Center for Victims of Torture
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Center for Victims of Torture (CVT): Healing the wounds of torture globally, strengthening healers & human rights defenders, advocating to end #torture. www.cvt.org
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· Jan 28
We’ve received stop-work orders from the U.S. requiring us to halt multiple international programs and furlough the majority of our staff. These closures impact safety, health and wellbeing of the people we serve. You can help: www.cvt.org
As an organization dedicated to supporting survivors of torture and trauma, CVT understands the importance of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In fact, in 2024, 62% of our international clients were women or girls.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As an organization dedicated to supporting survivors of torture and trauma, CVT understands the importance of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In fact, in 2024, 62% of our international clients were women or girls.
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Colleagues from @amnesty.org @Omega_RF recently discovered Chinese companies marketing illegal torture equipment at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris. @cvt.org condemns this illegal trade in human cruelty. omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/milipol...
Milipol trade fair bans the presence of torture instruments on Chinese stands - Omega Research Foundation
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November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Colleagues from @amnesty.org @Omega_RF recently discovered Chinese companies marketing illegal torture equipment at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris. @cvt.org condemns this illegal trade in human cruelty. omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/milipol...
MINNESOTANS! Stand with the Somali community Sunday, Nov. 23 and show your support as the Trump administration launches attacks. Bring a dish to share or just bring yourself. All are welcome! 3 pm, Karmel Mall, 2910 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
MINNESOTANS! Stand with the Somali community Sunday, Nov. 23 and show your support as the Trump administration launches attacks. Bring a dish to share or just bring yourself. All are welcome! 3 pm, Karmel Mall, 2910 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis.
@isaiahmn.org
@isaiahmn.org
NEW: “ . . . we’ve been downscaling and had to shut down programs providing essential care to people. And that’s heartbreaking,” said @simonadams.bsky.social in the @startribune.com. He adds, “But what keeps me awake at night is I fear they also cost us lives.” www.startribune.com/give-to-the-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW: “ . . . we’ve been downscaling and had to shut down programs providing essential care to people. And that’s heartbreaking,” said @simonadams.bsky.social in the @startribune.com. He adds, “But what keeps me awake at night is I fear they also cost us lives.” www.startribune.com/give-to-the-...
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“Democracy does not always expire with a single event, like a military coup. Sometimes it slides slowly into the darkness, corroding norms and corrupting independent modes of thought along the way.” Honoured to give this speech for @cvt.org @MurdochUni @RadioNational www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Universities and other antidotes to authoritarianism - ABC listen
The United States has long been famous for its world leading universities. But in the face of research funding cuts, government attacks on free speech, DEI and the right to protest, and the persecutio...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Democracy does not always expire with a single event, like a military coup. Sometimes it slides slowly into the darkness, corroding norms and corrupting independent modes of thought along the way.” Honoured to give this speech for @cvt.org @MurdochUni @RadioNational www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
CVT is proud of the great work of the CVT Raahat team! They held an event with partners to honor its work serving the Afghan community as the project moves to closure Jan. 2026. Although the program is closing, mental health services will continue to be available through other CVT programs.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
CVT is proud of the great work of the CVT Raahat team! They held an event with partners to honor its work serving the Afghan community as the project moves to closure Jan. 2026. Although the program is closing, mental health services will continue to be available through other CVT programs.
The more the Trump administration uses militaristic tactics and deportations against immigrants, the more legal, tax-paying workers leave the country. Can the U.S. afford to lose nearly $100 billion in taxes?
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The more the Trump administration uses militaristic tactics and deportations against immigrants, the more legal, tax-paying workers leave the country. Can the U.S. afford to lose nearly $100 billion in taxes?
The Trump administration repeatedly insists that they are deporting violent criminals from the country. Yet we can see that ICE is detaining anyone they believe to be an immigrant. Deporting immigrants will not lower crime rates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Trump administration repeatedly insists that they are deporting violent criminals from the country. Yet we can see that ICE is detaining anyone they believe to be an immigrant. Deporting immigrants will not lower crime rates.
CVT Ethiopia has provided internships for psychology students at universities across the country for over a decade. New from CVT's Maki Katoh: “With so many of its citizens having experienced grave traumatic events, Ethiopia needs trauma healers more than ever.” Click: www.cvt.org/articles/a-l...
