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| Founded | 1985 by Helen Bamber in the United Kingdom |
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| Type | Charity |
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| Services | Treating survivors of torture, advocacy |
Key people | Sonya Sceats (CEO) |
| Website | www |
Freedom from Torture (previously known as The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) is a British registered charity that provides therapeutic care for survivors of torture who seek protection in the UK.[1] Since it was established in 1985, more than 57,000 survivors of torture have been referred to the organisation for help and it is one of the world’s largest torture treatment centres.[2][3]
Freedom from Torture provides medical and psychological documentation of torture, a range of rehabilitation therapies, including psychotherapy, individual and family counselling, physiotherapy and complementary group work as well as practical advice and support. It trains health, legal and policy professionals throughout the UK to work with the complex needs and rights of torture survivors.
A key area of Freedom from Torture's work is to advocate for torture survivors and to ensure states responsible for torture are held accountable. It works to guarantee the human rights of survivors nationally and internationally. Freedom from Torture also supports Survivors Speak OUT (SSO), the UK's only torture survivor-led activist network.[4][5][6] All members are former Freedom from Torture clients.
- ^ "What We Do", Freedom from Torture. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Travis, Alan (13 January 2017). "UK failing Syrian refugees who survived torture, say MPs". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Nye, Catrin (21 November 2017). "Torture evidence ignored by Home Office, says charity". BBC News. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ About Survivors Speak OUT Archived 2017-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 13 March 2017
- ^ Haoussou, Kolbassia (3 March 2017). "Home Truths About Torture". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Haoussou, Kolbassia (3 June 2016). "Hissène Habré's conviction the first step on a longer road to justice for Chad". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2017.