Rocio Roberts

Director of Finance & Central Services @ Freedom from Torture

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It's here: our 2022-2025 strategy launches TODAY!

Together with survivors of torture, supporters, and partners, we've made a new plan to create a more compassionate world from from torture.

Watch the video & head to https://t.co/yHoUN4WZTF to read our new strategy!

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Small acts of kindness can make a big difference. Watch till the end to see what your Christmas gifts mean to torture survivors like Daniel 🎁

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Stand with asylum seekers.

Stand against racism. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿

[Elly.Gaunt_lab 💙 @GauntLab]

From tomorrow my partner and I are voluntarily self isolating prior to visiting one household at Xmas. I’ve seen very little advice suggesting to do this if you can, so here I am, a virologist, saying how important I think this is.

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Thanks to you, we've delivered almost 17,000 remote therapy sessions since March.

But some people we work with have said they can't go on without some face-to-face contact with our therapists.

So today we re-open 4 of our centres for in-person services.

Update below 👇

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This is Nigel. Nigel's been sending facemasks to the survivors of torture we work with across the country.

In total, Nigel and his team have sent out over 300 facemasks, sending additional masks for families where necessary.

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We brought ex-soldier Rob and torture survivor Kolbassia together to talk about why the UK government should not decriminalise torture by British soldiers.

The Overseas Operations Bill would effectively do just that. We have to stop this. Share the video.

#NoTimeLimitOnJustice

[Kolbassia Haoussou MBE @haoussou]

Hi friends retweet this message till it get to @BorisJohnson. My message is simple: please, do not decriminalise torture , we have duty to uphold the absolute ban on torture. #NoTimeLimitOnJustice

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🏳️‍🌈 Love is love! 🏳️‍🌈

Today would have been #Pride in London. Today, we celebrate love, identity, dignity and justice for LGBTQI+ people all over the 🌍

There's still a long way to go in fight against homophobia. Many of the people we support were tortured for their sexuality.

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We think this is pretty amazing.

Damilola, who came to Scotland from central Africa with his mother, was first introduced to the bagpipes while he was at primary school aged 8. Here, he plays the bagpipes on Burns night for his local Freedom from Torture group. Bravo Damilola 👏

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Congratulations Kolbassia, I am so proud of you. No one deserve it better than you. You are an inspiration to all of us at Freedom from Torture. Well done!

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A new book alleges that Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants and refugees in the legs to stop them crossing the border.

How did our public discourse ever descend into such violent, hateful rhetoric?

This is extremely dangerous language.

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Today @patel4witham has claimed the Conservatives are "the party of law and order once again."

Has she already forgotten that it was only last week that the Supreme court ruled that @BorisJohnson's proroguing of parliament was unlawful?

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Here's one Donald Trump scandal the media isn't talking about.

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Really? #Bolsonaro, the president of #Brazil, has just named a prominent torturer a "national hero."

Extreme ideas are becoming the norm.

We have to stand up for #humanrights, Bolsonaro’s words are another step in the wrong direction: https://t.co/0TWO2BwfIG @thomsonreuters

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We have to fight for compassion, fairness and the world we want to live in. The shrinking space for civil society and #humanrights is not okay - we must defend these values. It's time to take a stand. You can by signing our #asafeplace declaration: https://t.co/Hid3OzfsZ0

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Is this a fight for Brazil's soul? Only last week President Bolsonaro labeled an army officer convicted of #torture during the military dictatorship a hero. Now, federal judges are seeking to make a sergeant accused of torture stand trial.
There is #hope.
https://t.co/k1ydKP0hGE

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Loujain al-Hathloul, a human rights activist and feminist in Saudi Arabia, has been subjected to torture.

Authorities have tried to cover this up by forcing her to deny it to camera, but she has refused. RT to show solidarity with Loujain ❤. https://t.co/FliWr1VJo5