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Study of Congolese Refugee Women-At-Risk

Thursday, October 23, 2014
Posted in Refugees
A study by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University finds that at least 20 percent of incoming Congolese refugee women are expected to be resettled in the United States under the “women-at-risk” designation.
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The Policy Consequences of the U.S. Decision to Use Torture as an Instrument of War

Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Posted in Human Rights
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government launches a two-year research project to examine the policy consequences of torture.
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Renewed International Commitment to Refugees in Africa

Monday, October 13, 2014
Posted in Refugees
UNHCR Executive Committee calls on African States and the international community to address the refugee situation in Africa.
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President Announces Refugee Admissions to the U.S. for 2015

Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Posted in Refugees
On September 30, 2014, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum authorizing the admission of 70,000 refugees to the United States.
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Supporting Civil Society in the Middle East & North Africa

Monday, October 6, 2014
Posted in Human Rights
The “Arab Spring” of 2011 brought tremendous hope to people in the Middle East and North Africa as they voiced their desire for a stronger say in their own governance.
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Refugee Women in Leadership

Friday, October 3, 2014
Posted in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
For nearly three years, the Center for Victims of Torture has provided mental health care to refugees in the world’s largest refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. We hire and train men and women who are part of the refugee community in Dadaab, a complex of camps near the Somali-Kenya border. As mental health paraprofessionals, or psychosocial counselors (PSCs), they were recruited through a very competitive interviewing process.
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Poll Finds Large Bipartisan Support for Releasing CIA Torture Report

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Posted in Washington, D.C.
Today in Washington, DC, The Constitution Project released the results of a national poll finding 69 percent of Americans believe a declassified version of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture should be released to the public.Among respondents, support for releasing the report is bipartisan, with 71 percent of independents, 69 percent of Democrats, and 67 percent of Republicans saying the report should be made public.
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INTERVIEW: Ben Achtenberg

Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Refugees
Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture is an insightful one-hour documentary about the experiences of torture survivors and those who provide care to them. It highlights the need for appropriate, sensitive care for all survivors who seek refuge in the United States. Interviews with a number of survivors as well as professionals working at torture rehabilitation centers – including CVT – humanize and demystify the process of healing after extreme violence.Producer/director Ben Achtenberg spoke to us about his film. Ben is the owner and project director of the Refuge Media Project, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Update on Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians in the United States

Monday, September 29, 2014
Posted in Washington, D.C., Refugees
In early August, we wrote about a group of U.S. Senators urging President Obama to extend for two years Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians residing legally in the United States. The current eighteen-month DED extension is set to expire on September 30, 2014.On September 26, 2014, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum extending DED for qualified people from Liberia for two years, through October 1, 2016. 
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Complex Trauma: Training for Therapists

Friday, September 26, 2014
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
This month, psychotherapists from 24 torture survivor rehabilitation organizations in the United States gathered in St. Louis for a two-and-a-half day advanced clinical training on complex trauma in torture survivors. Each year, CVT’s National Capacity Building Project holds an institute for professionals to come together to focus in-depth with their colleagues across the country on a particular aspect of torture survivor rehabilitation.
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