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Torture is a deliberate and systematic dismantling of a person’s identity and humanity through physical or psychological pain and suffering. Torture’s purpose is to destroy a sense of community, eliminate leaders, create a climate of fear, and produce a culture of apathy. The most common forms of torture reported by CVT clients are beatings and psychological torture. It is estimated that there are more than 50,000 torture survivors in Minnesota and as many as 1.3 million in the U.S.
Press Releases
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CVT Denounces Trump Administration’s Misguided Attempt to Ban Individuals from Seeking Asylum at U.S. Southern Border
Posted: 07/15/2019
CVT explains the potential impacts on torture survivors of the new and misguided ban on asylum at the southern border. Read More ⇒
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Report Documents Pervasive Deficiencies in Medical Care of Detainees at Guantánamo Bay Detention Center
Posted: 06/26/2019
This week, the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) released a report detailing widespread medical deficiency at the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Read More ⇒
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Center for Victims of Torture Presents 2019 Eclipse Award to Annunciation House
Posted: 06/25/2019
The Center for Victims of Torture™ (CVT) is today presenting its annual Eclipse Award to Annunciation House, an organization founded to serve refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants at the U.S. southern border, and to Ruben Garcia, its executive director. The award is presented each year to an individual or organization that has played a crucial role in ending torture or in extending care and rehabilitation to torture survivors. Read More ⇒
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