Sign the TASSC Petition to President Obama to Close Guantanamo Now

May 2, 2013

Urgent! Tell President Obama to Close Guantanamo Now   Dear President Obama, As survivors of torture, we are extremely concerned that at least 21...
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Ask the Senate to Protect Survivors and Asylum Seekers

April 24, 2013

 Ask the Senate to Protect Survivors and Asylum Seekers   . S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act includes significant,...
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Community of Healing Meeting Celebrates Interns and Asylees

April 22, 2013

On Saturday, April 20, survivors from TASSC and their families joined together at our monthly Community of Healing gathering to celebrate, and to say...
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End Torture – Welcome Survivors: TASSC June Survivor Week: June 20 – 26, 2013

April 4, 2013

  This June will mark the 16th anniversary of TASSC International’s June Survivor Week. We invite you to participate in our activities during the...
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More from Helping Hands

Congressional Briefing Urges President Obama to Close Guantanamo

May 16, 2013

TASSC was present at a special Congressional Briefing called by Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) on May 10 calling on President Obama to close Guantanamo.Congressional Briefing...
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May 17 – Day 100 of the Hunger Strike in Guantanamo: Call President Obama

May 13, 2013

On May 17, people around the world will mark the 100th day of the current hunger strike and over 11 years of indefinite detention...
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Urgent TASSC Action Alert: Tell Arizona Senators to Close Eloy Immigration Detention Center

May 7, 2013

“Gang of 8” Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake: Release Immigrants from Eloy Detention Center and Close It Down! Editorial Note: Many survivors of...
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Communities of Healing

TASSC Advocates for Survivors of Torture in Immigration Detention

TASSC Advocates for Survivors of Torture in Immigration Detention

  To our shock and surprise, more than forty survivors who came to TASSC in the past two years from Africa, most of them from Ethiopia and Eritrea, reached the United States by traveling through Latin America and crossing the U.S. – Mexico border to ask for political asylum. They were subsequently detained in...

Thank You! Your Help Provides the Beacon of Hope for Survivors and Their Families

Thank You! Your Help Provides the Beacon of Hope for Survivors and Their Families

Make no mistake.  Your help and support make a huge difference in the lives of torture survivors.  Thanks to your generosity more than 1,000 survivors have been helped by TASSC in the last four years.  I want you to know how important your help is to survivors.  Your support makes a differenc! Demissie Abebe Executive Director TASSC...

Truth Speakers

TASSC Survivors Speak at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia

TASSC Survivors Speak at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia

By Jamila Witmer, TASSC Intern On Tuesday, November 13, 2013, seven TASSC survivors, three...

TASSC Survivors and Student Interns Advocate for Human Rights on Capitol Hill

TASSC Survivors and Student Interns Advocate for Human Rights on Capitol Hill

  Forty college students and torture survivors participated in TASSC Lobby Week on Capitol...


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