Interim recommendations on safeguarding vulnerable people in the context of remote international protection and human trafficking/modern slavery legal casework
We are calling on the Premier League to adopt a human rights policy after the sale of Newcastle United FC to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, chaired by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was halted.
We are inviting small community-based organisations supporting survivors of torture during the pandemic to apply to us for a one-off small grant between £200 and £2000 from our COVID-19 Torture Survivor Emergency Relief Fund. Read the press release here.
Explore the realities of LGBTQI+ torture and state-sponsored violence. Discover how we provide therapy and support for survivors seeking sanctuary in the UK.
As of 1 July, for one month, Freedom from Torture has paused all paid advertising on Facebook and associated platforms, in solidarity with the Stop Hate for Profit campaign.
Aadiv, a Sri Lankan refugee and dancer who lives in London, shares his experiences of recovering from trauma, surviving in a new country and discovering his sexuality.
What is systemic racism? And how does it affect our immigration system? Find out about the Hostile Environment, the Home Office and how systemic racism can be tackled right here in the UK.
We've joined with 223 other organisations to fight the decision made by the government to increase asylum support rates by an insulting 26p a day. Find out more about this condemning decision and read the joint letter.
Read our statement on George Floyd's death. As a human rights organisation, we stand strongly against racism in all its forms: direct and indirect, intentional or otherwise.
We've joined with more than 50 organisations to write a letter to Immigration Minister Chris Philp, calling upon the Home Office to act to protect BAME groups like immigration detainees and asylum seekers urgently.
A lot of things happened inside that prison in Sri Lanka, and it has taken me years to overcome the trauma. I want people to know what happened to me and I don’t want it to happen to another girl.
Coronavirus has gripped the entire world and forced it into lockdown. But how have different states enforced lockdown and where around the world are human rights under threat?
Together with 60 other leading refugee and migrant rights organisations, we have written to the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking that they increase asylum support rates in line with the increase to Universal Credit. Read the letter in full.
