Freedom from Torture🧡

Wishing you all a happy Christmas and a peaceful new year 🎄 A big thank you for everything you’ve done to support torture survivors & refugees in 2025! Here’s to another year of standing up for kindness, justice, and creating a welcoming world together. ❤️

"People who have escaped the unimaginable horror of torture are increasingly being targeted by far-right violence in the UK" ⤵️northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/…

Using military sites for asylum accommodation will retraumatise torture survivors says Ann Salter, head of clinical services, north west bmj.com/content/391/bm…

It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation. And the best first step to take action? Get informed. Together, we can tackle harmful misinformation. Read our new guide, Asylum Housing: How to Change the Conversation: stories.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the-c…

This morning, we appeared in @DailyMirror exposing the reality of the UK’s asylum accommodation: Asylum hotels are awful places to live for people fleeing torture. We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers 5 years ago – so why is our govt using them? mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

If these suggestions worry you like they do us, join us by taking action with thousands of other campaigners now, to say to all uk politicians – we can never risk sending survivors back to their torturers: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/pe…

Chipping away at this vital protection risks setting in train the destruction of the absolute ban on torture! – the most appalling form of abuse – which Britain helped forge and champion over centuries.

Just this morning we heard Keir Starmer's looking to review Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects our freedom from torture.  theguardian.com/law/2025/oct/0…

Add your voice to our campaign action today secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/pe…

“Abolishing indefinite leave to remain and forcing people to reapply for a visa every five years would punish survivors who have already endured so much,” Sile Reynolds, head of asylum advocacy at Freedom from Torture, told Big Issue.bigissue.com/news/politics/…

For centuries Britain has led the way in forging a ban on torture, and we won’t let politicians tear it up. Don’t send people back to torture, and don’t send us back in history: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/pe…

Reform UK recently said they’d be willing to work with the Taliban to deport people to Afghanistan, putting lives of torture survivors at serious risk. But thousands of you said, ‘not in my name’, adding your voice to make sure no politician can send someone to their torturers.

As Donald Trump continues his state visit in the UK, today and every day we say no to cruelty, hate and division. Trump’s complete disregard for human rights has shown that we must be loud and clear: torture is always wrong. No exceptions.

States have a legal duty to prevent torture and prevent genocide. The UK government must lead by example and do everything in its power to do exactly this - and ensure that all perpetrators are held to account. Justice for survivors depends on this.

Torture tries to destroy lives. The impacts are devastating and long-lasting. This must stop. Torture is never, ever permitted. Not in war, not in retaliation, not ever.

A UN inquiry has described serious harm to Palestinian detainees since 7 October 2023, including torture, rape and sexual assault, as contributing to its conclusion that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Sonya Sceats of @FreefromTorture: Charity leaders must unite to combat intimidation and protect democracy civilsociety.co.uk/voices/sonya-s…

Thank you also to the Worshipful Company of Gardeners for supporting our horticultural therapy programme in London and helping torture survivors to recover from their trauma. Find out more about our award winning garden here: freedomfromtorture.org/sanctuary-for-…

Thank you to The Finnis Scott Foundation for supporting our horticultural therapy programme in London and helping torture survivors to recover from their trauma. Visit our garden online now: freedomfromtorture.org/sanctuary-for-…

This summer, let’s show what welcome looks like. ☀️ From 7–10 Aug, join our friends at @RefugeesTogether for the #WelcomeWeekend — a joyful nationwide stand with refugees! 🎉Host a picnic, make a banner, rally your friends. Get involved! bit.ly/4lGFxOy