CVT In the News
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Four Questions That Deserve Answers at the Guantanamo Oversight Hearing
Ahead of next week’s Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Guantánamo Bay prison, Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, wrote this op ed for The Hill.
Source: The Hill
Date: 12/03/2021 -
The Biden Administration’s Moment of Truth on Torture Evidence
Authors including Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, write in support of a petition by Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri, a detainee at Guantánamo prison.
Source: Just Security
Date: 12/01/2021 -
CDC’s Title 42 Ban on Immigration at Southern Border Openly Discriminates without Scientific Basis
Jessica Douglas, external relations officer, CVT Georgia, writes about the CDC’s Title 42 Ban and advocates for its immediate recension.
Source: Medium
Date: 11/29/2021 -
David Weissbrodt, Longtime University of Minnesota Professor Who Founded its Human Rights Center, Dies
The Star Tribune published this article about David Weissbrodt, who was one of CVT’s founders and long-time board member.
Source: Star Tribune
Date: 11/22/2021 -
Buffet Institute To Screen Kazkaz’s The Translator
Dr. Simon Adams, president & CEO, will speak on the panel at this screening of the film "The Translator."
Source: Northwestern University
Date: 11/09/2021 -
Around the World on World Mental Health Day
A panel discussion by the CVT Ethiopia team in Tigray for World Mental Health Day is mentioned.
Source: Int'l Medical Corps
Date: 11/05/2021 -
A Torture Survivor Speaks at the Guantanamo Military Commissions
Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, attended the military commission sentencing hearing of Majid Khan at Guantanamo.
Source: Just Security
Date: 11/04/2021 -
As Georgia Faces Labor Shortage, Lawmakers Consider Solutions from Immigrant Advocates
Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia, is quoted saying, “It’s the perfect time to maximize the talent that we have to meet the business needs that we have.”
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date: 10/22/2021 -
'Protection Responsibility' Discussed in the Last Session of TRT World Forum 2021
Simon Adams, Ph.D., CVT president & CEO, is quoted from his comments on a panel at the TRT World Forum.
Source: YeniBirLik
Date: 10/21/2021 -
MIL-OSI USA: Reps Omar, Schakowsky Introduce Combating Global Islamophobia Bill
CVT endorsed the Combating International Islamophobia Act introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Source: Foreign Affairs
Date: 10/21/2021
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