Torture survivor delays cancer treatment to take Govt to court

Lake Alice survivor takes Govt to court over redress scheme

New Zealand’s international human rights record could take another blow as Malcolm Richards seeks an urgent judicial review of the Government’s $20 million Lake Alice redress scheme, saying it fails in its obligation to provide adequate and appropriate redress in line with the international Convention on Torture.Meanwhile, representatives from the UN, including the torture committee’s special rapporteur and the office of the High Commissioner fo…

Torture survivor delays cancer treatment to take Govt to court

“We can’t let the perpetrator of a crime set their own punishment,” says torture survivor Malcolm Richards.