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Freedom From Torture
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Campaigners say citizenship ban risks turning refugees into ‘second‑class’ residents
Torture survivors and charities in Scotland have condemned the UK Government’s citizenship ban for refugees, arguing it means people
Torture charity asks governments to better protect women from violence
The physical and mental abuse Sana suffered took place over many years and left her isolated, lonely and “psychologically destroyed”
Podcast: UK Government rhetoric puts torture survivors at risk, says top psychotherapist
The UK Government is “whipping up hatred” against asylum seekers and putting vulnerable people at “real risk” from harm, according
Glasgow City Council criticised over free bus passes for asylum seekers
A charity that helps survivors of torture has accused Glasgow City Council of failing to provide young asylum seekers and
Survivor of child torture fights deportation to Rwanda
A Syrian survivor of childhood torture and detention has become the second person in Scotland to fight Home Office plans
Soaring rates of self-harm by asylum seekers linked to ‘institutional’ accommodation
Reports of suicide and self harm by asylum seekers increased by more than 250 per cent in a four month
Revealed: 16 asylum seekers died in six months
A total of 16 people seeking asylum in the UK died in the six months before lockdown, leading to a
Increase allowance for asylum seekers, charities tell UK government
A charity in Glasgow that counsels torture survivors is among 60 organisations who have written to the UK government calling
Torture survivors left with no heating due to voucher system
Torture survivors living on £5 a day in Glasgow are being forced to travel for miles to get power to
‘Hostile environment’: Theresa May’s policy driving refugees into destitution
Hardline immigration policies in the UK have led to traumatised people being left destitute and wrongly detained, according to the
Hundreds of destitute asylum seekers forced to travel from Scotland to Liverpool
Torture victims and vulnerable women were among hundreds of asylum seekers forced to make 400-mile round trips from Scotland to
Torture victims kept at Dungavel despite mental health concerns
Dozens of torture victims detained at Dungavel House in South Lanarkshire have been refused release despite doctors submitting reports to