Freedom from Torture
@freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
Torture tries to destroy lives. We won't let it. We stand with survivors, providing therapy and support, and fighting for change together.
Thanks to you, we hit our Big Give Target! 🎉
We raised an incredible £36,325, which will be matched to £70,000
Want to help us win an extra £1,000? We'd LOVE you to share your reasons for donating, tagging Big Give including hashtags #ChristmasChallenge and #BigGiveChoice. THANK YOU! 💕
We raised an incredible £36,325, which will be matched to £70,000
Want to help us win an extra £1,000? We'd LOVE you to share your reasons for donating, tagging Big Give including hashtags #ChristmasChallenge and #BigGiveChoice. THANK YOU! 💕
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Thanks to you, we hit our Big Give Target! 🎉
We raised an incredible £36,325, which will be matched to £70,000
Want to help us win an extra £1,000? We'd LOVE you to share your reasons for donating, tagging Big Give including hashtags #ChristmasChallenge and #BigGiveChoice. THANK YOU! 💕
We raised an incredible £36,325, which will be matched to £70,000
Want to help us win an extra £1,000? We'd LOVE you to share your reasons for donating, tagging Big Give including hashtags #ChristmasChallenge and #BigGiveChoice. THANK YOU! 💕
At just 16, Jean was scared and alone at Christmas.
When he found Freedom from Torture, he was able to access specialised support, and now feels less alone.
This Christmas, you can support young survivors. Give now.
https://ow.ly/9w1050XAL3T
When he found Freedom from Torture, he was able to access specialised support, and now feels less alone.
This Christmas, you can support young survivors. Give now.
https://ow.ly/9w1050XAL3T
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
At just 16, Jean was scared and alone at Christmas.
When he found Freedom from Torture, he was able to access specialised support, and now feels less alone.
This Christmas, you can support young survivors. Give now.
https://ow.ly/9w1050XAL3T
When he found Freedom from Torture, he was able to access specialised support, and now feels less alone.
This Christmas, you can support young survivors. Give now.
https://ow.ly/9w1050XAL3T
In a new report, the United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concern about reports of Israel’s “de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinians, describing a grave intensification since 7 Oct 2023.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In a new report, the United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concern about reports of Israel’s “de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinians, describing a grave intensification since 7 Oct 2023.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
You can make your own declaration of love (without cue cards) by donating on this #GivingTuesday 🙌
Your donation will be doubled, meaning that any gift you give will have double the impact for torture survivors we support 💕
Head to the link in bio to donate today!
https://ow.ly/xays50XAa2f
Your donation will be doubled, meaning that any gift you give will have double the impact for torture survivors we support 💕
Head to the link in bio to donate today!
https://ow.ly/xays50XAa2f
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You can make your own declaration of love (without cue cards) by donating on this #GivingTuesday 🙌
Your donation will be doubled, meaning that any gift you give will have double the impact for torture survivors we support 💕
Head to the link in bio to donate today!
https://ow.ly/xays50XAa2f
Your donation will be doubled, meaning that any gift you give will have double the impact for torture survivors we support 💕
Head to the link in bio to donate today!
https://ow.ly/xays50XAa2f
For the next 7 days, all of your donations will be doubled!
Thanks to the Big Give, your donation will have double the impact at no cost to you, helping twice as many young survivors of torture.
Donate now to double your gift and double the impact this Christmas! 🎁
https://ow.ly/7ewP50XA9MX
Thanks to the Big Give, your donation will have double the impact at no cost to you, helping twice as many young survivors of torture.
Donate now to double your gift and double the impact this Christmas! 🎁
https://ow.ly/7ewP50XA9MX
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For the next 7 days, all of your donations will be doubled!
Thanks to the Big Give, your donation will have double the impact at no cost to you, helping twice as many young survivors of torture.
Donate now to double your gift and double the impact this Christmas! 🎁
https://ow.ly/7ewP50XA9MX
Thanks to the Big Give, your donation will have double the impact at no cost to you, helping twice as many young survivors of torture.
Donate now to double your gift and double the impact this Christmas! 🎁
https://ow.ly/7ewP50XA9MX
Our bread-making group is just one of the types of vital therapies we offer. This week, they made festive gingerbreads to share, filling our office with delicious, Christmassy smells! 🎄
You can support groups like these with a donation from £5: https://ow.ly/T0up50Xy4iA
You can support groups like these with a donation from £5: https://ow.ly/T0up50Xy4iA
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Our bread-making group is just one of the types of vital therapies we offer. This week, they made festive gingerbreads to share, filling our office with delicious, Christmassy smells! 🎄
You can support groups like these with a donation from £5: https://ow.ly/T0up50Xy4iA
You can support groups like these with a donation from £5: https://ow.ly/T0up50Xy4iA
We’re taking part in the @refugeestogether.bsky.social winter poster action to show our communities stand with refugees.
Order your free posters and display them in your windows from 5–7 December.
