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🙏 Special thanks to all who joined us to stand with survivors and call on the UK to lead again in the global fight to #TakeTortureSeriously.
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UN Experts Warn that UK Laws Risk Undermining Its Anti-Torture Obligations
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🙏 Special thanks to all who joined us to stand with survivors and call on the UK to lead again in the global fight to #TakeTortureSeriously.
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🗣️ Survivors Matthew Hedges, Ameer Bhanbhro, and Sepideh Sahar urged the UK to reaffirm its leadership and ensure survivor voices shape anti-torture policies.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🗣️ Survivors Matthew Hedges, Ameer Bhanbhro, and Sepideh Sahar urged the UK to reaffirm its leadership and ensure survivor voices shape anti-torture policies.
⚖️ Dr Edwards warned that UK laws — including the National Security Act and Overseas Operations Act — risk enabling impunity for torture.
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
⚖️ Dr Edwards warned that UK laws — including the National Security Act and Overseas Operations Act — risk enabling impunity for torture.
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
🎥 Tawanda Muchehiwa highlights how stronger laws and policies against torture make a difference for survivors rebuilding their lives in the UK.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎥 Tawanda Muchehiwa highlights how stronger laws and policies against torture make a difference for survivors rebuilding their lives in the UK.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
🎥 Matthew Hedges, from the Survivor Advisory Group, explains why stronger UK laws and policies on torture matter.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🎥 Matthew Hedges, from the Survivor Advisory Group, explains why stronger UK laws and policies on torture matter.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
LGBTIQ+ persons in Malawi still face violence amounting to torture, driven by discriminatory laws & practices.
States should recommend that Malawi:
✅ Criminalise torture
✅ End discriminatory laws
✅ Ensure independent investigations
✅ Train officials on LGBTIQ+ rights
Learn more:
States should recommend that Malawi:
✅ Criminalise torture
✅ End discriminatory laws
✅ Ensure independent investigations
✅ Train officials on LGBTIQ+ rights
Learn more:
UN Member States Should Call on Malawi to End Torture Against LGBTIQ+ Persons
UN Member States Should Call on Malawi to End Torture Against LGBTIQ+ Persons, Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s UPR Working Group Regarding the Fourth Cycle of Review of Malawi
redress.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
LGBTIQ+ persons in Malawi still face violence amounting to torture, driven by discriminatory laws & practices.
States should recommend that Malawi:
✅ Criminalise torture
✅ End discriminatory laws
✅ Ensure independent investigations
✅ Train officials on LGBTIQ+ rights
Learn more:
States should recommend that Malawi:
✅ Criminalise torture
✅ End discriminatory laws
✅ Ensure independent investigations
✅ Train officials on LGBTIQ+ rights
Learn more:
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#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
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#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
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United Against Torture Consortium Gathers Over 40 Human Rights Actors…
Banjul, 16 October 2025 — The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC), a coalition of six leading anti-torture organisations working with over 200 civil…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
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#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
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We remind Russian authorities that despite this decision, Russia remains bound by the absolute ban on torture and ill-treatment.
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UATC: Russia - Withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture Puts Detainees at Grave Risk - Omega Research Foundation
We, the United against Torture Consortium and Crew against Torture, express deep concern at the Russian Federation’s recent decision to formally withdraw from the European Convention for the Preventio...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We remind Russian authorities that despite this decision, Russia remains bound by the absolute ban on torture and ill-treatment.
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@irct.bsky.social, @omctorg.bsky.social, @redress.org, @fiacat-org.bsky.social
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