Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
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CVT responds with sadness to the death of M.Cherif Bassiouni, a globally recognized champion of the rights of victims of torture.
Fawn Bernhardt-Norvell, CVT director of development, met with 9 women clients on a recent donor trip to CVT Jordan and reflects on the insight they shared with her.
Jim Wolford, co-owner and chief executive officer of Atomic Data, hopes that his company's sponsorship of CVT's Restoring Hope Breakfast will inspire other businesses to participate.
The following speech was delivered by Curt Goering, CVT executive director, in Spokane, Washington, on September 9, 2017. He was invited by the Washington State Religious Campaign Against Torture to speak on the occasion of settlement of an historic lawsuit filed against two psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, who designed the CIA torture program after the attacks of 9/11.
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The United States must never again resort to the use of torture. Here are ten facts about torture that everyone must know.
Curt Goering, CVT executive director, remarks on the trial of “torture psychologists” Mitchell and Jessen.
