CVT In the News
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U study finds high rates of war trauma among Karen refugees
The StarTribune reports on a study co-authored by University of Minnesota professor and CVT Research Associate Patricia Shannon on the prevalence of torture and war trauma among newly arrived Karen refugees.
Source: StarTribune
Date: 01/13/2015 -
What Gov. Mark Dayton can crib from former Gov. Rudy Perpich
The start of CVT is mentioned in this column about the accomplishments of former Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich.
Source: StarTribune
Date: 01/02/2015 -
U's Humphrey School will work to advance human rights
CVT is mentioned in this editorial about a new collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Human Rights Watch.
Source: StarTribune
Date: 12/30/2014 -
Medical Complicity with Torture
Dr. Steve Miles, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics and a CVT board member, speaks on doctors’ involvement in torture.
Source: The Michael Slate Show
Date: 12/24/2014 -
CIA Torture Report: Now Is the Time to Act
Executive Director Curt Goering writes that the release of the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's historic and bipartisan report on the CIA torture program is an important victory in securing transparency, reform, and accountability. He also states what else should be done to prevent torture and cruelty from happening again.
Source: The Huffington Post
Date: 12/22/2014 -
Ruben Rosario: Medical profession refuses to heal itself of doctor-assisted torture
Dr. Steve Miles, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics and a CVT board member, speaks on doctors’ involvement in torture and the need for accountability for their actions.
Source: Pioneer Press
Date: 12/19/2014 -
Ruben Rosario: For Tony Oliva and Ignacio Herrera, Cuba is personal
Senior Consulting Clinician Rosa E. Garcia-Peltoniemi, Ph.D, LP speaks on President Obama's recent Cuba policy changes.
Source: Pioneer Press
Date: 12/19/2014 -
A CIA program that went too far
Legal Fellow Marie Soueid writes a letter to the editor of The Washington Post on the CIA Torture Report and calls for the current ban on torture to be codified into law.
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 12/16/2014 -
Commentary: The US paid torture doctors millions. Why is it last in the world in punishing them?
Dr. Steve Miles, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics and a CVT board member, writes this commentary about doctors’ involvement in torture and the lack of accountability for their actions.
Source: The Guardian
Date: 12/16/2014 -
Cheney’s Tortured Facts
Dr. Steve Miles, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics and a CVT board member, is mentioned in this analysis of Vice President Cheney's views on torture.
Source: FactCheck.org
Date: 12/16/2014
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