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🌈 Highlight of next week for me: speaking Tuesday afternoon at the Bates Wells Spotlight conference for charities on "Speaking up and speaking out – the opportunities and risks of being bold in the public debate". Full line-up / Zoom link: bateswells.co.uk/services/chari…

Craig Bennett, CEO of The Wildlife Trusts , said at Bates Wells’ annual charity conference that there are always risks when charities campaign to achieve change. But charities need to be bold when campaigning and stick to their charitable objectives civilsociety.co.uk/news/charities…

“I hope telling my story can help people understand why someone who can’t swim could find himself in the middle of the English Channel.” We need a fair new plan for refugees. #TogetherWithRefugees mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i…

The recording of concert on 9 July to raise funds for the charity 'Freedom from Torture'. To support secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/159952/do… One of Brahms' greatest works played by wonderful musicians. I hope you enjoy listening. facebook.com/share/18bfNUS8…

No one says no to Habeeba!

It is shocking to see Syrian prisoners who have survived decades in Assad's prisons. Finally they are free. Yet thousands upon thousands didn't survive. They were executed or tortured to death. theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

Thinking of all the Syrians who have passed through our Freedom from Torture🧡 clinics following unspeakable abuses in Assad’s torture chambers. Now for justice. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Inside our therapy rooms: we support Syrian survivors of torture to heal after what they endured in Assad’s torture chambers ⤵️ mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.

"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen." — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

We Freedom from Torture🧡 stand ready with survivors of torture to ensure the UK never again gets drawn into a US torture programme. Here’s our Roslyn Rennie on why Trump’s return requires the UK to step up on the global torture ban.

The #ICC condemns the issuance by the US of an Executive Order seeking to impose sanctions on its officials and harm its independent and impartial judicial work. icc-cpi.int/news/icc-conde…

'I came to the UK on a small boat to escape torture - now I have an MBE. Blocking refugees from citizenship is a dark moment' buff.ly/41b5nSJ

"They're profiting from our suffering". Bahraini torture survivor Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei spoke to Channel 4 about the link between Huddersfield Uni, the Bahrain Royal Academy of Police & torture. The Academy is known internationally as a "torture hub” yet the uni continues the partnership.

Channel 4 News team tells us this report had > 100,000 views in 24 hours 👀

Cambridge University at risk of ‘teaching torturers’ varsity.co.uk/news/29174

Our explainer for The New Arab on Starmer's new asylum Bill: restoring the right to asylum while criminalising survivors of torture and others who try to rely on it. newarab.com/opinion/uk-bor…

When traditional systems fail, bold leadership finds a way. On The Longest Day Podcast, Sonya Sceats shares how Freedom from Torture is forging unexpected collaborations to better serve survivors. 🎧 Tune in soon here: bit.ly/thelongestdayp…

Labour must not succumb to divisive us-versus-them politics and stand firm in defending refugee rights, not grow numb to their suffering, says Sonya Sceats⬇️ newarab.com/opinion/stop-f…