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23 May 2019, 10:47 am by Alex Psilakis
Laws like the Torture Victim Protection Act serve as effective outlets for victims to find justice when it eludes them elsewhere. [read post]
23 May 2019, 10:47 am by Alex Psilakis
Laws like the Torture Victim Protection Act serve as effective outlets for victims to find justice when it eludes them elsewhere. [read post]
11 Nov 2021, 9:05 am by John Floyd
    The post CIA Torture Victim Speaks Out appeared first on . [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 5:55 am by Antonia Mulvey
  It is unclear whether The Netherlands and Canada will adopt similar victim-centered approaches in the Syria torture case. [read post]
21 Jun 2023, 5:51 am by Scott Roehm
Monday, June 26, is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. [read post]
9 Nov 2013, 5:31 am by Immigration Prof
A recent report by the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) and the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition International (TASSC), Tortured and Detained: Survivor Stories of US Immigration Detention, chronicles the stories of asylum seekers and details the physical... [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 8:37 am by John Floyd
The Center for the Victims of Torture (CVT) reports that despite the immediate physical and psychological pain and suffering caused by torture, the real purpose of torture “is to break an individual’s will and render them helpless, destroy a sense of community, stifle civil society, create a climate of fear and silence dissent. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 7:45 am by William Helbling
Since its inception in 1993, the El Nadeem Center has provided torture victims counseling services and legal assistance.... [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 11:09 am by Suzanne Ito
It is one of several lawsuits in which victims and survivors of torture have been denied their day in American courts. [read post]
1 Apr 2024, 4:48 pm by lennyesq
In fact, this is the first lawsuit where victims of U.S. post-9/11 torture will get their day in court. *** See CCR FactSheet *** Read More… [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 1:30 pm
In other cases, the government has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep victims of U.S. torture out of court. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 8:06 am by Federal and Extradition Defense
"February 7, 2011, Geneva and New York – Today, two torture victims were to have filed criminal complaints, with more than 2,500-pages of supporting material, in Geneva against former U.S. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 2:36 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
The Center for Constitutional Rights represented Arar in a case against U.S. officials for their participation in his rendition and torture. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:13 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Since last fall, the ACLU has been partnering up with the PEN American Center to host live readings of some of these torture documents, as well as other testimonies and accounts related to the abuse of detainees in the so-called "war on terror. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 10:04 am by Joe Consumer
There's a large and uncomfortable amount of news this week about terror and torture victims trying to seek justice but not always ending up as they'd hoped. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 10:04 am by Joe Consumer
There's a large and uncomfortable amount of news this week about terror and torture victims trying to seek justice but not always ending up as they'd hoped. [read post]
5 May 2011, 8:38 pm by Steve Shiffrin
The show centered on two different themes: the Freedom Riders (apparently a terrific show commemorating their civil rights work will appear on PBS on May 16), and the ineffectiveness of torture. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 1:49 am by Lawrence Solum
Paust (University of Houston Law Center) has posted Ending the U.S. [read post]