Don’t forget to share photos of your posters with #HopeInEveryWindow
Order now: lnkd.in/eupss5Kv
Order your free posters and display them in your windows from 5–7 December.
Don’t forget to share photos of your posters with #HopeInEveryWindow
Order now: lnkd.in/eupss5Kv
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We’re taking part in the @refugeestogether.bsky.social winter poster action to show our communities stand with refugees.
Order your free posters and display them in your windows from 5–7 December.
Don’t forget to share photos of your posters with #HopeInEveryWindow
Order now: lnkd.in/eupss5Kv
Order your free posters and display them in your windows from 5–7 December.
Don’t forget to share photos of your posters with #HopeInEveryWindow
Order now: lnkd.in/eupss5Kv
An important reminder this World Children's Day: EVERY child should be believed.
But this was not the case for Jean.
After seeing fighters ravage his home, he thought he had found safety in Britain but was told he was too tall to be 16 and sent to live with hundreds of adult asylum seekers.
But this was not the case for Jean.
After seeing fighters ravage his home, he thought he had found safety in Britain but was told he was too tall to be 16 and sent to live with hundreds of adult asylum seekers.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An important reminder this World Children's Day: EVERY child should be believed.
But this was not the case for Jean.
After seeing fighters ravage his home, he thought he had found safety in Britain but was told he was too tall to be 16 and sent to live with hundreds of adult asylum seekers.
But this was not the case for Jean.
After seeing fighters ravage his home, he thought he had found safety in Britain but was told he was too tall to be 16 and sent to live with hundreds of adult asylum seekers.
Reposted by Freedom from Torture
Just ordered my Xmas cards & wrap from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social to show support for refugees at a time when our govt is completely failing its legal and moral duty to people fleeing persecution.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just ordered my Xmas cards & wrap from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social to show support for refugees at a time when our govt is completely failing its legal and moral duty to people fleeing persecution.
WARNING: Shabana Mahmood's new asylum plans will punish people who’ve already lost everything.
Instead of offering safety, political parties are locked in a race to the bottom – trying to outdo one another in cruelty towards refugees.
We can & must do better.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Instead of offering safety, political parties are locked in a race to the bottom – trying to outdo one another in cruelty towards refugees.
We can & must do better.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR
Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
WARNING: Shabana Mahmood's new asylum plans will punish people who’ve already lost everything.
Instead of offering safety, political parties are locked in a race to the bottom – trying to outdo one another in cruelty towards refugees.
We can & must do better.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Instead of offering safety, political parties are locked in a race to the bottom – trying to outdo one another in cruelty towards refugees.
We can & must do better.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
📢 Today is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights being signed.
It protects so many of our vital human rights, from our freedom from torture to our freedom of expression.
So it's up to all of us to protect it. Because we either all have human rights, or none of us do
It protects so many of our vital human rights, from our freedom from torture to our freedom of expression.
So it's up to all of us to protect it. Because we either all have human rights, or none of us do
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢 Today is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights being signed.
It protects so many of our vital human rights, from our freedom from torture to our freedom of expression.
So it's up to all of us to protect it. Because we either all have human rights, or none of us do
It protects so many of our vital human rights, from our freedom from torture to our freedom of expression.
So it's up to all of us to protect it. Because we either all have human rights, or none of us do
Reposted by Freedom from Torture
This is a brilliant report by @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social which explains the reality of asylum accommodation and the impact on it has on the recovery process for survivors of torture. www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/defaul...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is a brilliant report by @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social which explains the reality of asylum accommodation and the impact on it has on the recovery process for survivors of torture. www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/defaul...
Asylum hotels and military barracks are awful places to live for people fleeing torture.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Asylum hotels and military barracks are awful places to live for people fleeing torture.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
After seeing today's headlines on the failures of asylum hotels, we have a message for Shabana Mahmood:
The asylum housing system isn't fit for purpose.
It punishes people fleeing war & torture, adding more trauma to their lives.
EVERYONE should have a safe place to live.
bit.ly/3WppbyQ
The asylum housing system isn't fit for purpose.
It punishes people fleeing war & torture, adding more trauma to their lives.
EVERYONE should have a safe place to live.
bit.ly/3WppbyQ
Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office ‘incompetence’
Home Office oversight over asylum accommodation is chaotic and incompetent, causing costs to spiral, influential group of MPs warns
www.independent.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
After seeing today's headlines on the failures of asylum hotels, we have a message for Shabana Mahmood:
The asylum housing system isn't fit for purpose.
It punishes people fleeing war & torture, adding more trauma to their lives.
EVERYONE should have a safe place to live.
bit.ly/3WppbyQ
The asylum housing system isn't fit for purpose.
It punishes people fleeing war & torture, adding more trauma to their lives.
EVERYONE should have a safe place to live.
bit.ly/3WppbyQ
Reposted by Freedom from Torture
I'm just gonna pop this here for any Sun readers who are interested in why refugees actually come to the UK... from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social report Fleeing a Burning House: www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/defaul...
