Scoop: More than 100 immigrant, refugee, human rights and aid groups sent a letter demanding Congress and Biden reinstate funding to UNRWA USA

“Failing to do so would be a moral stain on this Administration and Congress’s legacy.' Read it here first: huffpost.com/entry/biden-co…

“Being a journalist is not a crime, but systematically killing them is.” Simon Adams comments in Inter Press Service on the 100 journalists killed in the Israel/Hamas conflict.

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“No one is born ready to work in high trauma fields,” said Liyam Eloul, CVT clinical advisor. “We need ongoing training and support to build those muscles.” IRCT
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As we end Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month, read how marginalized communities, including refugees, are at a disproportionate risk for this type of violence. #SAAPM
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Civil society is united: it is time for #TortureFreeTrade . @omega_RF joins organisations from around the world in calling for a Treaty to address the torture trade
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“The world is watching and will not soon forget the callousness of the United States’ refusal to fund UNRWA’s crucial aid for Palestinians during this catastrophic and deadly conflict…This is a moral failure.” - Yumna Rizvi, Center for Victims of Torture

Fleeing without preparation doesn’t look like a hotel stay. Often, it looks like carrying a sleeping bag on your back.

Even though seeking asylum is a right, survivors often experience harsh conditions to get the chance. Read more about our role:
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Now more than ever, ⁦UNRWA⁩ provides an essential lifeline to starving Palestinians in the bombed-out remnants of #Gaza . ⁦Center for Victims of Torture⁩ proudly joined over 100 NGO partners in calling for the US🇺🇸 Congress to restore full funding to UNRWA. huffpost.com/entry/biden-co…

'What is unique about Abu Ghraib is that, unlike Guantanamo and other CIA secret prisons, the world has seen the atrocities that took place there... [And] no victim has received redress relative to the harm they live with.'

— #AJOpinion by Yumna Rizvi ⤵️aje.io/2jr6g9

Nearly 20 years later, three Iraqi survivors of torture at Abu Ghraib are finally get the chance to have their voices heard.

Yumna Rizvi in Al Jazeera English
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The US should uphold its commitment to the human rights of the Palestinian people & resume its role as a strong supporter of UNRWA by passing legislation to reinstate funding to the humanitarian agency immediately.

Read Yumna Rizvi in HuffPost 'What people are experiencing is not post-traumatic, in any sense of the term. This is an ongoing and continuous traumatic threat because it is not ending, and the survival skills that they’re using to stay alive, the longer they use them, the

“The world is watching and will not soon forget the callousness of the United States’ refusal to fund UNRWA’s crucial aid for Palestinians during this catastrophic and deadly conflict. As the U.S. fails to act, children and families are being displaced in shocking numbers, and

🚨 Center for Victims of Torture joins 103 refugee & human rights organizations in urging the U.S. government to restore funding to UNRWA. #RestoreUNRWAFundingNow bit.ly/RestoreUNRWAFu…

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“In the courtroom, the plaintiffs gave harrowing accounts of their experiences at Abu Ghraib and the effects with which they live with 20 years later.”

Yumna Rizvi on Abu Ghraib and her critical work with Center for Victims of Torture:

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Twenty years ago today, on April 28th, 2004, horrific photos of #torture at #AbuGhraib prison in #Iraq were exposed to the world on CBS' 60 minutes. No one in the #Bush administration was held accountable to this day. But thanks to The CCR, the corporation that conspired with

CVT is conducting a randomized controlled trial on the impact of trauma-informed and culturally-responsive integrated massage therapy (TCI-Massage) on pain, sleep and heart health in a population of refugees & asylum seekers at CVT clinics in St. Paul, Minn.

“Torture is about intentionally breaking the human – mind, body, and spirit; it doesn’t end when the acts stop. That is why telling the story matters.” 20 yrs after disclosure of the Abu Ghraib photos of torture, Yumna Rizvi writes for Al Jazeera English
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“They could not even make eye contact with each other – a simple human act to see & be seen – because of the shame they felt over what was done,” writes Yumna Rizvi Center for Victims of Torture. “The difficulties in interacting with family, loss of meaningful relationships...” aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/…