She gave a press conference, saying that, although she felt it was wrong to be granted asylum under false pretences, the facts had been publicly known since 2002, when they had been reported in the media and in one of her publications.

But there is no comparable protest against the use of antipsychotic drugs, which have similarly been forced on people and even used to torture prisoners. And, whereas few people now get ECT involuntarily, and in all cases consent is sought, a large and growing number get antipsychotic drugs under false pretences, including children, vulnerable adults, patients with Alzheimer s, and a host of others whose lives are shortened by treatment, with no effort undertaken to seek their consent.