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Welcome to acat UK

ACAT(UK) was formed in 1984 by the then British Council of Churches, with the active support of Amnesty International. ACAT is affiliated to the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FiACAT) in Paris, and is a Body in Association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. ACAT's aim is to work, as Christians, for the abolition of torture worldwide. We seek to increase awareness in the Churches and among Christians of the widespread and evil use of torture and the need, for reasons of Christian faith, to campaign for its abolition.

Our Aims

- to work as Christians, for the abolition of torture worldwide
- to increase awareness of the widespread and evil use of torture
- to campaign for its total abolition
- to be a POWER HOUSE of Prayer

Our Work

- to to obtain information on specific examples of torture world wide
- to write letters to governments in countries where torture is practised calling for its abolition
- to support the victims of torture and ill treatment
- to pray for the tortured and the torturers
- to keep abreast of legislation relating to torture