torture

UN rights expert urges the end of deportation to countries that torture

Governments fighting the scourge of terrorism should not expel any person to countries where they risk torture and other forms of ill-treatment, a United Nations human rights expert has warned.

Annan calls for doubling of aid to $15 million for torture victims worldwide

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked donor societies and governments to more than double their contributions for assisting torture victims and their families to $15 million in 2006, in his latest report on the subject to the General Assembly.