Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers
Claims by hundreds of asylum-seekers that they have been beaten or abused by British guards during their detention and removal from this country are to be independently investigated for the first time, The Independent has learnt.
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jailhouselawyer,
ReplyDeleteIs there medical evidence supporting allegations of beatings or is it a case of asylum seekers' words against their guards ? This is Britain, not Iraq or Guantanamo Bay.
Who took the photograph heading the article ? The officer is clearly treating the handcuffed man with due respect - not touching but has his hand ready to catch him if he slips whilst handcuffed.
This is a major one and it would be nice to get to the facts rather than the hysteria or the coverups.
ReplyDeletejailhouselawyer,
ReplyDeleteTalking of police, news update ...
The person being charged under the Official Secrets Act for leaving files on a train has changed. He is NOT being charged and instead has to attend before a magistrate. Bizarrely, he has been moved to a 'secret location' for, allegedly, his own safety - a contradiction in terms.
I again wondered why the equivalent of an average person's annual salary - £20,000 - was wasted on the Court fiasco - the result of the litter picker's unwitnessed, unsubstantiated claim about a minor 'scratch'.
John,
ReplyDeleteAre asylum seeks entitled to financial compensation on certain grounds ?
Do you know whether the family of the illegal immigrant Menezes were seeking compensation as well as the (presumably costly) investigation ? Why, I wonder, did he not stop and talk to the police instead of running away as reported at the time ?
John,
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese/Korean looking man is well turned out - good haircut, expensive looking jacket over his jamas, nicely decorated and carpeted home.
Where did the photo come from ?
jailhouselawyer,
ReplyDeleteTalking of abuse, did you see today's press article on the elderly gentleman who had his walking stick taken away by the police - viewed, alarmingly, as a 'potential weapon'?
Orders under which police are acting are truly alarming - borderline criminal. Apart from the emotional trauma of losing a necessary physical aid - vital to thousands of elderly people - what if the elderly man had fallen and broken a hip, or worse, as a result ? Surgery and hospitalization costs thousands along with rehabilitation costs.
The law doesn't allow the police to confiscate peoples' property without a warrant - taking a physical walking from an elderly person is cruel and, I'm told, illegal as far as Courts are concerned.
The photo is from the Independent.
ReplyDeleteAsylum seekers are entitled to compensation on certain grounds.
I've just got a new umbrella no doubt it is as offensive weapon like as a walking stick, I had better watch out...
jailhouselawyer,
ReplyDeleteThanks, I found the article - minus the photo.
The walking stick would be considered a mdical aid and as dangerous as taking away one's eye glasses or medication.
ReplyDeleteShameful!