On Friday 13 July you will be making an official visit to the UK. Your time here will be short and almost entirely behind high barricades and heavy security. Unfortunately, you won’t be meeting with me or the people I represent...
The parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee's (ISC) two reports on “Detainee Mistreatment and Rendition” were published on the morning of Thursday 28 June.
Parliamentarians, torture survivor activists and directors of human rights organisations were amongst the many guests joining Freedom from Torture trustees and staff at the Survivors Speak OUT (SSO) tenth anniversary event at the Houses of Parliament on 26 June, the International Day for Support of Victims of Torture.
Ten years ago I joined with a few others to found a new network for torture survivors – all people who have survived detention and torture and sought asylum in the UK. We decided to call ourselves Survivors Speak OUT – a name we proudly retain today.
World Refugee Day on 20 June saw Freedom from Torture meeting MPs in Parliament Square and ended with the launch of our Tamil recipe book at our annual Great Street Feast. Our message for the day was an inclusive one – #SharingMySanctuary.
With world attention focused on Russia and football frenzy, it is easy to forget that the beautiful game can be played without national rivalries and foul play.
Freedom from Torture is proud to be part of Refugee Week and to bring our special perspective and expertise in supporting torture survivors to this year’s events.
So far this year over 22,000 of our supporters have taken action calling for the Government to stop detaining torture survivors for immigration purposes.
Freedom from Torture welcomes the apology given to Abdel Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar by Attorney General Jeremy Wright in the House of Commons.
Freedom from Torture is deeply concerned at President’s Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) because of her alleged oversight of CIA torture and destruction of the evidence.
The imminent change to the law regulating the way companies and organisations contact their followers (GDPR) is the perfect opportunity for you to renew your support and confirm you are still happy for us to tell you about the difference you make for people who have been tortured.
Nearly 20,000 people have supported Freedom from Torture‘s call for the government to consult more widely on its redrafted definition of what constitutes torture.
For the first time in twenty years the UK is hosting the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). This year’s meeting has a particular importance.
