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United Kingdom: UN torture tsar attacks UK over 'inhumane' indefinite jail terms
A United Nations torture tsar has said British incarcerated people trapped on indefinite jail terms are probably “being detained arbitrarily” after The Independent revealed six in 10 are being blocked from moving to open jails.
Source: independent (08/02/2025)