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
CVT Ethiopia has provided internships for psychology students at universities across the country for over a decade. New from CVT's Maki Katoh: “With so many of its citizens having experienced grave traumatic events, Ethiopia needs trauma healers more than ever.” Click: www.cvt.org/articles/a-l...
There is a difference between criminal behavior and civil violations. Someone who overstays the amount of time on a visa is not committing a crime. That is a civil violation. So is parking at a meter beyond the time you paid. It doesn’t make you a criminal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
There is a difference between criminal behavior and civil violations. Someone who overstays the amount of time on a visa is not committing a crime. That is a civil violation. So is parking at a meter beyond the time you paid. It doesn’t make you a criminal.
There are legal pathways to becoming a U.S. citizen, and people reside in the country during this time. Here are two:
1. Asylum seekers live in the U.S. legally while their case is pending.
2. Refugees were already vetted overseas and are in a process seeking permanent residency.
1. Asylum seekers live in the U.S. legally while their case is pending.
2. Refugees were already vetted overseas and are in a process seeking permanent residency.
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There are legal pathways to becoming a U.S. citizen, and people reside in the country during this time. Here are two:
1. Asylum seekers live in the U.S. legally while their case is pending.
2. Refugees were already vetted overseas and are in a process seeking permanent residency.
1. Asylum seekers live in the U.S. legally while their case is pending.
2. Refugees were already vetted overseas and are in a process seeking permanent residency.
How Democracies Revive: Don’t miss this virtual conversation with Juan Méndez, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture & long-time member of CVT’s National Advisory Council. Hosted by the U of Minn Humphrey School of Public Affairs - Nov. 11, 5:45 pm Central. Register by email: [email protected].
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How Democracies Revive: Don’t miss this virtual conversation with Juan Méndez, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture & long-time member of CVT’s National Advisory Council. Hosted by the U of Minn Humphrey School of Public Affairs - Nov. 11, 5:45 pm Central. Register by email: [email protected].
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states clearly that everyone has the right to seek asylum from persecution and torture. It is legal for people to seek this protection in the United States.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states clearly that everyone has the right to seek asylum from persecution and torture. It is legal for people to seek this protection in the United States.
CVT is hiring a full-time Psychologist in Clarkston, Georgia. You'll provide high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally responsive psychotherapy services, including individual, couples, and group therapy. Doctoral degree required. 50% remote. Click: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/cvt/CA...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
CVT is hiring a full-time Psychologist in Clarkston, Georgia. You'll provide high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally responsive psychotherapy services, including individual, couples, and group therapy. Doctoral degree required. 50% remote. Click: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/cvt/CA...
Trump's new cap on refugee admissions is making devastating history with an unprecedented low of 7,500 people, prioritizing white Afrikaners for entry. “The United States has stood as a strong light of hope in the past,” said CVT's Alison Beckman. “Today, that light is being extinguished.”
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump's new cap on refugee admissions is making devastating history with an unprecedented low of 7,500 people, prioritizing white Afrikaners for entry. “The United States has stood as a strong light of hope in the past,” said CVT's Alison Beckman. “Today, that light is being extinguished.”
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RCUSA is outraged by the White House’s Presidential Determination on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2026, which sets the refugee admissions goal at a devastatingly low 7,500 – the lowest ever set in the 45-year history of the USRAP
See RCUSA's full statement here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
See RCUSA's full statement here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RCUSA is outraged by the White House’s Presidential Determination on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2026, which sets the refugee admissions goal at a devastatingly low 7,500 – the lowest ever set in the 45-year history of the USRAP
See RCUSA's full statement here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
See RCUSA's full statement here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
Up until 2025, if you were seeking protection in the United States, it took years, even decades. And while this process helped only a tiny percentage of refugees, it was still possible via the Refugee Admissions Program or by applying for asylum at the border.
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Up until 2025, if you were seeking protection in the United States, it took years, even decades. And while this process helped only a tiny percentage of refugees, it was still possible via the Refugee Admissions Program or by applying for asylum at the border.
NEW: “For a society collectively to make progress towards justice, individual survivors must feel that their own healing and justice needs are being addressed,” said CVT's Dr. Shannon Golden about a new CVT report on justice for survivors in Northern Uganda. Read more:
www.cvt.org/statements/n...
www.cvt.org/statements/n...
