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Center for Victims of Torture (CVT): Healing the wounds of torture globally, strengthening healers & human rights defenders, advocating to end #torture. www.cvt.org
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@cvtorg.bsky.social@cvtorg.bsky.social → @cvt.org📣 We are calling on the Council of Europe to extend and strengthen its instrument addressing the trade in goods used for the death penalty and torture.
Show PostWhat leads many people to seek safety in other countries is sadly quite simple: they are often direct victims of torture. Thanks to the Center for Victims of Torture for highlighting this aspect of forced migration as well as the difference that compassionate welcome can make.
Show Post💡 Three years ago, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture launched a study on the global trade in tools of torture. Omega Research Foundation was pleased to provide expert research & technical analysis.
Show PostRefugee advocates like @cwsglobal.bsky.social @rcusa.bsky.social are speaking out against cutting off Medicaid to refugees and asylees (that have not yet received green cards). Those populations are definitionally traumatized; a large percentage of them are torture survivors.
Show PostTorture often happens behind closed doors, hidden from public view. At OMCT, we partner with human rights defenders worldwide to expose torture, support survivors, and push for justice and accountability. With your support, we can continue and expand this vital work.
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