Sonya Sceats is Chief Executive of Freedom from Torture. She is a qualified Australian lawyer and has worked previously worked for Amnesty International and the British Institute of Human Rights. Sonya is also an Associate Fellow in International Law at Chatham House.
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionGovernment rhetoric on migrants is a smoke screen for a deeper agendaFor now, the rule of law is providing hope to people claiming asylum in the UK. But the government has other ideas.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThis “strong man” populism is alarmingly familiar to people here fleeing human rights abusesThe Trump and Johnson administrations’ attacks on the judiciary and lawmakers are part of a broader rise of...