Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Noor (a pseudonym) fled to Amman, Jordan, from her home in Syria. She found CVT Jordan, and now she is sharing her story so that others learn about what happened in Syria.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Posted in Washington, D.C., Human Rights, Immigration
Curt Goering, CVT executive director, and Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia, detail the deadly new enemy confronted by torture survivors in ICE detention: the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Yusra Al-Kailani, CVT psychotherapist and resilience programming trainer, delivered this speech on 26 June, 2020, at a United Nations event: “Combatting Torture and Ill-Treatment in Times of COVID-19: Testimonies from the Ground.”
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Randa Peter Anthony, rehabilitation assistant, CVT Kalobeyei, writes about her work with survivors and the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her and her clients.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Posted in Washington, D.C., Human Rights
Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, describes this administration’s latest efforts to obliterate asylum under the guise of protecting people from the pandemic.
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Friday, June 26, 2020
In honor of 26 June, 2020, the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, CVT Ethiopia-Tigray held a poetry contest, and these are the winning entries.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Refugees
Ansam Abusabha, physiotherapist, CVT Jordan writes about the changes and empowerment she sees in her clients as they go through the healing process.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
Edna Gicovi, psychotherapist/trainer with CVT Nairobi, writes about the challenges confronted by clients since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Joseph Wesonga, physiotherapist/trainer, CVT Kakuma, writes about how his work with clients continues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Ahmad Al-Shouly, CVT Jordan social services manager, and Hadeel Al-Mkhaimer and Esraa Janajreh, social workers, discuss their efforts to help clients cope with the challenges they are facing during the pandemic.
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