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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on
the United Kingdom
Strasbourg, 01.10.2008 – The Council of Europe's Committee for the prevention
of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has published
today the report on its ad hoc visit to the
United Kingdom in December 2007, together with the
response of the United Kingdom Government. These documents have been made
public at the request of the United Kingdom authorities.
During the December 2007 visit, the CPT's delegation re-examined the safeguards
afforded to persons detained by the police under the Terrorism Act 2000 as well
as the conditions of detention of such persons at Paddington Green High Security
Police Station.
The CPT's visit report and the response of the United Kingdom Government are
available on the Committee's website at
http://www.cpt.coe.int
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