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Sonya Sceats

Director of Policy and Advocacy at Freedom from Torture

Sonya is Director of Policy and Advocacy at Freedom from Torture, a UK-based human rights organisation and one of the largest torture treatment centres in the world. She is a qualified Australian lawyer with over 15 years experience working on domestic and international human rights issues for non-governmental organisations, think tanks and academic institutions in the UK and US.

May 19, 2017

A British Bill of Rights Is a Threat to the Absolute Ban on Torture

April 13, 2017

One Minister Cannot End Sexual Violence in Conflict Alone

June 29, 2015

Is the Risk to the Human Rights Act Over-Hyped?

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