Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Monday, May 18, 2020
Salwa Al-Haj Saeed, outreach worker at CVT Jordan, works with a team of volunteers to connect with the refugee community and to keep that connection during the pandemic.
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Monday, May 11, 2020
The CVT Uganda-Gulu team is adapting care in the time of COVID-19 and caring for clients across the region.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Refugees
In this third story in her series, Farah Al-Dweik, senior physiotherapist, CVT Jordan, writes from the perspective of a representative client who escaped Syria after her son was kidnapped and then returned to her
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads around the world, people can take steps to help refugees and asylum seekers.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, writes about the urgent need to designate Venezuela for temporary protected status.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Posted in Washington, D.C., Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees
The public charge rule never should have been implemented and is dangerously irresponsible, explains Michelle Rodenburg of CVT’s D.C. office.
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Monday, March 16, 2020
On a recent visit to Mexicali, Mexico, Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, observed many impacts of the "Remain in Mexico" policy on asylum seekers.
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Refugees
Mohammad Atieh, physiotherapist at CVT Jordan, writes about how CVT's care helps clients begin to look forward to a future.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The CVT Kalobeyei team has been extending care to survivors of torture for two years now, and clients report strong results.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Hiba lived in Syria and was newly married when the war forced her to flee her home for the first time. Read her story of courage and strength and finding CVT Jordan and a new life.
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