Zuri describes herself as a victim of the age assessment process, and it’s affecting every aspect of her life. Fortunately, she met other young torture survivors with similar experiences in our group, Young Outspoken Survivors.
This Refugee Week 2025, One Strong Voice (OSV) invites you to explore the power of community. OSV member Nico chats with Jonathan, Madeline, and Maggy—three changemakers with lived experience of the asylum system.
Lucas had to escape his home country, Namibia, because his family didn’t accept him for being gay. For safety, he kept his relationship private and confidential, but there were always people on the lookout.
By offering security and counterterrorism courses to students from repressive regimes without appropriate checks, British institutions risk complicity in torture.
With new allegations that British troops committed war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the government needs to undo the damage done to torture survivors.
