migrants, is taking the government to court for the second time over how it determines who is a victim of torture for the purposes of immigration detention.
The High Court ruled in October that the Home Office's definition was unlawful as it excluded torture not carried out by a state agent.
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