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Torture tries to destroy lives. We won't let it. We stand with survivors, providing therapy and support, and fighting for change together.

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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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: https://t.co/567ohMaVlS
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Check out this new guide on talking about refugees and torture survivors in asylum accommodation
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@FreefromTorture
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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? https://t.co/xjzdfznekV
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Torture survivors have described the impact of having to share rooms with strangers as clinicians call for new Home Office rules on asylum accommodation
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@FreefromTorture
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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:
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@FreefromTorture
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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.
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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.Ā  https://t.co/yHr0wW8LBx
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Prime minister blames Brexit for surge in numbers of small boat crossings but defends UK’s membership of ECHR
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@FreefromTorture
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Add your voice to our campaign action today
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ā€œAbolishing indefinite leave to remain and forcing people to reapply for a visa every five years would punish survivors who have already endured so much,ā€ Sile Reynolds, head of asylum advocacy at Freedom from Torture, told Big Issue. https://t.co/3qOmJ8CQyp
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bigissue.com
Nigel Farage has pledged to abolish independent leave to remain status, as well as limiting benefits and welfare to UK citizens only.
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@FreefromTorture
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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:
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@FreefromTorture
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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, ā€˜not in my name’, adding your voice to make sure no politician can send someone to their torturers.
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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.
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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.
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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.
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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.
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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:
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
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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: https://t.co/k9enzQQ71K
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@FreefromTorture
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This summer, let’s show what welcome looks like. ā˜€ļø From 7–10 Aug, join our friends at @RefugeesTogether for the #WelcomeWeekend — a joyful nationwide stand with refugees! šŸŽ‰Host a picnic, make a banner, rally your friends. Get involved! https://t.co/7BppOfO8k0
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Show you care and send a message that can't be ignored. All the proceeds from the T-shirts go to supporting refugees rebuild their lives in the UK šŸ’™ https://t.co/cKdBeYjSxj
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
6 months
We're all hands on deck for next week's spectacular Feast event! @SussexBylines spoke with chef Paul Merrett and journalist & patron John McCarthy about the event. Check out the once-in-a-lifetime prizes that you can still win in the auctionšŸ‘‡ https://t.co/d8cgemGegJ
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sussexbylines.co.uk
ā€œIn a time of increasing darkness, FfT's campaigning serves to remind our leaders that you cannot abandon human rights for self-interestā€
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@FreefromTorture
Freedom from Torture🧔
6 months
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim friends celebrating today! Wherever you are, celebrating with loved ones in person or from afar, Eid commemorates something we all have in common: our ability to love and share.
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