Sign the petition: torture survivors deserve protection not rejection

The UK has a proud tradition of standing up and protecting the world’s most vulnerable people. But right now, when people who have been tortured arrive in the UK, they are too often faced with rejection. By supporting our new campaign you can help us to change this.

For many survivors of torture, proving what has been done to them is becoming near impossible, even when they present extensive medical evidence.

Here at Freedom from Torture our expert doctors provide in depth evidence documenting torture scars and psychological trauma in line with international standards as part of a torture survivor’s asylum claim.

But bureaucracy and poor decision making mean that torture survivors can be wrongly refused asylum and they experience months and often years of disbelief and uncertainty.

When a survivor of torture is wrongly refused asylum, they experience unimaginable distress. For many people, it’s life or death. They know that when the wrong decision is made, they could be forced to return to their torturers. Legal appeals are harrowing for them and costly to UK taxpayers.

Our new flagship campaign - Proving Torture - will work with the Home Office and Tribunal to ensure that the opinions of independent medical experts are properly assessed by asylum decision-makers.

You can help us protect torture survivors here in the UK.

Please sign our petition asking Home Secretary Amber Rudd to give people who have been tortured the protection they deserve.