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I'm just gonna pop this here for any Sun readers who are interested in why refugees actually come to the UK... from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social report Fleeing a Burning House: www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/defaul...
Missed out on Amazon Prime Day deals? Don't panic: we've got the best deals on our shop every day.
For every purchase made
1. You can get a wonderful new bag, t-shirt or pin badge
2. All while a torture survivor gets the chance to heal
Shop now: shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
For every purchase made
1. You can get a wonderful new bag, t-shirt or pin badge
2. All while a torture survivor gets the chance to heal
Shop now: shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
Freedom from Torture: Online Charity Shop
Explore a range of products in our shop and help survivors of torture to rebuild their lives.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Missed out on Amazon Prime Day deals? Don't panic: we've got the best deals on our shop every day.
For every purchase made
1. You can get a wonderful new bag, t-shirt or pin badge
2. All while a torture survivor gets the chance to heal
Shop now: shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
For every purchase made
1. You can get a wonderful new bag, t-shirt or pin badge
2. All while a torture survivor gets the chance to heal
Shop now: shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
WARNING: We heard Keir Starmer is reviewing Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects our freedom from torture.
Chipping away at this vital protection risks setting in train the destruction of the ban on torture which Britain helped forge & champion over centuries.
Chipping away at this vital protection risks setting in train the destruction of the ban on torture which Britain helped forge & champion over centuries.
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
WARNING: We heard Keir Starmer is reviewing Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects our freedom from torture.
Chipping away at this vital protection risks setting in train the destruction of the ban on torture which Britain helped forge & champion over centuries.
Chipping away at this vital protection risks setting in train the destruction of the ban on torture which Britain helped forge & champion over centuries.
Destination: Security and belonging for refugees.
Status: Cancelled
Pin: Labour Party Conference, Liverpool
Status: Cancelled
Pin: Labour Party Conference, Liverpool
September 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Destination: Security and belonging for refugees.
Status: Cancelled
Pin: Labour Party Conference, Liverpool
Status: Cancelled
Pin: Labour Party Conference, Liverpool
“These proposals are cruel and futile. 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, Freedom from Torture - Big Issue. www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Reform UK's plan to ban benefits for migrants is 'an attack on the backbone of Britain'
Nigel Farage has pledged to abolish independent leave to remain status, as well as limiting benefits and welfare to UK citizens only.
www.bigissue.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“These proposals are cruel and futile. 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, Freedom from Torture - Big Issue. www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Shana Tova Umetuka to all our Jewish followers, from all of us at Freedom from Torture 🌠
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Shana Tova Umetuka to all our Jewish followers, from all of us at Freedom from Torture 🌠
The Home Secretary said she would "challenge any last-minute, vexatious attempts" to stop removals to France.
These suspicions are just wrong.
If the gov cares about justice, it must build an asylum system based on safety, compassion & access to legal support
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
These suspicions are just wrong.
If the gov cares about justice, it must build an asylum system based on safety, compassion & access to legal support
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Home Secretary said she would "challenge any last-minute, vexatious attempts" to stop removals to France.
These suspicions are just wrong.
If the gov cares about justice, it must build an asylum system based on safety, compassion & access to legal support
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
These suspicions are just wrong.
If the gov cares about justice, it must build an asylum system based on safety, compassion & access to legal support
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
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.
Trump’s complete disregard for human rights has shown that we must be loud and clear: torture is always wrong. No exceptions.
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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.
Trump’s complete disregard for human rights has shown that we must be loud and clear: torture is always wrong. No exceptions.
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.
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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.
Next week the Government will begin returning people to France under its ‘one in, one out’ scheme.
This scheme involves refugees being detained on arrival, causing unimaginable harm to people who have survived torture in prisons and en route.
This scheme involves refugees being detained on arrival, causing unimaginable harm to people who have survived torture in prisons and en route.
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Next week the Government will begin returning people to France under its ‘one in, one out’ scheme.
This scheme involves refugees being detained on arrival, causing unimaginable harm to people who have survived torture in prisons and en route.
This scheme involves refugees being detained on arrival, causing unimaginable harm to people who have survived torture in prisons and en route.
Last week the government suspended new refugee family reunion applications.
This devastating move will deny family life to refugees. It will simply punish those who have already suffered.
The Home Secretary must restore refugee family reunion rights and build strong communities.
This devastating move will deny family life to refugees. It will simply punish those who have already suffered.
The Home Secretary must restore refugee family reunion rights and build strong communities.
September 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last week the government suspended new refugee family reunion applications.
This devastating move will deny family life to refugees. It will simply punish those who have already suffered.
The Home Secretary must restore refugee family reunion rights and build strong communities.
This devastating move will deny family life to refugees. It will simply punish those who have already suffered.
The Home Secretary must restore refugee family reunion rights and build strong communities.