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110 _aFreedom from Torture
245 _aProving torture: demanding the impossible [report summary]
_bHome Office mistreatment of expert medical evidence
260 _aLondon
_bFreedom from Torture
_c2016
500 _aE-books
520 _aThis report finds that victims who had been beatern, burnt and imprisoned in countries such as Sri lanka, iran and the Democratic republic of Congo found it "near impossible" to prove their claims in Britain's asylum system "even when they present extensive expert medical evidence". A study of 50 asylum claims by torture victims in 2014-15 found that three quarters of those refused by case workers were overturned on appeal at significant cost to the taxpayer.
856 _uhttps://www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/default/files/documents/proving_torture_summary_withfc_full_final.pdf
999 _c76057
_d76057