{"id":189984,"date":"2018-04-22T05:35:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T00:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189984"},"modified":"2018-04-23T02:50:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T21:20:35","slug":"support-now-help-sri-lankan-torture-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/support-now-help-sri-lankan-torture-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Now! Help Sri Lankan Torture Victims!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update<\/strong> – Rohan will\u00a0leave the donation account open for a few days, so you still can donate!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rohan Jayasekera<\/a>‘s London Marathon run to raise funds for Sri Lankan torture survivors. Money goes to Freedom from Torture – formerly the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture \u2013 is the only UK charity dedicated to provide the kind of specialist therapy that survivors of physical & mental abuse need. One ore day to go. You can still donate, make a small contribution!!<\/p>\n

Rohan Jayasekera is an English journalist and former deputy CEO of Index on Censorship<\/a> in London. He\u00a0writes to Colombo Telegraph too<\/a>.\u00a0The link below gives more details about the event:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can donate here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The charity Freedom from Torture currently provides therapeutic care for more survivors from Sri Lanka that any other nation \u2013 and incredibly, it\u2019s been like that for seven years.<\/p>\n

Freedom from Torture – formerly the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture \u2013 is the only UK charity dedicated to provide the kind of specialist therapy that survivors of physical & mental abuse need.<\/p>\n

Journalist Rohan Jayasekera is chair of a local fundraising & awareness team for Freedom from Torture, and he\u2019s running in this Sunday\u2019s Virgin Money London Marathon 2018 to raise money for the charity\u2019s work, and he wants your support.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You can sponsor him by following the link (bit.ly\/rjruns<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The organisers pledge that every penny he raises will go to the charity \u2013 with no overheads charged online.
\nEvery survivor of torture in the UK has a different story. It means their needs are different, too. That\u2019s why the charity tailors the support it offers to suit each person who comes to its centres around the country.
\nFreedom from Torture provides counselling and expert medical assessments to support survivors\u2019 asylum claims, plus a range of innovative group therapy activities, like gardening, music, creative writing and cookery.<\/p>\n

As a journalist, The Write to Life programme is special to Rohan. It\u2019s the longest running refugee writers\u2019 group in the UK and the only one specifically for survivors of torture. Its mentors help survivors overcome their trauma by revisiting the most awful hours of their lives and through writing, come to terms with their experience.<\/p>\n

The work of Freedom from Torture began more than 30 years ago growing out of Amnesty International\u2019s Medical Group. Volunteer health professionals campaigned against violations of human rights and documented evidence of torture.<\/p>\n

Sadly the legacies of torture live on with many survivors, and many countries \u2013 Sri Lanka among them \u2013 have been slow to deal with the men behind it. In July 2017, Ben Emmerson QC, the former UN Special Rapporteur on protection of human rights while countering terrorism, visited Sri Lanka and concluded that \u201cthe use of torture was and remains today, endemic and routine\u201d.<\/p>\n

Please sponsor Rohan on the Marathon website (bit.ly\/rjruns<\/a>).
\nhttps:\/\/uk.virginmoneygiving.com\/fundraiser-display\/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=rjruns&pageUrl=2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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