THANK YOU! Your help and support make a huge difference in the lives of torture survivors. Thanks to your generosity this year’s survivor week was a huge success! For pictures, visit Survivor Week Photos. Fifty survivors completed the 2nd annual Human Rights Training, offering testimony of their immigration, detention, asylum and family reunification experiences,...
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Forty-four college students from 17 states as well as from Singapore, India and Canada joined more than 40 torture survivors from TASSC to lobby against torture on June 23, TASSC Advocacy Day. This initiative was the result of TASSC’s partnership with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, an educational organization which provides...
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June 26, 2011. A world free from torture. As the world observes the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), a regional federation of organizations of families of the disappeared and human rights advocates in Asia, express our solidarity with all victims of torture and...
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Poverty and Torture: IRCT Statement By Manfred Nowak Ladies and Gentlemen, Today marks the UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture. It provides us with an opportunity to honour the victims and survivors of torture and to reflect upon the root causes of torture and who the victims of...
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WE REMEMBER: The Names. The Faces. The Souls of the Tortured. The Disappeared. The Lost. So They Are Not Forgotten. TASSC 12-Hour Vigil June 25, Saturday, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM Southeast Quadrant of Lafayette Park, in front of the White House Theme I: Gathering and Sharing 7:00 Arrival 7:30 Lighting of the...
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ADVOCACY DAY: Developing a U.S. Response to Countries that Torture Thursday, June 23, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, Congressional Briefing, 2168 Rayburn In conjunction with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission “Developing a US Response to Countries that Torture: Survivor Witnesses from Four Continents” Presenters: Ethiopia: Hussein Ahmed, Delegate from the Oromia Support Group and Witness before the 45th...
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June 20, Monday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (TASSC Office, 4121 Harewood Road, NE, Washington DC 20017) Sponsored by TASSC International and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service This program aims to share the dramatic experience of torture survivors and their immigration, detention, asylum, and family reunification journey. We hope to strengthen collaboration among advocates...
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June 22, Wednesday, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Catholic University of America, Aquinas Hall Facilitated by Dr. Carl Stauffer, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Sponsored by TASSC International and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute of EMU 9:00 Building Justice 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Survivors Respond 2:00 Building Justice 4:00 Final Words This workshop is concerned with understanding and...
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June 21, Tuesday, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st Street, NW, Washington DC 20052 Sponsored by TASSC International and Program for Survivors of Torture and Trauma This program aims to facilitate the creation of a broad, interdisciplinary network of providers that work with immigrants and refugees in...
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ACCOUNTABILITY TODAY – PREVENTING TORTURE TOMORROW. TASSC International joins the National Religious Campaign against Torture, Pax Christi USA, Witness against Torture, and area human rights organizations to open June Torture Awareness Month with a panel discussion featuring JUAN MENDEZ, the UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE, legal experts, and special video testimonials from victims of the U.S. torture...
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