CVT In the News
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Feeling Fear where My Parents Sought Refuge
An op ed by Yumna Rizvi, CVT policy analyst, on the experience and impact on Muslim-Americans of the U.S. response to 9/11.
Source: Inkstick Media
Date: 09/11/2021 -
Programming to Address Suicidal Behaviour among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in a Camp Setting: A Field Report from Ethiopia
Members of the CVT Ethiopia team published this article titled “Programming to Address Suicidal Behaviour among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in a Camp Setting: A Field Report from Ethiopia,” in Intervention Journal. Authors include Medhanye Alem, psychotherapist/trainer, Sandra Githaiga, clinical programs director, Esayas Kiflom, monitoring & evaluation officer, and Liyam Eloul, clinical advisor.
Source: Intervention Journal
Date: 09/10/2021 -
US Military Trial of 9/11 Suspects Drags on 20 Years After Attack
Scott Roehm, Washington director, is quoted saying: “Guantanamo should never have been stood up in the first place. Its animating philosophy was creating a place outside the reach of the law so that these men can be held for the rest of their lives.”
Source: Al Jazeera
Date: 09/10/2021 -
Guantanamo Bay: Sixty-Year Old Iraqi Detainee Suffering from Paralysis
Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, is quoted regarding the situation when Abd al-Hadi Al-Iraqi, a detainee in Guantanamo, had a medical emergency.
Source: Middle East Eye
Date: 09/10/2021 -
How to Responsibly End Three Key Rights-Abusing Post-9/11 Policies
Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, was co-author with Hina Shamsi and Priyanka Motaparthy, writing that “ . . . even in our polarized times, a significant majority of Americans are tired of perpetual conflicts and abuses, and hope that policy makers understand that our collective human security depends on new, rights-promoting ways forward.”
Source: Just Security
Date: 09/09/2021 -
Guantánamo, the Black Hole that the US has not Closed 20 Years After 9/11
Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, was interviewed about Guantánamo prison by Xesco Reverter. The clip is in Catalan.
Source: TV3 US
Date: 09/08/2021 -
As Immigrant Communities Grow and the Pandemic Drags On, So Does the Need for Better, In-Language, Mental Health Resources
This article mentions CVT’s work in Georgia and quotes Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia.
Source: 285 South
Date: 09/07/2021 -
St. Paul-based Center for Victims of Torture names new CEO
CVT’s announcement of Dr. Adams’s appointment as president and CEO was covered by Kelly Smith in the Star Tribune.
Source: Star Tribune
Date: 09/01/2021 -
East Bay Afghan residents process grief amid rush to resettle refugees
Dr. Hyojin Im, associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, comments about the mental health implications of the crisis in Afghanistan, and mentions her background with CVT.
Source: BerkeleySide
Date: 08/26/2021 -
Nuremberg Prosecutor says Guantanamo Military Commissions Don’t Measure Up
Scott Roehm, Washington director, and Alka Pradhan, Human Rights counsel at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions, write “. . . unlike the efforts at Nuremberg, which marked the birth of international criminal law, the United States decided that power – the power to hide criminal abuse of detainees and fair trial violations – would subjugate reason and the rule of law at Guantanamo.”
Source: Just Security
Date: 08/24/2021
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