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.
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
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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
📢 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
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
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 🌠
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.
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.
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce the use of military barracks to house people seeking safety.
But housing torture survivors in barracks risks reopening deep wounds.
The solution to asylum housing is simple: make fast & fair asylum decisions so survivors can rebuild their lives.
But housing torture survivors in barracks risks reopening deep wounds.
The solution to asylum housing is simple: make fast & fair asylum decisions so survivors can rebuild their lives.
September 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce the use of military barracks to house people seeking safety.
But housing torture survivors in barracks risks reopening deep wounds.
The solution to asylum housing is simple: make fast & fair asylum decisions so survivors can rebuild their lives.
But housing torture survivors in barracks risks reopening deep wounds.
The solution to asylum housing is simple: make fast & fair asylum decisions so survivors can rebuild their lives.
📍Near Reform’s party conference in Birmingham
No politician should be trying to send torture survivors back to their torturers. Least of all the Taliban.
For centuries, Britain has protected people fleeing torture. Sending people back to their torturers is NOT who we are as a country.
No politician should be trying to send torture survivors back to their torturers. Least of all the Taliban.
For centuries, Britain has protected people fleeing torture. Sending people back to their torturers is NOT who we are as a country.
September 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📍Near Reform’s party conference in Birmingham
No politician should be trying to send torture survivors back to their torturers. Least of all the Taliban.
For centuries, Britain has protected people fleeing torture. Sending people back to their torturers is NOT who we are as a country.
No politician should be trying to send torture survivors back to their torturers. Least of all the Taliban.
For centuries, Britain has protected people fleeing torture. Sending people back to their torturers is NOT who we are as a country.
🚨 Nigel Farage is in Birmingham today, where he'll be talking about Reform's plans to try to send torture survivors into the arms of their torturers.
So here's a new billboard to show who has come out to back his new plan.
📍near Reform’s party conference, Birmingham
So here's a new billboard to show who has come out to back his new plan.
📍near Reform’s party conference, Birmingham
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🚨 Nigel Farage is in Birmingham today, where he'll be talking about Reform's plans to try to send torture survivors into the arms of their torturers.
So here's a new billboard to show who has come out to back his new plan.
📍near Reform’s party conference, Birmingham
So here's a new billboard to show who has come out to back his new plan.
📍near Reform’s party conference, Birmingham
Every photo tells a powerful story.
These images are more than memories, show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. You can help these stories stay alive to ensure that survivors will never have to stand alone. Click the link for more info: fftdonate.org/40th
These images are more than memories, show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. You can help these stories stay alive to ensure that survivors will never have to stand alone. Click the link for more info: fftdonate.org/40th
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Every photo tells a powerful story.
These images are more than memories, show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. You can help these stories stay alive to ensure that survivors will never have to stand alone. Click the link for more info: fftdonate.org/40th
These images are more than memories, show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. You can help these stories stay alive to ensure that survivors will never have to stand alone. Click the link for more info: fftdonate.org/40th
Torture is never justified. 40 years since Freedom from Torture was founded, torture still exists in many places around the world.
Your support doesn’t just heal wounds – it rebuilds lives, restores hope, and help us move towards a future free from torture. Donate via the link today: bit.ly/45sX3Pk
Your support doesn’t just heal wounds – it rebuilds lives, restores hope, and help us move towards a future free from torture. Donate via the link today: bit.ly/45sX3Pk
August 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Torture is never justified. 40 years since Freedom from Torture was founded, torture still exists in many places around the world.
Your support doesn’t just heal wounds – it rebuilds lives, restores hope, and help us move towards a future free from torture. Donate via the link today: bit.ly/45sX3Pk
Your support doesn’t just heal wounds – it rebuilds lives, restores hope, and help us move towards a future free from torture. Donate via the link today: bit.ly/45sX3Pk
We have achieved some incredible things in the past 40 years.
Right now, we can receive up to 100 referrals a month and sadly, we have no choice but to turn most people away.
Show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. Click the link to donate: bit.ly/40NdyUR
Right now, we can receive up to 100 referrals a month and sadly, we have no choice but to turn most people away.
Show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. Click the link to donate: bit.ly/40NdyUR
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We have achieved some incredible things in the past 40 years.
Right now, we can receive up to 100 referrals a month and sadly, we have no choice but to turn most people away.
Show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. Click the link to donate: bit.ly/40NdyUR
Right now, we can receive up to 100 referrals a month and sadly, we have no choice but to turn most people away.
Show that you stand with torture survivors by leaving a gift today. Click the link to donate: bit.ly/40NdyUR
The fight isn’t over.
We continue to fight against torture. Together, we’ve supported and empowered survivors.
There’s a long way to go but, with your unwavering support, we can create a world free from torture. Click the link to learn more: bit.ly/3Hbq4a5
We continue to fight against torture. Together, we’ve supported and empowered survivors.
There’s a long way to go but, with your unwavering support, we can create a world free from torture. Click the link to learn more: bit.ly/3Hbq4a5
August 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The fight isn’t over.
We continue to fight against torture. Together, we’ve supported and empowered survivors.
There’s a long way to go but, with your unwavering support, we can create a world free from torture. Click the link to learn more: bit.ly/3Hbq4a5
We continue to fight against torture. Together, we’ve supported and empowered survivors.
