{"id":81904,"date":"2017-06-26T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a44815f1763b982123773412b86ccb14"},"modified":"2017-06-26T09:15:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:15:36","slug":"news-story-uk-government-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-combat-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81904","title":{"rendered":"News story: UK Government reaffirms its commitment to combat torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>On the 2017 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, FCO Minister for Human Rights, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The UK government condemns torture in all circumstances, and I call on governments around the world to eradicate this abhorrent practice.<\/p>\n<p>We are continuing to work hard to combat torture, including supporting NGOs to undertake independent monitoring and inspection of places of detention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I urge states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify and implement the UN Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol.  By taking this step, countries will be making a clear statement about their commitment to end torture and to deliver justice to victims of torture and their families.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tariqahmadbt\">@tariqahmadbt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Ahmad urges states to sign, ratify and implement the UN Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}