Article 302EJ Judge condemns Amber Rudd for ignoring orders to release torture victim

Judge condemns Amber Rudd for ignoring orders to release torture victim

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Diane Taylor
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Home secretary has failed to adequately explain delays in freeing asylum seeker from detention, says high court judge

A high court judge has said she is "deeply concerned" about the behaviour of Amber Rudd for failing to release a survivor of torture from detention despite repeated court orders requiring her to do so.

On Wednesday Mrs Justice Nicola Davies DBE presided over an emergency high court hearing to examine the home secretary's delay in releasing an asylum seeker who had been tortured in a Libyan prison with electrocution and falaka - beating on the soles of the feet.

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