Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition

TASSC Survivors Participate in Trauma Awareness and Resilience Training

October 22, 2012

On a rainy October morning, thirty survivors of torture braved the wet weather and multiple bus trips to take part in a half-day workshop...
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Meeting the Needs of Survivors

October 2, 2012

Jane McPherson, LCSW, is a social services consultant with the Torture Abolition & Survivor Support Coalition (TASSC International) in Washington, DC. Her article was featured...
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2012 Survivor Week a Success! Justice for Survivors of Torture

July 16, 2012

Gathering for the 15th year in a row, TASSC International convened survivors of torture from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the...
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TASSC Advocates for Survivors of Torture in Immigration Detention

April 1, 2012

To our shock and surprise, more than forty survivors who came to TASSC in the past two years from Africa, most of them...
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Gitmo Is Killing Me

April 18, 2013

Dear Friends: This is perhaps the most important (and devastating) article about Guantanamo in quite some time. Please take a moment to read....
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Stop Subjecting Immigration Detainees to Widespread and Prolonged Solitary Confinement

April 18, 2013

By Laura Markle Downton, Director of U.S. Prisons Policy & Program, National Religious Campaign Against Torture & Chris Rickerd, ACLU Washington Legislative Office...
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