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW: “For a society collectively to make progress towards justice, individual survivors must feel that their own healing and justice needs are being addressed,” said CVT's Dr. Shannon Golden about a new CVT report on justice for survivors in Northern Uganda. Read more:
www.cvt.org/statements/n...
www.cvt.org/statements/n...
Refugees are in the United States legally after undergoing rigorous vetting processes across many government agencies. In fact, refugees are among the most documented people on earth. However, less than 1% of all refugees are ever resettled to the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Refugees are in the United States legally after undergoing rigorous vetting processes across many government agencies. In fact, refugees are among the most documented people on earth. However, less than 1% of all refugees are ever resettled to the U.S.
Curt Goering served as CVT exec director from 2012-21, a time of expansion in programming. He comments on the need for CVT’s care, saying “. . . at a time of resurgent denial of torture and its impacts, and increasingly, its justification, the role of CVT has never been more critical or needed.”
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Curt Goering served as CVT exec director from 2012-21, a time of expansion in programming. He comments on the need for CVT’s care, saying “. . . at a time of resurgent denial of torture and its impacts, and increasingly, its justification, the role of CVT has never been more critical or needed.”
“CVT friends, supporters and sustainers have been CVT clients’ lifelines,” said Ruth Barrett, former vice president of global operations, in Part 2 of this article commemorating CVT’s 40th anniversary. Click to read more on our past and good wishes for our future.
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Four Decades of Healing, Human Rights and Hope: Part 2 of 2
There is much to celebrate as the Center for Victims of Torture recognizes our 40th anniversary. From our humble beginnings in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to clinics in six countries, CVT has brought heal...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“CVT friends, supporters and sustainers have been CVT clients’ lifelines,” said Ruth Barrett, former vice president of global operations, in Part 2 of this article commemorating CVT’s 40th anniversary. Click to read more on our past and good wishes for our future.
www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
Another incredible morning of healing and hope as CVT celebrates another successful Restoring Hope Breakfast! While we recognize our 40th anniversary, we are grateful to all our supporters – you make a difference for survivors around the world! Thank you so much.
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Another incredible morning of healing and hope as CVT celebrates another successful Restoring Hope Breakfast! While we recognize our 40th anniversary, we are grateful to all our supporters – you make a difference for survivors around the world! Thank you so much.
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Those who came to @cvt.org's first clinic in Minnesota 40 years ago included people who had suffered unspeakable horrors and lost everything, often simply because they opposed tyranny and injustice. True then, true now. www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
Four Decades of Healing, Human Rights and Hope: Part 1 of 2
In 2025, the Center for Victims of Torture commemorates 40 years of helping torture survivors rebuild their lives and restore their hope.
www.cvt.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Those who came to @cvt.org's first clinic in Minnesota 40 years ago included people who had suffered unspeakable horrors and lost everything, often simply because they opposed tyranny and injustice. True then, true now. www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
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If you are in Minneapolis this week, as I am, the only place to be on Thursday morning at 8am is @cvt.org’s 40th anniversary “Restoring Hope Breakfast!” Come join the human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and just downright decent folks who support CVT. give.cvt.org/event/2025-r...
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you are in Minneapolis this week, as I am, the only place to be on Thursday morning at 8am is @cvt.org’s 40th anniversary “Restoring Hope Breakfast!” Come join the human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and just downright decent folks who support CVT. give.cvt.org/event/2025-r...
“Those who came to our very first clinic in Minnesota 40 years ago included people who had suffered unspeakable horrors and lost everything, often simply because they opposed tyranny and injustice,” said @simonadams.bsky.social, CVT president and CEO. Part 1 of 2:
www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
Four Decades of Healing, Human Rights and Hope: Part 1 of 2
In 2025, the Center for Victims of Torture commemorates 40 years of helping torture survivors rebuild their lives and restore their hope.
www.cvt.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Those who came to our very first clinic in Minnesota 40 years ago included people who had suffered unspeakable horrors and lost everything, often simply because they opposed tyranny and injustice,” said @simonadams.bsky.social, CVT president and CEO. Part 1 of 2:
www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...
www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...