There’s a long way to go but, with your unwavering support, we can create a world free from torture. Click the link to learn more: bit.ly/3Hbq4a5
For far too long, racialised communities and people seeking safety from torture and war have been scapegoated by politicians who have failed to deal with the social and economic hardships that we are all living through. What we saw this weekend is the result of this.
July 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
For far too long, racialised communities and people seeking safety from torture and war have been scapegoated by politicians who have failed to deal with the social and economic hardships that we are all living through. What we saw this weekend is the result of this.
Truly an inspiration to us all.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
July 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Truly an inspiration to us all.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
Right now, across the world, there is more armed conflict than ever, since 1945. And when there is war, the risk of torture increases.
So today, and every other day, we will continue fighting with survivors for justice and for a world free from torture, where they can rebuild their lives in safety.
So today, and every other day, we will continue fighting with survivors for justice and for a world free from torture, where they can rebuild their lives in safety.
July 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Right now, across the world, there is more armed conflict than ever, since 1945. And when there is war, the risk of torture increases.
So today, and every other day, we will continue fighting with survivors for justice and for a world free from torture, where they can rebuild their lives in safety.
So today, and every other day, we will continue fighting with survivors for justice and for a world free from torture, where they can rebuild their lives in safety.
We know you were born cool 😎
Let's stand with refugees and remind all politicians that we care, and that compassion has never been more important.
Buy your ‘refugees welcome’ t-shirt today: bit.ly/408XCfl
Let's stand with refugees and remind all politicians that we care, and that compassion has never been more important.
Buy your ‘refugees welcome’ t-shirt today: bit.ly/408XCfl
July 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We know you were born cool 😎
Let's stand with refugees and remind all politicians that we care, and that compassion has never been more important.
Buy your ‘refugees welcome’ t-shirt today: bit.ly/408XCfl
Let's stand with refugees and remind all politicians that we care, and that compassion has never been more important.
Buy your ‘refugees welcome’ t-shirt today: bit.ly/408XCfl
Last year we supported more clients from Iran than anywhere else.
During conflict, there is risk of escalating repression and torture. Reports of bombing at Evin prison, a notorious torture site, can be triggering for our clients.
But no matter what, we will continue fighting for an end to torture
During conflict, there is risk of escalating repression and torture. Reports of bombing at Evin prison, a notorious torture site, can be triggering for our clients.
But no matter what, we will continue fighting for an end to torture
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Last year we supported more clients from Iran than anywhere else.
During conflict, there is risk of escalating repression and torture. Reports of bombing at Evin prison, a notorious torture site, can be triggering for our clients.
But no matter what, we will continue fighting for an end to torture
During conflict, there is risk of escalating repression and torture. Reports of bombing at Evin prison, a notorious torture site, can be triggering for our clients.
But no matter what, we will continue fighting for an end to torture
Nasrin took to the streets to stand against human rights abuses in Iran – such as widespread executions & women's inequality.
But the government imprisoned, tortured & threatened her with sexual violence.
Read more about Nasrin & support survivors today: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
But the government imprisoned, tortured & threatened her with sexual violence.
Read more about Nasrin & support survivors today: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
June 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Nasrin took to the streets to stand against human rights abuses in Iran – such as widespread executions & women's inequality.
But the government imprisoned, tortured & threatened her with sexual violence.
Read more about Nasrin & support survivors today: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
But the government imprisoned, tortured & threatened her with sexual violence.
Read more about Nasrin & support survivors today: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
Torture is always wrong - No exceptions, no justifications.
But around the world, governments continue using torture to silence people.
This International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, survivors are speaking out:
Read their stories now: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
But around the world, governments continue using torture to silence people.
This International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, survivors are speaking out:
Read their stories now: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
June 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Torture is always wrong - No exceptions, no justifications.
But around the world, governments continue using torture to silence people.
This International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, survivors are speaking out:
Read their stories now: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
But around the world, governments continue using torture to silence people.
This International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, survivors are speaking out:
Read their stories now: www.freedomfromtorture.org/news-and-sto...
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 💙
shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
All the proceeds from the T-shirts go to supporting refugees rebuild their lives in the UK 💙
shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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 💙
shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
All the proceeds from the T-shirts go to supporting refugees rebuild their lives in the UK 💙
shop.freedomfromtorture.org/collections/...
Imagine finding safety here, but never being able to become a citizen?
This government has effectively made that a reality for 1000's of people fleeing war & torture.
This Refugee Week, One Strong Voice campaigners took their message about the cruel citizenship ban to the streets.
Share this now.
This government has effectively made that a reality for 1000's of people fleeing war & torture.
This Refugee Week, One Strong Voice campaigners took their message about the cruel citizenship ban to the streets.
Share this now.
June 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Imagine finding safety here, but never being able to become a citizen?
This government has effectively made that a reality for 1000's of people fleeing war & torture.
This Refugee Week, One Strong Voice campaigners took their message about the cruel citizenship ban to the streets.
Share this now.
This government has effectively made that a reality for 1000's of people fleeing war & torture.
This Refugee Week, One Strong Voice campaigners took their message about the cruel citizenship ban to the streets.
Share this now.