Center for Victims of Torture

The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT): Healing torture survivors globally, strengthening partners who heal, advocating for an end to #torture. RT≠Endorsement

[New Tactics in Human Rights @newtactics]

🌟 NEW EPISODE 🌟

For #WorldRefugeeAwarenessMonth, we sat down with Lorraine Charles to hear about @_Naamal's work to prepare refugees for the global workforce.

🎙️ Listen to the full conversation at https://t.co/HS8htHoh59

#RefugeeRights #HumanRights #HumanRightsChat

[Odokonyero Joel @odokonyero_joel]

Happy to present the Therapeutic Documentation Model by @CVTorg as trauma informed approach to documenting survivors stories at #UgandaNatonalMentalHealthConference to achieve both healing and justice outcomes. @MinofHealthUG @DianaAtwine @nyahagon

[Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @repdeliaramirez]

Through sanctions and unlawful threats of military action, the Trump administration is deepening the humanitarian crisis in Cuba. At the same time, they are once again threatening to use the Guantanamo Base, a prison with a history of dehumanizing and abusing people, to detain Cuban immigrants.

I led 31 of my colleagues to demand an end to the Trump administration's unlawful plans in Cuba.
https://t.co/lnYqFRf9WD

[WAPU (WIDE AID PACIFEROUS UGANDA) @wapu_org]

The Center for Victims of Torture, organized 2days training for LRA war survivors under WAPU support
in kitgum, aimed at pursuing self reliant.Among them is Adong Jennifer from lukwor, repatriated by @ICRC from Central Africa with a bullet embedded in her right leg. @CVTorg

[Annie Shiel @annieshiel]

NEW: @CivCenter + over 120 groups from around the world call on all States to stop support for US extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific or risk legal responsibility. https://t.co/VDXuZA1Wj1

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Grandma takes you to a baseball game and you accidentally unlock a core memory on live TV that’ll follow you for the rest of your life.

Props to the guy in the hockey jersey for giving the kid the ball.

[Andy Worthington @GuantanamoAndy]

Close Guantanamo Joins 85 Other Organizations Opposing Plans to Hold Cuban Migrants at #Guantanamo - my new article, promoting a letter to Congress decrying a proposal to hold Cubans at Gitmo if they flee the US blockade https://t.co/ncoLMpvfU5

[CEPR @ceprdc]

“If the Trump administration is worried about Cuban migration, the solution is simple: stop intentionally impoverishing the Cuban people through an embargo & fuel blockade,” said @michael_galant, senior research associate at @ceprdc, one of the groups that signed onto the letter.

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

On one side of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. soldiers face a temporary disruption in the availability of lattes. On the other side, Cubans sit in darkness, waiting for the power to come back on.

https://t.co/rcK1OObVh3

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

NEW Yumna Rizvi on GTMO gaining new life — with potential Cuban migrants. https://t.co/rcK1OObVh3

[Mark Fallon @glynco]

Currently, 15 men remain prisoners in #Guantanamo, detained in conditions described by a former UN special rapporteur as “ongoing cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment…and may also meet the legal threshold for #torture.”

#TruthMatters

https://t.co/0mpX1pGWle

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

"Until Guantánamo is closed, it will continue to rear its ugly head. Its very existence offers a ready-made loophole — a place designed to sit outside the law and public scrutiny." -- Yumna Rizvi
https://t.co/rcK1OObVh3

[Center for Victims of Torture @CVTorg]

CVT joins @amnestyusa and partners in this call for an end to threats of war crimes.

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

A threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” may amount to a threat of genocide. We urge all parties to respect international law. Those responsible for atrocities can and must be held accountable.
https://t.co/XZC4S0iwH4

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

BREAKING: After weeks of organizing, we have reached the majority necessary to force a vote to extend Haiti TPS.

Thank you to our coalition and everyone fighting for this critical lifeline for the 350,000 Haitian nationals.

Our neighbors are so deserving.

[Simon Adams @SAdamsR2P]

I spent 4 years trying to get @CVTorg accreditation at the United Nations. At every NGO committee session we would be blocked by a State hostile to human rights. Other States need to end this bureaucratic censorship and exclusion.

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Grateful for the frank and meaningful discussions with a wide range of stakeholders in Washington, DC over the past days. Human Rights bind us together. Looking forward to continuing and expanding these exchanges.

[Simon Adams @SAdamsR2P]

I spent 4 years trying to get @CVTorg accreditation at the United Nations. At every NGO committee session we would be bureaucratically blocked by a State hostile to human rights. Real independent civil society voices are being obstructed and excluded. https://t.co/EDNo5Q3H0p

[Center for Victims of Torture @CVTorg]

On March 8, we recognize International Women’s Day. This year and every year, CVT stands with the thousands of women around the world who are survivors of torture. In 2025, 72% of the clients we saw in our clinics outside the U.S. were women. After massive cuts to our U.S. funding, thousands more survivors are without care today. And with more than 117 million people forcibly displaced globally, care for survivors, and for all the women and girls among them, is needed more than ever.

#IWD

[Center for Victims of Torture @CVTorg]

The Center for Victims of Torture is proud to participate in this important workshop to strengthen victims’ skills and voices in transitional justice efforts. Thank you to the @EthioHRC for hosting this key event.

[Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) - ኢሰመኮ @EthioHRC]

Strengthening victims’ voices, protection, and wellbeing is essential for meaningful engagement in transitional justice processes

🔗 https://t.co/0ZEGC3b9sc

#Ethiopia🇪🇹 #HumanRightsForAll

[Center for Victims of Torture @CVTorg]

Important and meaningful steps have been taken for victims under the Yazidi Survivors Law. Today at the 5-year mark it's time to close remaining gaps for justice and accountability. CVT is proud to join this statement.
@c4jrOrg

[Coalition for Just Reparations @c4jrOrg]

Joint Statement | Five Years Since the Enactment of the Yazidi Survivors Law (YSL)

📄 Read and Download the Full statement in:
English: https://t.co/2XYVpYLc6R
Arabic: https://t.co/qJIeJ7tF6x