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Freedom from Torture (previously known as ''The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture'')〔Freedom from Torture: Our new name http://www.freedomfromtorture.org/5419〕 is a British registered charity which provides therapeutic care for survivors of torture in the UK.〔(Channel 4 Dispatches Program "The Kids Britain Doesn't Want", 25 November 2010 ). accessed 12 February 2011〕 Since it was established in 1985, over 52,000 people have been referred to the organisation for help. Freedom from Torture provides medical and psychological documentation of torture, a range of therapies, including psychotherapy, individual and family counseling, physiotherapy and complementary therapies and group work as well as practical advice and support. It trains health professionals and others throughout the UK to work with torture survivors. A key area of Freedom from Torture's work is educating the public and decision makers about torture and its consequences, and advocating for torture survivors with the aim of keeping this issue on the national agenda. == History == Freedom from Torture began in the early 1980s, (as part of the Medical Group ) of Amnesty International.The organisation was set up to improve existing health services for torture survivors in the UK. This work initially took the form of campaigns against violations of human rights and the documentation of evidence of torture by volunteer health professionals and senior medical specialists as a reaction . In 1985, under the leadership of Helen Bamber, the organisation was established as a registered charity. It provided medical treatment, counselling and therapy to torture survivors and documented evidence of torture using the Istanbul Protocol. Sponsorship came from the heads of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists and Royal College of Surgeons of England. It worked at first in two rooms in the former National Temperance Hospital, off Hampstead Road in north-west London.〔Freedom from Torture history: http://www.freedomfromtorture.org/about/33〕 By 1990, the organisation was treating 750 clients and then moved to a building in Grafton Road, Kentish Town. The organisation began a regional programme 〔Freedom from Torture's Regional Program http://www.freedomfromtorture.org/about/15〕 in late 2003 with the opening of a centre in Manchester, treating clients living in the north-west. This followed the Government's (Dispersal scheme on BBC News ), which saw asylum seekers relocated outside of London. In 2004, the London headquarters moved into a £5.8m treatment centre in Isledon Road, Finsbury Park. The building was purpose-built by architect (Paul Hyett ). Freedom from Torture’s Scotland centre opened in Glasgow in 2004, followed by the Newcastle centre in 2006 and the (Birmingham ) centre in 2009. These regional centres were opened to treat torture survivors who had been dispersed outside of London.〔("The Integration of Refugees - Positive Practice for Health Professionals", Home Office National Refugee Integration website ), accessed 12 February 2011〕 Freedom from Torture's chief executive officer is Susan Munroe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freedom from Torture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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